Bush trip: the town
Jan. 13th, 2011 11:10 pmI should get this done and move onto something else.
Continuing the account of our trip to the Long March Dam site. The background is in the earlier posts, although as a quick summary, work on the dam started about about 1840 using probationary labour, with the intention of providing irrigation for farms in the Midlands, but was abandoned a few years later due to economic and political factors. The site consists of a partially completed dam, an abandoned sandstone quarry and the nearby settlement that housed the workers.
Part 1 - Arriving
Part 2 - Dam & Quarry
And so we move onto the town... except there is a slight detour on the way.
( On to slight detour )
Continuing the account of our trip to the Long March Dam site. The background is in the earlier posts, although as a quick summary, work on the dam started about about 1840 using probationary labour, with the intention of providing irrigation for farms in the Midlands, but was abandoned a few years later due to economic and political factors. The site consists of a partially completed dam, an abandoned sandstone quarry and the nearby settlement that housed the workers.
Part 1 - Arriving
Part 2 - Dam & Quarry
And so we move onto the town... except there is a slight detour on the way.
( On to slight detour )
