Monday, 6 May 2013

Quaint - but pronouncing hell

Out touring on the weekend to a number of quite small hamlets, localities really. 
Like Neuarpurr where the horses (from cute little miniatures up to the large draught horses) vastly outnumbered the human residents. But there was the beautifully rustic Neuarpurr State School building (the perceptive will recognise this is the same style as Boyeo, just flipped) now a private home. I've driven past a dozen times previously without discovering this little gem.
Neuarpurr No. 2645 (1890s-1940s)

Booroopki WWI monument
Talking of little towns , there was Minimay proudly boasting 'population 10' on the town sign, it still has a store/post office, but not sure for how long as there was the For Sale sign out the front. 
From the dead-end Domaschenz Road in the Patyah/Jallakin area, bypassed Ozenkadnook and skirted Lake Charlegrark to arrive at Booroopki (the City staff were having a giggle at its pronunciation the other day). Booroopki now has a little picnic shelter at its Avenue of Honour.
Heading west to the new money at Tallageira - the farmers moving to huge centre-pivot irrigation to grow vegetables, even the sheep were eating the discarded onions (readily seasoned lamb roast). 
Cast-iron plate outside the Benayeo Hall
Then just short of the border and Kybybolite, to Benayeo finding this relic - apparently the back plate of a fireplace, built by the Victoria Foundry in Carlton for the Education Department in 1876. Was going to finish off at Bringalbert, but the light was fading so it will have to be another alphabet adventure in local nomenclature.

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