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| Mr Toad in the parking lot at Herberton |
Finally off exploring. Herberton is one of the original (first) town on the Atherton Tablelands. Tin mining! Cornish miners etc. It is bigger than we expected, and quite picturesque. Herberton has a historic village which is bigger - and better than most. There are over 50 buildings with collections or examples of just about everything from the 1900's.
Maz enjoyed the clothing, shoes, fashions in particular. I prefer the mechanical stuff. My favourite thing was the Citroen rail ambulance - basically a small van on train wheels.
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| Citroen rail ambulance. I want one (in standard gauge) |
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| Artistic shot of the building rooftops... |
We spent a bit of time at the Printing Works where a retired printer has accumulated a bunch of presses and even linotype (hot metal typesetters) machines. When I started Sky Sports I used the printer in Kyneton and learned to use his Linotype machine - same model as this one... Had a wanted poster made for my great x6 grandmother Bridget Le'strange (the 19 year old highway robber).
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| On the Hotel Balcony - wasn't open! |
Spent hours going around the place - til our legs were falling off...
Back via Atherton for a few things and back to base.
