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I took a drive to the other side of town (relative to where I live). These photographs are taken in the Saumarez Ponds area, west of Armidale.
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The Old Dumaresq Railway Station. This station, and those north of it, aren’t in use these days. The trains stop at Armidale. There is a movement to try and get freight back on the tracks running all the way up to the Queensland border.
The station is, essentially, in the middle of nowhere. This shot tries to illustrate that the station is in the midst of paddocks.
An old, unoccupied house near to Dumaresq Station.
Saumarez Creek with water in it, albeit not much of a flow.
Near the creek, an old power pole. I had thought it to be an old telephone pole, but I think the insulators are more power-line-like.
The old, used once a month, St. Nicholas Anglican Church. Again, I’m trying to illustrate that the church in in the middle of paddocks. It was founded in 1863 so would have served the neighbouring farms. Note that the church sign is the same shape as the church frontage (I, at least, take that as somebody’s sense of humour – of sorts).
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Hi there,
You were correct with your first comment reguarding the pole and insulators , it was an old telephone post
Rural Australia was full of those posts up to the mid 1980’s , some had multiple crossarms with around 50 wires , insulators and crossovers.
There are still a number of telephone/telegraph posts with those white insulators along railway lines but the post itself is made of rusted metal.
The insulator and swan-neck (bracket holding insulator) were re-used on Melbourne houses in the 1950’s , there are still a few houses still have one screwed into their fascia board attaching the phone line.
There are a few different insulator types , some are made of glass.
The insulators and swan-neck in your photo are the same as the one that I was able to aquire from a renovated house a few years back
cheers Neil
After being out at this station this morning it looks rather sad. There is lttle feed in the area and the station and the surrounding closed line look very neglected. Surely there can be a second use for these facilities rather than just let the area fall apart.