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Re: Life in Bealiba.

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:51 am
by 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.
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Re: Life in Bealiba.

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:56 am
by 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 :D

Re: Life in Bealiba.

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:58 am
by Trev
Good news Muzza πŸ‘πŸ€  won't be long now then mate 😁 I hope all goes well for you, I look forward to following your renovations with you πŸ‘πŸ˜
Enjoy your last few weeks in your holiday cottage πŸ‘πŸ€ 
Looks a nice tidy little place, good to see some libraries still surviving πŸ‘

Re: Life in Bealiba.

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:58 am
by Andy
That’s some town hall Murray. Looks a lovely vibrant town.

Re: Life in Bealiba.

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:58 am
by Trev
Murray wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:56 am 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 :D
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Re: Life in Bealiba.

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:13 am
by Murray
Andy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:58 am 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!

Re: Life in Bealiba.

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:25 pm
by Buster121
Looks a great place Murray

Re: Life in Bealiba.

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:41 pm
by Devo1956
It Looks nice and clean and tidy, good to see people look after the place. I really like the buildings.

Re: Life in Bealiba.

Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2024 4:50 am
by Murray
We went up the road yesterday, and i saw this old shearing shed. Typical of the old buildings around central Victoria.

Re: Life in Bealiba.

Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2024 5:02 am
by Murray
It's the sort of thing I would like to model.
This is a little miner's cottage I have been working on