On the Easter Monday we went west to the historic gold mining town of Hill End. There are still working gold mines in the surrounding district, unfortunately they don't do tours. Almost the entire town is a museum as many of the remaining buildings are from the 1850s. The size of the town today is only about a quarter of what it once was during the gold rush days. The main street used to be around 2klms long and full of shops and pubs. Today all those buildings are gone but one pub still remains and is open for business.
There were around 10,000 people in Hill End at the height of the gold rush era but today there are only a few hundred residents.
This is a view of the surrounding countryside from the lookout above Hill End. The road in the distance goes down to a modern day gold mine.
Well, I have to sign off for now but will finish this post later
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