When travelling and someone asks where I am from, I proudly say Moruya. Guaranteed, the response is "where the heck is that?"
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As I explain its geographic location, I love to throw in the fun fact that Moruya provided the granite to build the huge pylons of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
'Wow, that's cool', is the response I get next.
And yes, it is pretty damn cool.
Even though the giant pylons are purely for decoration and don't actually hold the bridge up, it makes it spectacular and one-of-a kind - one of Australia's most photographed landmarks.
With plans developing for the Moruya bypass and a new bridge to come with it, you have my vote to see a design with visual appeal.
Tourists climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge every day, hearing its story. I would love to see a certain decorative feature that exemplifies the connection to the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Moruya's history.
I would be disappointed if you didn't know Moruya as 'Granite Town'.
There's so much history.
The town was thriving when hundreds of workers and skilled stonemasons came to do the massive operation beginning in 1923.
Locals gained work out of the quarries and people died in the process of transporting the largest blocks of granite at that time.
There was a big granite boulder in the backyard of my childhood home on Yarragee Road.
On a hot summer's day you would be brave to climb it. I would pretend to be a lizard, taking on the heat it absorbed. I admired its sparkle and the way it turned dark when wet from the garden hose.
Granite is pretty great if you ask me. I would love to see it included in the design of the bypass.
I may be biased, but Moruya's granite is the best in quality and colour - and there's plenty there for the job.
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