Fading VictoriaConsumer hunger for residential land and infrastructure is slowly destroying many historical sites located near the steadily expanding fringes of suburbia. Weather also takes its toll on beautiful rural buildings that have been abandoned by their owners. What causes them to just walk away?Now: a photographer documents a handful of sites located in the state of Victoria, Australia -- before they fade away completely...
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Kimbolton, Victoria, Australia A bridge abandoned when this area was flooded in the 1960s to create Lake Eppalock. Drought in more recent times has receded ... (more) |
Clarkefield, Victoria, Australia An abandoned railway signalling system, with cut wire still hanging from the pole. The remains of an old semaphore signal ... (more) |
Metcalfe East, Victoria, Australia A small bridge crosses a creek intersecting the former Redesdale railway line. The last train passed over it sometime in ... (more) |
Epping, Victoria, Australia Run down bluestone homestead in the middle of a new Vicurban estate. The rear iron roofing has fallen off, revealing what ... (more) | ||||
Bet Bet, Victoria, Australia The front part of an old Chevrolet truck, which appears to be from an early 1940s Series AK. There are other similar era ... (more) |
Koo Wee Rup, Victoria, Australia The tags on this equipment say it was last checked in 1986, but its age looks to be a fair bit older. The ammeters are Triplett ... (more) |
Newstead, Victoria, Australia An old mile post on the Pyrenees Highway. One side says "AT 72" (Ararat 72 miles), the other "C 13" (Castlemaine 13 miles) ... (more) |
Epping, Victoria, Australia Old stone fence at a former farm site, which will soon be redeveloped into a wholesale market. This property used to front ... (more) | ||||
Moranding, Victoria, Australia Looking through roadside trees towards an old barn. Note the dunny attached to the rear. |
Limestone, Victoria, Australia A mature tree grows from the engine bay of a beaten up old car used for racing. The car has been in this position for at ... (more) |
South Morang, Victoria, Australia Opened on 25th March 1888, this historic church recently closed after nearly 120 years of service. The site is currently ... (more) |
South Morang, Victoria, Australia Built sometime between 1857 and 1880, this 130+ year old cottage contrasted sharply with rapid modern development in the ... (more) | ||||
Darraweit Guim, Victoria, Australia Old truck and harvester having what is probably a well earned rest. |
Wollert, Victoria, Australia This derelict weatherboard house, despite its appearance, is actually occupied. Power seems to be connected but the phone ... (more) |
Trentham, Victoria, Australia A virtually hidden cemetery that appears to have been abandoned. The newest grave was created 24 years ago, and the oldest ... (more) |
Dunach, Victoria, Australia An old bluestone shack and an unknown red brick structure, both in a sorry state of repair. | ||||
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