Melb 09 – Part 3

Part 3: Korumburra

Paid a visit to Korumburra with my uncle and aunty who decided to take a trip down  memory lane.. =D

COAL’S CREEK

Coal Creek Community Park and Museum has been developed to preserve the unique history of coal, the development of the South Gippsland railway and the rural settlement which was accelerated by the dairy and timber industries.

Coal was accidentally discovered in South Gippsland in 1872, near the present site of Coal Creek when James Brown’s horse, watering near the creek, kicked a sizable piece of coal free from the surface. Some 16 years later coal began to be mined. It was the first successful commercial coalfield in Victoria and was responsible for breaking the stranglehold New South Wales had on Victoria’s industries.

Come take a walk through time and explore the large collection of artefacts housed in the many heritage buildings in a village like setting. Buy some hand made sweets in the General Store, ride the bush tramway, dine in Garrard’s Café by the lake or simply enjoy our 20 acres of natural bush surrounds.

No words could do this place justice.. its a really cute little park they set up to commemorate this coal mining village..

uncle and aunty near the entrance overlooking the trains station.

the music studio..

the inside of the music studio which portrays what it was like back in the old days.

WARNING TO MUM: CLOSE YOUR EYES FOR THE NEXT PHOTO!! YOU’VE BEEN WARNED!!

not to mention its home to giant earthworms as well.. the length of this one is easily one metre and the body is as big as my thumb’s diameter..

there’s a general store here selling souveniers and candy..

inside of an olden days courthouse where the fates of many were sealed with a BANG of the hammer.

church hehe =D

see what i mean?? this place is beautiful!!

Adios!!

–Up next Melb 09 – Part 4:  Melb by night–