Rural, Historic, Abandoned and Desolate Places, Travels in Spain etc

Rural & Regional Towns and Scenic Places Home Page

Urban Exploration, Abandoned & Desolate Places

Rural & Regional Towns and Scenic Places

Classic Country, Historic & Abandoned Australian Pubs

Country, Historic, Interesting, Abandoned or Recycled Churches

Pop & Rock music of the Sixties, Seventies & Eighties

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
travels on Route 66 or any other interesting or historic country, place, road etc!
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

4 Apr 2014 - Finished constructing the page for Highway One through New South Walesa - check it out!
25 Feb 2014 - About half way through New South Wales on Highway One - what a drive; check it out!
17 Feb 2014 - Finished constructing the page for Highway One through Victoria - check it out!
14 Feb 2014 - Started on a new mini-site for Australia's magic Highway One. At over 14,000km it's the world's longest national highway so the site will grow to be quite large with LOTS of towns and attractions. It's under construction now but check out progress here.
13 Feb 2014 - Added new pages for the small towns of Chinderah, NSW, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Cooperabung, NSW, Coopernook, NSW and Coorabell Creek, NSW.
19 Oct 2013 - Based on great feedback and extra information from readers, updated the pages for the towns of Esk, Beaudesert, Marmor and Mooball. Also added another GREAT personal story to the Wacol Army Base page.
5 Oct 2013 - Added a new page for our Tweed Valley Spanish Language Conversation Group. It's a free social group that meets for fun and conversation a couple of times a month - come join us - VENGA!
8 Oct 2012 - Added new pages for the small towns of Central Tilba, NSW and Chatsworth, NSW.
20 Feb 2012 - Updated the page for the former Annerly Bowls Club, added a new page for the now abandoned East Brisbane Bowls Club and updated the Brisbane Bowls Clubs page and the Burands Bowls Club page with the information that the former Buranda Bowls Club has now been demolished. Thanks to Kevin from Brisbane for writing in with the updates and photos :)
4 Feb 2012 - Updated the pages for the towns of Coominyah and Forest Hill and updated the Brisbane Bowls Clubs page. Thanks to all concerned for writing in with the updates :)
3 Feb 2012 - Updated the Route 66 pages for Oklahoma (Stovall Theatre in Sayre and the old building in Hydro) and New Mexico (Anzac Rd at McCarty). Thanks to Regina and Jack for writing in with the updates :)
23 Jan 2012 - Added new pages for the small towns of Calga, NSW and Casino, NSW.
22 Jan 2012 - Added new pages for the small towns of Brushgrove & Cowper, NSW and Bulahdelah, NSW.
21 Jan 2012 - Added new pages for the small towns of Bodalla, NSW and Brunswick Heads, NSW.
11 Jan 2012 - Added a new page for the lovely small highway town of Berry, NSW.
8 Jan 2012 - Added new pages for the charming small towns of Bega, NSW and Bellingen, NSW.
30 Oct 2011 - All broken links, pictures etc are fixed - yay!!! Please let me know if you find any hold-outs :)
22 Aug 2011 - Still fixing any broken links; not many left now. Fixed images and links for all the Pubs pages today.
23 Dec 2010 - BROKEN LINKS, SOME PAGES & PICTURES DON'T DISPLAY; please bear with me while I repair the damage done by moving servers.I'm working on it page by page and fixing it; apologies for any inconvenience. Currently working on "Abandoned & Desolate", going through from A-Z.

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: 4 Apr 2014