Lynette Fiddick wrote >Hello again John, > >I found the following information in A Pictorial History of the Wyong Shire, Vol 5, Edward Stinson, published by Wyong Shire Council 1984, page 84: > >Under a photograph showing the original traffic bridge across the Wyong Creek outside Wyong it reads: >Looking south nearly eighty years ago, showing the original traffic bridge and the heavily timbered area (known as McPherson's Brush) to the west of Tuggerah Straight. >This brush was largely swampy and a breeding ground for a great number of water birds - wild ducks, redbills, swans, egrets and the like. >That whole area was known to the pioneers as the McPherson estate". > >Sorry it took so long, but these volumes are not indexed. >Now that you know the general location, I suggest a modern map of the area would help you to pinpoint the area more precisely. > >'Bye for now >Lynne Lynne, Thanks so much for this lovely piece of information. What a beautiful description of the place. My mother was very fortunate to be born there! Your help is very much appreciated, John Ross Albury, NSW