Arrived here at Ravenswood well before lunch, and found the showground campsite where we will stay tonight only $12 for power and water. There are about 30 other vans and campervans here, some are with a caravan club.
After climbing a very steep path up to the lookout we were able to get a good view of the open cut gold mine and see the pit where giant trucks and machinery once worked. We then went for a well deserved beer & lunch at the Railway Hotel, which is one of only two remaining in the town which boasted forty eight in the gold rush back in 1868. We stopped at the old miner's cottage, and was surprised to find inside many items on display from when it was once occupied. Around the town you can see many old chimney stacks, boilers & mullock heaps from earlier days.
After climbing a very steep path up to the lookout we were able to get a good view of the open cut gold mine and see the pit where giant trucks and machinery once worked. We then went for a well deserved beer & lunch at the Railway Hotel, which is one of only two remaining in the town which boasted forty eight in the gold rush back in 1868. We stopped at the old miner's cottage, and was surprised to find inside many items on display from when it was once occupied. Around the town you can see many old chimney stacks, boilers & mullock heaps from earlier days.
Looks like the weather has settled down - any samples from the gold mine?
ReplyDelete