Have you visited Tarella, the Blue Mountains Historical Society’s 19th century cottage and museum at 99 Blaxland Road, Wentworth Falls?
Tarella will be open from 10am-4pm on Sunday, January 31.
Visitors can learn about the evolution of a Blue Mountains holiday home from 1900 to 2015 and explore images from the past in the society’s exhibition space.
This month’s special exhibition is all about the site, its history and the changes that have been made to the house's structure over the decades. Tarella is a charming wooden cottage and was one of the first holiday homes built on Cox's Road (now Blaxland Road) in Wentworth Falls on a land grant of 50 acres given to MP John McLaughlin in 1879.
John McLaughlin began to build Tarella began in the late 1880s as a holiday home for his family who were then living at 'Yanko Park' overlooking Bronte Beach in Sydney.
Eventually some of the McLaughlin family came to live permanently in Tarella until 1988 when Beryl McLaughlin donated the site to the Blue Mountains Historical Society.
The society’s very popular garden stall will also be held during the open day.
Entry is $5 for adults and $2 for children. Refreshments are also available for a small charge.
