As gold rush era towns in Victoria, Australia go, Beechworth is one of the better preserved ones. Main street is quaint, historic municipal buildings have been saved, even the cemetery has a nice patina. Let's stroll the town.
One of the central, commercial streets, ripe for a Western movie.
Old architecture details. Elaborate iron work, a clock tower and fancy brickwork.
Houses just off the commercial core of Beechworth have been preserved, looking a little like a tiny New Orleans style Garden District.
On the town's edge is an old powder magazine. It was used for storing volatile gunpowder, needed in the nearby goldfields for blasting rock. Chinese burning towers in the cemetery. They were built in 1857 and are still used for the burning of paper offerings.
Back in town, the perfect set dressing of an antique auto in front of an old house.
One of the central, commercial streets, ripe for a Western movie.
Old architecture details. Elaborate iron work, a clock tower and fancy brickwork.
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On the town's edge is an old powder magazine. It was used for storing volatile gunpowder, needed in the nearby goldfields for blasting rock. Chinese burning towers in the cemetery. They were built in 1857 and are still used for the burning of paper offerings.
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