Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Relic's from the Coal Mines Wonthaggi








Over the past twenty years we have been taking photo's of the decline of a Rare Industrial Relic from the coal mines in Wonthaggi, No. Five Brace. This structure has been left to the ravages of the elements and time. Ever so slowly decaying away, no longer the life blood of a town and the many families that work in the mines. 

The Wonthaggi State Coal Mine is said to be of historical and scientific importance to the State of Victoria, so why then is the area around No. Five Brace, the Old Rescue Station, McBride Tunnel in such poor condition. This area is now in the hands of Parks Victoria and on our recent visit to this site it was so over grown we could not get any where near the Rescue Station, McBride Tunnel is also so over grown, paths are no more than mowed tracks very difficult to walk on. This is a very poor reflection of a site  in the hands of Parks Victoria it is so neglected, shame, shame, shame. 


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