A drive around town was done , and due to all the rain we decided to stay off the gravel roads , all except one - the road to the cemetery . Strangely enough it was dry , so we went down past the airstrip and stopped near the gates , to a well presented entrance . Laser steel cutouts beside the gate described one young mans troubles with the world - he took his own life when the gold wasn't working for him . Many graves in the cemetery had a similar year of death - apparently Typhoid Fever was running rampant here in the early 1900's , indiscriminantly killing men , women & children .
Some of the graves had decorations made of tin - some very ornate , even small flowers that were painted . All very intricate work .
Normally this next photo is of a dusty , dirty section of town - not this year however .
A few days away from the full moon , but couldn't resist a photo .
A walking tour of the main street , this is the old post office building and had 14 staff in the early 1900's.
The town hall doubles as the shire office as well as the Anzac memorial .
The memorial mural .
Greens Store , which is now the Post Office , Tourist Info Centre and caravan park office .
Menzies Hotel and general store - but not for too much longer , it will only be the hotel . The general store will move up the road to the diner .
Here's the front windows of the Menzies Produce Store
Across the road are the ruins of the old bakery - the oven to be precise .
And here we have all the 303 bullets , .22 shells , some shotgun pellets , rusty tin , wire and some aluminium foil from one detecting walk !!
Here's a map link :- https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1lCqXpe_6n9f5i94oS6jXbMbWkatTH6o&usp=sharing
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