Plough Disc Poppies

These bright red  "poppies" on the roadside at Ballidu were created from old plough discs and painted to commemorate the 100 year Anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli.

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Another tribute was at the War Memorial where these steel cut outs now stand. They represent the Army, Navy, Air Force and which I thought was a nice touch, the Nurses.

 

 

 

Old Water Tower

This old water tower at Wongan Hills Railway Station was built between 1913 and 1914 from jarrah and karri wood. It stands 40 feet high and held 100,000 litres of water when in use.  It's purpose was to supply  water to the steam trains. A few years back it had to reinforced to prevent it toppling over. A new building built was at the old  station. It  houses The Community Resource Centre, An Arts Centre and  The Visitors Centre and is  is aptly named "The Station"   

 

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              Good Fences
 

 

 

Looking out from  the visitor centre window 

 

 

 

Opening day of the new building in the front of the railway line and water tower

 

 

Relics at Wyalkatchem

Last weekend, feeling a bit bored we took a drive over to Wyalkatchem, about 130 klms away. After poking around at the swap meet and lunch at the hotel, we wandered over to the museum, with it's wonderful collection of old tractors, cars and trucks, dating back to the early 1900's. Rusty relics of a past era.

 

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Old Goods

 Railway Carriage

 

 

Model T Ford, 1924

 

 

Dodge Sedan 1926

 

 

Would once have been the height of luxury

 

 

Chevrolet Truck, 1942

 

 

 

Early Tractors, a long way from the comfort of today

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rubbish Tuesday

This old garden seat was hidden under layers of blue plumbago and bottle brush when we first moved into our house. It wasn't discovered till hubby took to the jungle. Although old and weathered and seen better days, I have kept it in the front garden.  The odd coat of linseed oil is keeping it presentable. I don't advise guests to sit on it, but on occasions, when out in the garden and needing a breather, I do, being careful though. 

 

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Hiding,

Ready for repairs

 

A shady nook in the garden, the windmill too has had a spruce up and a few running repairs 

 

 

Relics at Ravensthorpe Museum

A quick stop off at Ravensthorpe, on the way to Esperance, found us having a look through the museum. I would have loved to have spent more time looking at the items that have been saved from the scrap heap for this interesting look into the past.

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Saddles, harness, bellows and bits from the stables

Who can remember the old dentists chairs like this one.

Printing Press

Telephone Box, all but extinct since mobile phones

There was a little house all set up, these are some of the rooms as they would have used.  These old Singer  Treadle Sewing Machines are still going strong, they seem to last forever

A few kitchen utensils, scales, meat mincer, grater, mixing bowl, rolling pin too,  and Bon Ami to keep pots and pans spic and span

 A windup gramophone in the lounge room, bring on the sing along

Relics of Kondinin

Spotted this old truck in the little town of Kondinin   last week and just had to stop for a photo to share with  Roan's weekly meme,  Rubbish Tuesday  

There was also this old church for sale too

This is the welcoming committee, well rusted but still standing

Rubbish Tuesday

You never know what you will find when you take a  back road. Chances are there will be old machinery left in paddocks, so this is my contribution today to Rubbish Tuesday  Visit  Rubbish By Roan to see more old, some still useful, and some  not so useful items.

Meckering Earthquake 1968

A few pics today of the remains of Salisbury Homestead which was destroyed by a 6.9 magnitude earthquake in 1968.  Meckering , which was destroyed by the earthquake is 130 klm east of Perth.  The remains of this  house have been left as they were back then, now being a reminder of the devastation the quake caused. I was a teenager at the time, living in Perth and vividly remember sitting on my bedroom floor looking through my scrapbook, when I felt the room sway. The quake lasted for about 40 seconds.

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The marker tells where the baby's cot was

The kitchen area, note the old cooker

The front steps 

A rose bush and fruit tree still grows