It has to be one of the most god-forsaken places.
Truly, but it has left a wonderful legacy of photo ops.
Arltunga is a ghost town now, but was the earliest settlement in central Australia when gold was discovered in 1887.
There must be something about the gold in them thar hills because prospectors had to get here overland from Oodnadatta, 600kms away, mostly on foot!
Have you seen the country around there?
They must have been keen or mad.
There wasn't much water there and not that much gold either.
The town died in 1912.
So that is sad but it has been preserved and you can go down a mine and poke around in some other mines where there may be bats.
That is pretty cool.
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| looking for bats |
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| just the frame left of this house |
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| it's perfectly safe |
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| my new installation for sculptures by the sea |
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| restored policestation |
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| tiny house |
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| Assayer's residence |
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| bleak outlook |
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| maybe there are bats in this one |
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