Purlewaugh

From Coonabarabran we then took the road out to Purlewaugh, going over Billy Creek and Baby Creek, up MacEvoy's hill and detouring in to Ulamambri - took a photo of the silo and the sign..
I stopped to have a look at Vanstone's cattle yards but they are no more.
Then to Purlewaugh.

Lot of changes here. There is no woolshed or tankstand and windmill. The house and yard look quite different.
We took some photos from the front road. The tennis court has not been maintained. It looks like the cow yard has been extended into a signficant set of yards. There are trees growing in the front paddock and the front paddock is now split into at least one other paddock.

The top gate and drive in is changed with a fenced in lane down to the house. The wattle trees on the road up to the top gate have now become significant. There is a shot of the village from the top gate as well.

We drove down to the S-bend and stopped at the padlocked gate into the S-bend paddock. It was looking very lush with a
crop of lucerne. The s-bend is not a real s-bend anymore. Photos show the look towards Grahams from the gate and back towards the Vanstones and up the hill to the old house as well.

We then drove through the village, taking some photos of the old presbyterian church, the supper hall, the hall proper, the boys toilet (I think), the postoffice house and the old catholic church. There is another house there now as well as what would have been Mrs Fullers house and the store house.

Ulamambri - picture1, picture2, picture3.
Vanstone - picture1, picture2, picture3, picture4
Woolshed - picture1, picture2, picture3, picture4, picture5 or Forbey Farrells house, picture6
House from the front road - picture1, picture2, picture3, picture4, picture5, picture6
House from the top gate - picture1, picture2, picture3, picture4, picture5, picture6, picture7
S-bend - picture1, picture2, picture3, picture4, picture5, picture6, picture7,  looking towards Grahams - picture8, & picture9
Village - picture1, picture2, picture3, picture4, picture5, picture6, picture7, picture8, picture9, picture10, picture11

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