点评:Korumburra Cemetery is stunningly beautiful with farmland as far as you can see ... standing here was utterly serene. The cemetery is exceptionally maintained with toilets... which is very convenient when you are visiting the cemetery.
Located on the fringes of town, it will not take you more than a few minutes to drive there. My daughter wasn't feeling well, so I had left her in the motel room resting (at her request) and gone for a drive to the cemetery. I was here late afternoon and sun was teasing at the edge of the clouds making for the most beautiful backdrop as I wandered along reading headstones.
As I walked I noticed a lot of headstones in different languages -possibly immigrants so far from home. Sometimes they had photographs on their headstones which feels very personal like you are visiting someone.
There were a few crosses in the bushes as you went along the driveway inside... the two crosses were for the Rainbow family. One was for Ada Isabel Rainbow who in 1894 died at the age of 8 months. She was the daughter of Matilda and Henry Rainbow. Metres away there is another cross for a Still Born Son- same parents ... this time the date was 22-8-1903.
Towards the end of my visit there was a group of three walking around the cemetery... clearly locals because they walked from one headstone to another sharing the stories of those who had passed.
翻译:科伦布拉公墓美得令人窒息,一望无际的农田……站在这里,感觉无比宁静。公墓维护得非常好,还设有卫生间……这在参观公墓时非常方便。
公墓位于城镇边缘,开车几分钟就能到。我女儿身体不舒服,所以我把她留在汽车旅馆的房间里休息(应她的要求),然后开车去了公墓。我到达这里时已是傍晚,阳光在云层边缘嬉戏打闹,构成了一幅美丽的背景,我漫步其中,欣赏着墓碑上的文字。
我走着走着,注意到很多墓碑上写着不同的语言——可能是远离家乡的移民。有时,墓碑上还会挂着照片,这感觉非常亲切,就像是在拜访某人一样。
沿着车道走进墓地,灌木丛中矗立着几个十字架……其中两个十字架是彩虹一家的。其中一个十字架是为艾达·伊莎贝尔·雷恩博(Ada Isabel Rainbow)立的,她于1894年去世,年仅8个月。她是玛蒂尔达(Matilda)和亨利·雷恩博(Henry Rainbow)的女儿。几米之外,还有一个十字架,纪念一个死产儿子——同样的父母……这次的日期是1903年8月22日。
在我参观快结束时,看到三个人在墓地里走来走去……显然是当地人,因为他们从一块墓碑走到另一块墓碑,讲述着逝者的故事。