I have been advised that "Rose Cottage" the historical home of the Rose family is now opened to the public every Sunday from 10am to 3pm. Entrance is off Rose Street at Wilberforce, beside the hotel. There is a small entrance fee. Rose Cottage is one of the oldest timber dwellings in Australia and an excellent example of early 19th century constructed timber slab building. Built by the Rose family, early free settlers in the early 1800s it gives an insight into how an early farming family would have lived along the Hawkesbury River. Interested persons could combine this trip with a tour to Wilberforce (Cemetery, St. John's Anglican Church & School house) and Ebenezer (Church & cemetery & Tizzana Winery) Michelle Nichols