Trip to Hill End

Went to the mining town of Hill End where we got to go into a defunked mine. Alas the particular mine didn't yield any gold in its few years of operation. quote from visitnsw.com "n 1851, gold was discovered at Hill End, then known as Bald Hill, and by 1872, at the height of the great gold rush, the town was the largest inland settlement in NSW.
It had a population of 10,000 and boasted a kilometre of colourful shopfronts, including 28 pubs, an opium den and an oyster bar.
Gold mining activity gradually dwindled, until by the 1920s there were just a few hundred miners left to pick over the former diggings.
The town was proclaimed an historic site in 1967, when the National Parks and Wildlife Service began preserving and restoring the buildings on the site."

Anyway if you get the chance its a lovely place to visit and a beautiful drive there. And of course if your coming from Sydney you can come and stay with us or at least drop in for one of Ben's fresh roast coffees.