20190824 Qld Morven

20190824 Driving through the towns of Amby, Mitchell and Mungallala to get to our destination, Morven, to camp the night at the showgrounds and walk the town taking in the sites.

The hard times certainly took its toll when in 1929 Wall Street took a tumble, sending the country into the great depression, unemployment tripled leaving 32 per cent of Australians out of work. Due to the hardship ‘Tin Hut’s’ like this were built of flattened kerosene tins, these were common homes for many pensioners.

Sadleir’s Water is a lovely spot surrounded by Red River gums, the waterhole was once a stopover for Cobb & Co Coaches and bullock teams.

 But now it's home to these fellows who come and go at their leisure.

The town was once known as "Sadlier’s Waterhole" until the Post Office was built in 1876 and renamed Morven, that makes the PO 143 years old

This was once Morven’s only Hotel until it burnt down in 2016 and although there was talk of a rebuild the land is still vacant leaving the town with no pub.

The pub was destroyed by fire in 2016.

A chimney, a pizza oven and a wood oven is all that remains of the Morven Hotel.

These towns may be small but there hearts are big when it comes to remembering those who fort for our freedom and I found this piece appealing.

The old Bushell’s sign stands big and bold along the street.