Walks, Mines and Houses & Gardens of Cornwall
Just off the town of Camelford is Cornwall's two highest points: Brown Willy and Rough Tor. We started our walk from the Rough Tor carpark...
This will be as complete a list of engine houses and major opening and closing dates of all the mines featured on this website as...
A wee while ago Scottie and I headed down to Gweek to spend the day with the seals at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary. This absolute...
On the northern edge of Kalgoorlie is 200 hectares of bushland paradise. Named after the local Aboriginal word for ‘silky pear’, this area of land […]
Down a quiet country lane near the village of St Day is the only remaining engine house in the parish. This belongs to the Grambler […]
Well camouflaged in a thick layer of ivy near the remains of the former Truro-Newquay Railway is New Chiverton Consols. It was also known as […]
Just 25 miles north of Coolgardie are the scant remains of an old mining town. Gold was first discovered here in 1892 by James Speakman […]
Just outside of central Kalgoorlie is 26 hectares of woodland perfect for walks. First established in 1954, it was designed as a testing area to […]
Seventy five miles north of Coolgardie is the ghost town of Siberia, the sight of one of the deadliest goldrushes in the history of the […]
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