The more I read the article, the more excited I got with what you described, that would be paradise for me. You know I love antiques, especially cars and watches, 90% of mi profile here is about that 😅.
In fact, in the future, my retirement plan are going to spend my free time restoring some olds cars.
As I read the part of the garage sale, I remembered a coloquial phrase ... one man's trash is another man's treasure .
Since I saw the picture I was amazed by that tractor, the contrast between the color of the ground and the blue sky is incredible and in the middle the rusty red of the tractor, good photo, Mate!
But the tractor itself should be in a museum or maybe repaired and used. I really don't understand how some people leave this kind of relics to their fate
It's a very cool place and as I wrote this I thought of you as I know you like this sort of thing. Put it on the list of places to go when you come to Australia.
The trash and treasure comment is true indeed...I know many who would look upon that property and the vehicles and think, what a pile of fucken shit, or something like that maybe without the swear words...but in truth, it's a treasure trove.
There's so many tractors there and other farming machinery also. There's a really cool wool baler (gets filled with sheep's wool and it compresses it into what's called a bale and then it's tied off. I'm not sure exactly of the age but well over 100 years. Pretty cool.
People use something, especially farmers, until it's broken or obsolete and replace them. The wool baler I mention is a good example...it may have come from a far nearby and farmers are flat out trying to make a living so they just get a new one and move on...the old, like the cars and tractors too, get dragged into a field and left (most farms here have a section where these things rust away) and sometimes get collected as I think has happened with the wool baler I mention.
You'd like this place...loads of snakes but unless you startle one you'll not get bitten. 😉
Since I read the part where they have the idea of creating a campground, I read it and said I have to visit it sometime.
Although by then, I think I already know most of Australia, thanks to your articles.
I find it interesting what you tell me about the wool baler, I had to look it up on the internet because there aren't sheep here 😅, so I had no idea, but looks pretty cool.
I would never leave those things (cars and machine) to their fate, at most I would sell them or donate them, there is always someone who will take advantage of them.
The farms in Australia must be museums with those sections😅
I'll have to teach you some local slang phrases and, of course, some swear words and how to string them all together...once done you'll be accepted as a local in no time! 😂