Once Upon A Time - Hill End - The HDR Series
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There are many townships in Australia that feature grand sandstone buildings, but in Hill End the buildings that remain are the remnants of the gold rush. Here the wooden fences are protected from repair and are part of the historic townships character. Thankfully protected .
Here the sunrise catches the landscape with recently snow cover.
Morning light hits trees in the National Park that surrounds the Historic Gold Mining Village of Hill End 3 1/2 hours drive from Sydney
For those visiting Sydney , free some time to travel west of Sydney, you will experience the wonders of National Parks and World Heritage areas, old gold mining towns, old towns . And vineyards and wonderous scenery that is the true Australian landscape.
Hill End NSW
In October 1872 the Star of Hope Gold Mining Co. uncovered what was, at the time, the world’s largest specimen of reef gold. ‘Holtermann’s Nugget’, as it was known, weighed 286 kg and measured 150 cm by 66 cm with an average thickness of 10 cm. That week alone, over 700 kilograms of gold were carted
away from Hill End by the gold escort. In all the amount of gold extracted at Hill End was greater than any goldfield in NSW other than Canbelego
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Raquel Bourne
Great image and history. I wish other towns like this had of been protected and not bulldozed.
owlspook
“protected from repair” ...allowed to grow old and die gracefully allowing the earth to reclaim the land (smile)
love the shot .. especially with the fence in the foreground and the trees framing the sides .. good capture (smile)
Bev Woodman
Beautiful shot Phil and I love the writte work supporting the image
EarthGipsy
Great shot, interesting words, gotta love those hills! :-)
barnsis
Good effects, interesting looking abandoned site.
Lois Bryan
beautiful color combinations … love the lighting!!!
Tom Gomez
I like this, it is a nice rural scene, harking back to a quieter age …
Philip Johnson
Marilyn Harris
Beautiful colour and light!!! Love that fence!!! Great work Philip!!!
WatscapePhoto
Strange how the most decrepit objects can be the subject of a beautiful picture. The glorious light helps, of course. Superb work Philip.
Philip Johnson replied
yes we photographers cant pass up an old delapidated shed
pattihaskins
The lighting and composition is great I like the little spark of red tin? To bring up the interest factor.
Sean Farragher
fantastic
KatrinaO
Once again a magnificent photo. For anyone intersted, most of the fences at Hill End, including this one are Heritage Listed structures and cannot be pulled down, which is a wonderful thing.
Andrew S
Great piece of history, well done
Jeannette Sheehy
I love the beautiful light in your work – it’s just stunning :)
judygal
Beutiful image I love the old falling down structure, and the lovely suroundings. Nice capture.
FrozenMoments
Magnificent capture, great light and love the composisition.
Daidalos
Very beautiful Philip!
Helen Akerstrom
Beautiful lightingPhillip. The rickety old fence frames it nicely!