Rural, Historic, Abandoned and Desolate Places, Travels in Spain and Other Things

Hello and welcome to my site.

Here you'll find pages available (with lots of pictures)on subjects like:

• country rural, historic, regional and remote Australian towns and places that I visit and scenic places of natural beauty
• places that are abandoned, disused, desolate or interesting to me in any way, or have a military aspect to them, plus a bit of urban exploration
• classic Australian pubs, whether still in use as a pub, adapted to other uses, closed or abandoned
• interesting churches, operating or otherwise
• rock and pop music of the 60s, 70s and 80s
• my interest in and travels in Spain, the Spanish Language (viva!), food, people, architecture, history etc

• 31 May 2008 - Added new pages for more interesting and scenic places Tarampa, Minden, Coolana, Mooballand Mount Tamborine.
• 20 Apr 2008 - Added new pages for for the pretty northern NSW towns of Murwillumbah and Tumbulgum.
• 6 Apr 2008 - Updated the Marmor, Central Queensland page with some updates from Aaron.
• 23 Mar 2008 - Added a new page for an abandoned Art Gallery at Springbrook in the Gold Coast hinterland.
• 22 Mar 2008 - Added a new page for an abandoned strip of shops in suburban Mt Gravatt and uploaded a photo of the old South Brisbane city hall to the Abandoned page .
• 20 Jan 2008 - Added a new page for an abandoned Fire Station at Mt Gravatt.
• 19 Jan 2008 - Happy New Year! Added four more churches to the Brisbane Churches page and another couple of "recycled" churches in Brisbane to the abandoned churches page.
• 16 Dec 2007 - Added another great story about a connection with the old Wacol Army Base from Barry in the UK to the Wacol Base Visitors Stories page.
• 18 Nov 2007 - Added interesting and abandoned places around Brisbane to the Abandoned page and even updated the "About Me" page.
• 17 Nov 2007 - Added new page for the town of Gatton and the abandoned hotels in Gatton and Laidley to the abandoned pubs page.
• 11 Nov 2007 - Added new pages for the town of Beenleigh and Forest Hill near Brisbane and a couple of "recycled" churches in Forest Hill to the abandoned churches page.
• 3 Nov 2007 - Added a new page for the interesting NSW country settlement of Ewingsdale.
• 27 Oct 2007 - Added Kedron - Wavell Heights Bowls Club to the Brisbane Bowls Clubs page, St Paul's Lutheran Church at Nundah and Guardian Angels Catholic Church at Wynnum to the Brisbane Churches page.
• 21 Oct 2007 - Added St Matthew's, Grovely to the Brisbane churches page and the "recycled" churches at Fortitude Valley, Kedron and Nundah in Brisbane to the abandoned churches page.
• 20 Oct 2007 - Added visitor feedback from Mary in Melbourne to the Brisbane churches page (St. Lukes at Buranda and Mary Immaculate at Annerley) and another visitor regarding the Rising Sun Hotel at Rosewood and updated the Bowls Club page with the Hamilton, Hendra/Nundah, Booroodabin (Newstead), site of the former Nundah, and Windsor clubs. Also added heaps of new churches (Ascot, Bulimba, Hendra, Kedron, Morningside, Murrarie, Newstead, Nundah, Windsor and Wooloowin) to the Brisbane Churches page.
• 29 Sep 2007 - Added a new page for the charming country town of Laidley.
• 2 Sep 2007 - Added a new page for an abandoned old Queenslander house in Holland Park West.
• 26 Aug 2007 - Added Holy Rood Anglican Church, Oxenford and St James Catholic Church, Barney View to the Country Churches page.
• 2 Jun 2007 - Added a new pages on the old Myer store at Coorparoo in Brisbane, following a visit with the Abandoned Brisbane group.
• 29 Apr 2007 - Added a new pages on personal stories about the old Wacol Army Base based on tales and photos provided by visitor to the site.
• 25 Apr 2007 - Updated pages on Marmor and Rockhampton with great anecdotal information provided in feedback from visitors to the site.
• 4 Mar 2007 - New pages on Beaudesert, Rathdowney and Tamrookum added, more Bowls Clubs and Churches added to the Brisbane pages.

As long as I keep travelling I'll keep adding to it so please check back from time to time!

Please feel free to contact me with your feedback or comments, especially any extra background or information you may be able to provide, and while you're here why not sign my guest book so I know you've been visiting.

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Last Updated: 6 April 2008

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