MALDON

BEEHIVE CHIMNEY

WEDNESDAY 22.4.2015: Dropped the humans off at Debbie's Salon (hairdresser), and afterward headed off to see the sights of Maldon. The Beehive Chimney was built in 1862. It is surrounded by an 1850s open-cut mine, winding, pumping and battery engine footings from 1860-1870s.

The dredge and dragline represent that phase of gold mining in Maldon when technology enabled relatively large scale reworking of earlier deposits which had first been worked by thousands of individual prospectors in the rush of the 1850s.

DRAGLINE

DREDGE

 

MALDON VINTAGE
MACHINERY MUSEUM

Visited Mount Tarrangower Lookout which is just up the road from where the free camp is situated. The tower which enables vision of up to a 40 mile radius is one of Maldon's most distinctive landmarks and was erected in 1923.

THE PENNY SCHOOL

The Penny School was a Church of England School formerly known as the Denominational School. Originally built in 1856, then rebuilt in 1862.

THE PARSONAGE

Had refreshments at the Maldon Wine Bar  - we roughly determined that it has been well over forty years since we have been to a wine bar, just do not see them anymore. The following set of photos is the reason why Carole is granted minimal access to the camera - by the time the photo is taken the subject has lost interest or one could say, the plot!
















Arrived back at the free camp and from our window  - the national emblems!