Went a whole 27kms down the road to a little place called Ilfracombe.
Not a very remarkable little town, only a few people,,,,,BUT it has a Mile of Machinery.
Lined up along the main drag is machinery and each piece is credited with helping build the local area, from farm machinery to road machinery to transport used to get the local produce, (mainly wool) to market, or to bring desperately needed supplies to the local properties. Himself found it fascinating. Apparently amongst the display is one of the very earliest earth moving tractors, and it is one of only three left in the entire world and here it lies in isolated splendour in our Australian Outback! The entire township is one big museum of old old stuff.
Then we came back to Longreach and went to the Longreach Powerhouse Museum. This was the original powerhouse for this area. Still with all the generators in place. We saw all sorts of stuff in here. They sometimes used gas to generate power and sometimes used coal from Blair Athol, which all those of you who know the name know it is a RioTinto mine site.....small wheels people, small wheels!
But guess what? Powerhouses like to keep a resident cat. They help keep the rodent population under control which is good as rodents like to chew through electical cords, causing power outages. The resident cat at the now mothballed Longreach Powerhouse is called Midnite.
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