Coming into Bathurst. It's not all green scenes along the track.
Blayney. The base for Australia's largest inland container terminal.
We passed through Bakers Swamp without noticing anything. Then reached our last dot on the map for this trip - Larras Lee and saw this. The roadside monument says: In Memory of WILLIAM LEE (1794 - 1870) of "Larras Lake" a pioneer of the sheep and cattle industry and first member for Roxburgh under responsible government (1856 - 1859). This stone was erected by his descendants. --- 1938 --- This is a repost from a few days ago. Thinking I would use this for this week’s Taphophile Tragics post I dug a little further into William Lee’s story, it’s a very colonial Australian one. William was born of convict parents, living his childhood years around the Sydney region. In his early 20s he was issued with some government cattle, recommended as a suitable settler and granted 134 acres at Kelso near Bathurst. He was one of the first in the area and did well. A few years later he was granted a ram and an increase in his land to 300 acres. William developed a r
What a strange but interesting construction! Also like the containers composition, well done!
ReplyDeleteI see Saarland and Lorraine do not have a monopoly on abandoned factories.
ReplyDeleteThanks JM
ReplyDeleteAB, I needed a change from abandoned farm houses.
The rail network doesn't hold the same place as it did in the past. Road transport is more flexible as it can go point-to-point which doesn't involve loading a train then reloading onto trucks to complete the final leg. As a result there are disused rail lines, empty railway stations and abandoned buildings all over the place.
Yes, but somehow I think that the lack of investment in the rail structure is going to bite us in the bum over the next 50 years or so.
ReplyDeleteI like industrial abandon just as much as rural abandon. Not a lot of either in Double Bay.
Shall try to find something abandoned in paradise ...
love snaps of life around you!
ReplyDeleteJulie, I'm inclined to agree regarding the rail structure .. both the long distance and suburban networks.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry, you'll find plenty of interest in Double Bay and Kings Cross is not too far away ... with its abandon of every kind.
Has a high speed link connecting Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne never been considered? Those kind of distances between big cities in Europe are now covered by popular train services.
ReplyDeleteA Very Fast Train link between the three cities comes up on a regular basis but is always declared not viable. We have a very small population in a vast land.
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