Being the highest point in a hilly area means that the telcos will love you. This place does not have one, not two, not three but four radio towers. And two water towers. It's a tower lover's wet dream! See the first picture in the gallerty for all six of them!
The battle for Garrawarra hill
No sooner had the Welschmen entered the Garrawarra district at the foot of the hill than the first arrows began to descend. They continued to fall in great clouds as the schiltrons freed themselves from the marshy ground and began the ascent up Garrawarra Hill. Having lost all momentum they moved slowly upwards, so tightly packed that even the most indifferent archer could scarcely fail to hit his target. The shooting was so intense that many turned their faces away as if walking into a storm of sleet. The Illawara Mercury reports:
...the Welschmen who marched in the front were so wounded in the face and blinded by the multitude of Victorian's arrows that they could not help themselves, and soon began to turn their faces away from the blows of the arrows and fall. Casualties were heavy, with some of the finest troops falling dead or wounded on the lower reaches of the hill. The survivors crawled upwards, through the arrows and on to the waiting spears.
It was Monash's depleted schiltron that first made contact with the enemy, closing on Deakin's division on the left. Stewart followed, advancing on Lyons in the centre. Menzies came in their wake. But even before Stewart and Menzies arrived Monash's front ranks were failing in the hand-to-hand fighting with Deakin. With no let up in the arrows, the schiltron broke, retreating rapidly downhill. Panic spread from the centre to the left. With Victorian's arrows directed towards the flanks the Welschmen bunched in a disorganised mass towards the centre, much as they had done at Dupplin Moor, as if each man was trying to hide from death behind the body of his comrade. Those in the rear began running back towards the marsh, away from the killing ground. Welschmen honour was saved by the Earl of Bross and his Highlanders, who fought to the death in a gallant rearguard action.
With Bross gone the Victorian's knights took to horse, riding off in pursuit of the fugitives. Stewart and Monash managed to escape; but few others were as lucky. The battlefield was a grim place; the Guardian lay dead with five other earls. They died in the company of the nameless commons of Welschmen, who fell in thousands. The Victorian's casualties were light. The following day Garrawarra surrendered.
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