Hill End Main Street

The rain stopped, but the cold got colder!

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August 23rd 2014
Night 2 and we camped alongside the beautiful Abercrombie River. That day we had lunch at the little old gold rush town of Tura and spent some time photographing old buildings. One in particular grabbed our attention. An 1860s style wattle and daub construction hut that used to be the bookkeeper’s cottage in gold rush times. The bookkeeper apparently was the person to weigh and pay for gold foun ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Mudgee

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more