Sometimes, when Akari asks ‘where does that road go?’ we go to places where there is nothing, yet there is everything. Places are never really empty! I went peeking at a tiny, easily overlooked, abandoned corner of Central Victoria! What are the spaces that you find poetic? Take the time to photograph or write about them!
This abandoned cottage lies beyond the Maldon Cemetery.
Nature repurposes this old abandoned home in Moliagul, where finding the Welcome Stranger heralded the gold rush.
Moliagul abandoned home
The old thunder box in Moliagul is an icon of another time.
The Paupers sign points to an abandoned section of the Eddington Cemetery
The old Forest Creek Diggings site has remnants of another time.
Old Forest Creek Mine
Unknown Miner’s Grave 1850-1864 in a out of the way corner of Kalimna Reserve near Castlemaine.
Abandoned Cattle Yard at the Monster Meeting Site Chewton
With the decline in interest in some sporting clubs these courts are deteriorating. Have to love the old umpires stand.
Old Homestead
Bandit
Maldon Castlemaine Road
Maldon Castlemaine Road
Maldon Castlemaine Road
Maldon Castlemaine Road
Maldon Castlemaine Road
Maldon Castlemaine Road
Sandy Creek Road
Sandy Creek road
Sandy Creek Road
Sandy Creek Road
Sandy Creek
The Sandy Creek is not flowing now.
Castlemaine
Guildford
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