Anyway, we have seen lots of stuff in C.T and Ravenswood. Incredibly historic towns. Shame more Aussies don't get to see it. Even bigger shame that kids are not taught Australia's history and development. They know more about bloody usa than they do their own country.
Don't know why I took this - it's the ladies loo in an Irish Pub
Old Irish saying
Another old Irish saying
Aha - a sign!
Yep, this Irish bloke got on the Guiness
Inside the 'posh'dining room - we didn't eat here....
and THAT'S why I don't drink Guiness.
That's the extent of the bar
Poetry!!!!!!!!!
NO this is NOT us .....yet.
anybody remember these?
Table inside Molly's (Irish) Pub
There were scrawlings all over the walls in the pub - we selected only a few!
funny sign...
and another
must be a queenslander?
Old newspaper building - paper still exists
errrr - another old building?
Inside an old miner's cottage....the cottage is old...the miner is dead...
more junk er collectibles
and even more
gawd blimey - more stuff............
sexy ? advertising
and doesn't this one turn you onto having a wash.....
yep, it's another old building - of course it's covered in real estate crap!
Why can't they be a little bit more subtle? Oh sorry, we are talking about real estate agents...
ho hum I hear you say - hey it IS an historic town - that's all there is to take photos of.
woo hooo----scattered showers for C.T. View from the top of Tower Hill.
That's right - segregation even AFTER you are dead and buried. Religion sure is a funny thing.
Pretty old cemetary isn't it...and they didn't close it cos they ran out of bodies either.
Notice all the piles of stones - they mark graves, but no records were kept of who was buried there. Only the wealthy whose relatives could afford a headstone were recorded. Spoke to a young girl whose great great great great or something grandmother is buried there. Grave is marked by a cross made from tree branches. It was interesting to note the ages of the dead - some as young as a few hours - many in their twenties, few in their forties etc and very very few above sixties. From Charters Towers to Townsville - the nearest 'town' took 3 days, weather permitting, in a horse and cart - if you got sick you either got better or you didn't. Impossible ti imagine how hard life could have been - especially as most of the settlers were from Europe and not accustomed to the harsh Aussie conditions.
This is the Macrossan River. Photo taken from the bridge which is 13 metres above the river bed. Bridge was built in 1970 - in 1971 there was a flood with a height of more than 14 metres......oops!
See the flood marker 2nd from the top - that marks 29 metres----the river reached that in 2009.
Stoopid Australian Bustard - get off the bluddy road.
We just stopped to get on somebody's goat. Terry found out he could converse in goatese!!!!!
Old (miners' hut) circa 1900. It's about the size of a double car garage. Was lived in by a couple and 21 kids. The house was inhabitated by 3 brothers until the 1980's. Just galvanised iron, few support posts and with a dirt floor. It was ruined in a cyclone and rebuilt exactly as it was pre-cyclone.
This gold wash 'shaker'. A piece of ingenious engineering. Gold bearing ore was placed in the top, water was added and the 'machine' was wheeled along. The wheels turned, turned a pulley that was attached to another pulley and this in turn 'shook' the wash to a seperator below!!!!!!!!
Put gold wash in top - add water - heavy stuff - gold - ends up at the bottom. EASY!
Master bedroom in the hut.
Dining room/kitchen/lounge....
all the mod cons - stove and a water container
bedroom #2
all the comforts
Ravenswood railway station
Railway Hotel - had the same owner for many many years
Ravenswood Post Office
Don't think it's used any more
Old mine site. The whole place is full of old mine shafts.
The town is heritage listed
Another pub.
Open cut - no longer used. All mining is now underground - 300 employees.
White Blow - a hill of quartz.
Railway Hotel bar.
Original Dining Room
Tomorrow, Sunday, we are just going to do/see a couple of things round town. Give the van and especially sthe car a clean and then Monday we head for a free camp between Charters Towers and Julia Creek. We have to admit, as dood a time as we are having, we do miss our family and friends.
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