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• In
Xanadu
you will find fine
imported foods,
gifts, images from
the past, present
and future, and
teas from every
corner of the globe....
Every corner is
filled with interest
and caters equally
for the young and
old.
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As you enter you
can smell the aromas
of 100 different
world teas and medal
winning coffees
- see, smell, and
taste the differences
of things you may
never have experienced
before.
• You can
choose your particular
tea chosen from
what is lovingly
called “The
daVinci Code”,
which describes
the types of tea
and what they contain
and what price they
are.
•
Try before you buy
- there are many
samples of foods
and beverages to
sample.
• Bus groups
can arrange to be
invited to a Mad
Hatters Tea Party.
Ring and book your
appointment before
you arrive.
• When
you decide what
tea you prefer,
your orders will
be made ready at
the shop as you
depart.
• Once you
have chosen your
favourite tea, it
is weighed for you
and packaged in
a beautifully labeled
carry box for either
your own use, or
a lovely gift package
for your favourite
tea lover.
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Email
or Phone In
Xanadu for Tea Lovers
on (02) 44737 638
to organise the
purchase/delivery
of your favourite
tea. |
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• There are
also select gourmet
foods from around
the world - over
50 varieties of
jams, chutneys,
spreads and sauces,
wonderful olives,
antipastos and marinated
vegetables, pastas
and sauces, and
a small selection
of English, European
and Mediterranean
favourites not available
in Australian supermarkets.
• As you work
your way through
Xanadu, you will
discover a variety
of contrasts with
delicate, hand-blown,
special glass teapots,
jugs and sugar bowls
by well known glass
blower Peter Minsen
complemented with
fine porcelain and
contrasted by practical
heat resistant pottery
and cookware.
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• In
Xanadu
is also brimming
with exquisite artworks
and prints by resident
artist, Diana Xanadu
Watson.
• The photography
of local artists,
both past and present,
is also featured
- see the Corkhill
Collection
notes opposite.
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There is also the
Rose collection
of photographs of
the early part of
the 1900s of Narooma,
restored and all
printed archively
by Diana Xanadu
Watson, and presented
free to the public
in beautiful archival
albums. By courtesy
of, and thanks to,
the Rose Family
of Narooma.
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Tilba was a bustling
town of battlers,
gold miners, farmers,
business people
and families of
our early pioneers,
of an era now gone.
Diana thinks of
how Marko Polo travelled
the silk road from
Jerusalem to Xanadu
for many years to
establish trade
between the east
and west, and how
Colleridge's poem
describes similarly,
the landscape of
the surrounding
hills of Tilba and
their likeness to
the words in the
poem:
“In
Xanadu
did Koobla
Kahn, a stately
pleasure dome
decree,
Where Alph,
the sacred
river ran,
through caverns
measureless
to man, Down
to a sunless
sea…
So twice five
miles (it
was two actually)
of fertile
ground, With
walls and
towers were
girdled round,
And there
were gardens
bright with
sinuous rills,
Where blossom'd
many an incense-bearing
tree
And here were
forests ancient
as the hills,
Enfolding
sunny spots
of greenery." |
To an artist, or
photographer or
resident, or of
any lover of the
Tilba area, there
is much similarity,
and thus it will
always be.
Many families lived
in huts on the mountain
and mined or sluiced
the creeks or streams
for the precious,
elusive gold. The
Aboriginals and
new settlers alike
that lived on or
around the mountain
around its coast
and lakes found
it a rich source
of beauty and sustainability,
brimming with food
and life - a sacred
place. Here lies
Central Tilba and
Tilba Tilba.
• Entry
to the personal
XANADU ART &
FRAMING STUDIO (The
Artists' Garden)
is by appointment,
and you can ask
at the front if
you wish to visit.
• In
Xanadu is mentioned
in “The Lonely
Planet” |
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The Corkhill
Collection
Of particular
significance
is the complete
840 restored
Corkhill Collection
of 100 year
old photographs
of the Tilba
Tilba area
from 1880
to 1912, lovingly
restored by
Dave Cotton
with stories
by Norm Hoyer,
and assisted
by Diana Xanadu
Watson - all
by courtesy
of the Australian
National Library.
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