Kanyaka Station Ruins

[GBO25]

Established in 1852 and abandoned in 1888 after a series of droughts this property was the home to 70 families during its prosperous years. It's a fascinating photographic subject.

[NorthernFocus]

It does look like an interesting place to kick around with a camera in hand. Seeing things like this offer reflections on how well we live on average nowadays. Consider the people who moved to such a dry/barren wilderness considered it an improvement or offering better opportunities over where the left.

[Manfred M]

Very interesting Graham; a nice shot of an intersting setting.

I did a tiny bit of hunting around at one of the local ghost towns a couple of summers ago and it's something I want to do more of. I guess it will have to wait until the springtime now though, as access is impossible to most of these places at this time of year (too much snow to trudge through).

I found that when I did it, that these shots were great candidates for B&W conversion (period look) and I got a nice mix of general shots as well as some close up details. Lots of fun (but also a fair bit of driving up some out of the was country roads).

[Stagecoach]

Very nice Graham, I can see that you could spend hours here and at different times of the day.

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured, very colorful.

[GBO25]

.......Consider the people who moved to such a dry/barren wilderness considered it an improvement or offering better opportunities over where the left.

The guy who first took up the lease on the property was only 23. He had it for less than a year because he drowned trying to save stock during a flood when he was just 24.
It eventually ended up in the hands of another family who really got it up and running. They eventually sold it to a company after losing 20,000 sheep in a drought. Eventually roads bypassed the station and it was allowed to run down. There is a very interesting graveyard there with nearly all those buried having died at less than 50.

[IzzieK]

Hmmm...that story made my skin crawl with goose pimples. Interesting...the place is spooked!