Life in Bealiba.

[Murray]

We settle on the cottage in St Arnaud on Friday.
The final inspection was today, so we met the agent, Lois, who is lovely, at the house. It was the first time we have seen it empty, and it was better than we hoped in one respect, and worse than we hoped in another. It will be neat as a pin when we are done, but there's a fair bit to do.
Fortunately we got it at the right price and we have an enthusiastic young builder who came and went through it with us today.
While we were in St Arnaud we had lunch and visited the library and joined.
I took a few pictures of the main street.

[Murray]

And facing the other way
The white car by the camera is Jimmy the Commodore. He's been doing some miles lately, and never misses a beat

[Trev]

Good news Muzza won't be long now then mate I hope all goes well for you, I look forward to following your renovations with you
Enjoy your last few weeks in your holiday cottage
Looks a nice tidy little place, good to see some libraries still surviving

[Andy]

That’s some town hall Murray. Looks a lovely vibrant town.

[Trev]

And facing the other way
The white car by the camera is Jimmy the Commodore. He's been doing some miles lately, and never misses a beat

[Murray]

That’s some town hall Murray. Looks a lovely vibrant town.

Yep, it is a nice town, Andy, and in it's heyday was a vibrant place.
But like country towns everywhere it has fallen away and there are too many empty shops in the main street. But there is a renewal of interest in the country towns. I think in the next 5 to 10 years St Arnaud will be alive again!

[Buster121]

Looks a great place Murray

[Devo1956]

It Looks nice and clean and tidy, good to see people look after the place. I really like the buildings.

[Murray]

We went up the road yesterday, and i saw this old shearing shed. Typical of the old buildings around central Victoria.

[Murray]

It's the sort of thing I would like to model.
This is a little miner's cottage I have been working on