Little has changed since it was a working logging town, although the buildings are now very old and tired. It was interesting to watch a demonstration of a bullock team going through its routine of dragging logs out of the forest and pulling the timber jinker around as was done in days gone past.
A tour of the settlement included carpenters' workshops, a blacksmith's shop, fire station, living quarters, printing press, movie theatre, steam engine to haul logs, a working sawmill, hotel, school and many items of equipment from the past.
Then we went to the RSL at Wauchope for lunch. The same people were still sitting at the poker machines, same people slouching at the bar, and a room full of women were yelling out "bingo" every so often. Nothing much has changed since our last visit several years ago.
The sawmill settlement at Timbertown just outside Wauchope.
The bullock team getting ready for the demonstration.
The bullock train leader knew each bullock by name and they obeyed his commands extremely well.
The tiny school where 10 children could be taught at the settlement. The hitching rail was for the kids who rode their horses to school each day.
Logs being sawn with a 3 bladed saw driven by steam.
A circular saw used to cut the timber into usable sizes for house building.
The fire station.
The blacksmith making anything including shovels, crowbars, barb wire, horse shoes or clothes lines.
The steam locomotive used to drag the logs into the sawmill.
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