Introduction to today's journey
Today's journey explores Longreach in the morning, including the Powerhouse Museum. I head to the nearby airport in the early afternoon to fly back to Brisbane.
Today's Journey
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Heading into the town centre in the morning, I discover a museum at the back of one of the shops, with several Cobb and Co carriages and a lot of other memorabilia preserved from days gone by. |
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In the middle of the town is the Drovers Monument, the life sized sculptures of five drovers. This monument was originally created for Expo '88 in Brisbane, and had been on display there ever since until 2020 when they had been moved here. I did photograph them in Brisbane in 2014, then tried looking for them again about a year ago, only to accidentally rediscover them way out here. |
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From the town centre I head to the Powerhouse Museum, the site of the old coal powered powerhouse, now converted into a museum. |
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All the orginal generators are still in place here, event though they have not operated for decades with the town being connected to the national grid. |
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Even all the power supply machinery is still in place, showing the old technology of this old power station. |
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At the back of the museum is Nogo Cottage, an old worker's cottage from between the 1930s and 1950s restored and preserved with original furnishings. |
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I return to the town centre where an old vintage car sits amongst all the modern vehicles. |
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From the town centre I head to the nearby Longreach Station where the trains travel from here to the coast at Rockhampton. The rain of the past two days has closed the railway line a couple of hundred kilometres along the line. |
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With my travels in Longreach complete, I to the airport in the mid afternoon to catch the daily plane back to Brisbane. Taking off, the land is dead flat for as far as the eye can see, broken only by the Thomson River where I cruised a couple of days ago. |
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Rain still falls over the Great Dividing Range and Western highlands as I approach Brisbane. |
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