Saturday, January 22, 2011

Wood's Point Day Trip

Joey & Sam on an old style timber bridge that would have been common in the pioneering days of Wood's Point...






Joey & Sam standing amongst some logs cut down when fire breaks were established. In earlier times there was a milling and timber industry in the Wood's Point area...





Here's Tom just outside the entrance to an old Gold mine diggings common to the whole Wood's Point area. In days gone by there were many miners working the hills to hopefully 'strike it rich' - most didn't...




This is supposedly one of the oldest surviving service stations in Australia!! Closed twelve months earlier due to the operators coming so close to danger in the recent bushfires!!





Joey, Sam, & Cheryl standing at a vantage point on the way to Wood's Point. Here you can see the evidence of the tragic Victorian bushfires that ravaged the region a couple of years ago. Such was the heat that the bark of trees was completely stripped and the trees subsequently died...



Here's a sample of the beautiful Victorian High country that visitors will see on the way to Wood's Point, an old Gold mining area...

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