The water tower at Evoca is outstanding…
our drive to Ben Lomond National Park, a few days ago, was a real highlight for me, small mining towns here and there, most deserted and when we got to the village of Rossarden, there was a group of fallow deer just wandering around an old tip site. It was great to see them in the wild , and that they just hung around while I got some photos
We drove on ,eventhough it was misting with rain. The bush track up to Stacks Bluff was very rough and narrow, we couldn’t drive all the way to the Bluff, and it had started to rain heaver, so opted not to do the hour or so walk up.
Back down on lower ground we found an unused oval of some sort, there was a cricket pitch and monkey bar there, as well as a fire pit and an old kettle with water in it.
Again the roads were no more than bush tracks as we headed into Craggy Peak, water rushing down the hillside and going under the road. Made for a special sight, on a rather wet afternoon.
We passed a nice little church at Mangana, then some old convict lock up cells at Fingal.
Then it was back to Campbell Town, to stay the night, and catch up with travelling friends again. Campbell Town is a nice little town, with a red brick bridge and tree carvings in the park.
As for the R V park, it’s great, a big level area beside the river, with a walkway into town.
Next day we drove into Liffey and left the caravan in the old School yard. The weather was fine again, and it was a convenient spot to camp and have a look around the centre of the State. All the shades of blue looked lovely as we travelled through the area of Perth.
Liffey school and grounds was our next camping spot for a few days.
A lovely church in Westbury. Then further on up to the central North Coast and the Marintime College Marina at Beauty Point. What a beautiful day to be on the water.
It’s a nice area, so we had some lunch and then went for a bush walk around the historic site of where the town of York was settled.
A few flowers, a bit of fun and a beautiful R V water wheel park.
Then we moved on to visit Beaconsfield and the historic old mine site. It brought back many memories of the mine collapse , that traped workers underground for two weeks and the rescue that saved two of the three that were trapped.
There is a museum fitted out with lots of interesting old machinery. Also different areas dedicated to showing how living in the 1800s was like.
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The outside area still has all the rubble from the original buildings as well as some remains still standing. Some of the old buildings have been shored up so you can walk through giving you an insight to what miners working conditions were like
on the way back to camp this little church at suffly river looked nice in the afternoon shadows. That’s it for now.
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