Susan peeks over the wall at Beechworth’s Mayday Hills Asylum.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 100
Tag: Beechworth
Beechworth Horse Parking
It was nice to see the reverse parallel parking outside the sweet shop in Beechworth. The horse riders were taking part in the annual Ned Kelly Trial re-enactment weekend.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 400
Beechworth Pioneer Memorial
The late afternoon winter sun brings out the golden tones of the rear-side of the Beechworth Pioneer Memorial. The plaques on the front reads:
Erected in 1954 in memory and in honor of the pioneers who founded this town, and to commemorate the fact that Beechworth was once a famous gold town.
Some historical dates.
Feb. 1852 Gold discovered.
July 1853 Beechworth named and declared a township.
Sept. 1855 Famous Golden Horseshoes incident.
1852 – 1866 gold returns totalled 3,121,918 ozs.
1856 – 1859 Robert O’Hara Bourke, Capt. Police in Beechworth.
Aug, 6th 1880 Ned Kelly’s trial begins in local Court-house.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 100
Case DEX Tractor
A Case DEX model tractor, built sometime betweem 1939 and the mid 1950s.
- Aperture: ƒ/19
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- Focal length: 39mm
- ISO: 400
Allis-Chalmers Tractor
An Allis-Chalmers Model B Tractor from 1937 in the company’s distinctive orange livery. The model B was designed for small farms after a survey of farms across the USA. Allis-Chalmers closed its doors in 1999 and became a lost brand.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 200
Distracted in Beechworth
- Aperture: ƒ/11
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- Focal length: 39mm
- ISO: 100
Smiles in Beechworth
Susan enjoys some late afternoon sunshine in Beechworth way back in 2010.
- Aperture: ƒ/11
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- Focal length: 39mm
- ISO: 100
IBM – Clock Speed
Hopefully this brings new meaning to the term clock-speed. To me, without looking under “the bonnet”, it looks as though this International Business Machine runs at about 1 hertz – one movement each second! We found this clock hanging in The Old Brewery in Beechworth.
