Apology

Wedderburn Today apologises for the extended outage, which is caused by Camera problems. Back Soon.

A Short Break...

Wedderburn Today is off to the Big City to see Family and Friends for a short break. Back on Tuesday 28th. :-)

Clear Blue Sky

An Autumn chill in the mornings and evenings now, although daytime temperatures are still in the 30s and no sign of badly needed rain.

Iron Lacework and Wooden Ceilings

Many houses in Wedderburn are over 150 years old. Whilst this is not very old by European standards, it is for a young country such as Australia. The decorative lace on the Verandah of this house is made of Cast iron. Modern reproductions of this house style use injection moulded plastic, but this is the real thing. The Baltic Pine ceiling is typical of the period.

The Korong Dairy

The old dairy in Ridge Street has been owned by the same local family for many years and was operational until around 5 years ago. Milk was delivered locally and as far afield as Boort, 40Km away. Nowadays the milk comes from one of the large national dairies which is a shame.

Grave of an early Wedderburnian

The Grave of Catherine McNab in Wedderburn is marked by a somewht temporary looking sign... I think a little research is needed and perhaps I will take it upon myself to see if something better can be arranged. 

Empties

Empty beer barrels sit sadly at the rear of the pub. 

Autumn Light

I cannot believe the change in the weather this week. Last Sunday the temerature got to 39.8C in Wedderburn, today it was 20. I even lit the heater this morning, the overnight temp was 9.1C and the house was chilly. Crazy Aussie weather... 

Inside the Post Office

The nerve scentre of the town, Wedderburn PO is a family business. Not only is it the PO, it also serves as the town's bank and sells a mind-bending range of office supplies, collectibles, crafts and toys. Here we see Shazza (Wife of Dazza) serving Tina. "Would you like stamps with that?" Dazza will be featured in a later pic when I can get him to stand still long enough... 

Wedderburn at Night

Long Arm of the Law

Our local Police Station, Commissariat de Police, Stazione Di Polizia, Estação De Polícias. Whatever name you give it, you should only visit on a friendly basis. 

Lounge Bar Saturday Night

And the barmaid looked lovely in blue... 

More Sport

Local girls at Netball practice. 

Sport in Wedderburn

The "Redbacks" in training... Footy will soon be here... 

Council Extensions

New buildings for the Loddon Shire Council take shape... Slowly. 

Sheepish on Tuesday

Felt really sheepish today having not blogged for 2 days and being jabbed by the Blogmeister himself on the last post.

So on returning from lunch when the road was blocked by a stock movement I could not resist the analogy. :-) 

 

 

 

Woof!

Great looking Shepherd pups are bred in Wedderburn. Want one? Get in the queue...LOL

No Post Tomorrow... away for the weekend 

Inside the "REX"

The Rex has the original Ticket Box in the 1930's Foyer. There is also a small Lolly and Popcorn Bar. 

Volunteers set up for this weekend's Charlton Film Festival. 

One of the Rex's DP90 Todd-AO 70mm projectors. These came from the old Maribynong Drive-in and still use Arc-Lamps for Illumination. 

The Charlton "REX"

Not far from Wedderburn is the wheat town of Charlton. The Rex Cinema in Charlton is a treasure. It was built in 1938 and is almost original. The only change made since then was in the 1950s with the removal of some seats and installation of a larger screen and new equipment to allow projection of Cinemascope pictures. The Rex has a rich history and you can read it on the website.
http://www.charltoncinema.iinet.net.au/
This weekend is the Charlton Film Festival if you are up this way, with screenings on Friday evening, and Saturday.

 

Wedderburn Chipparium and Movie Rentals

Chips, Pizza, and what's your choice? "Biker Boys 2" or "House of Sand and Fog"? I'll have a double burger and "Terminator 2" Please... 

 

Sunset

Sunset over the bush. Peace, quiet and solitude. 

Wedderburn Monument

Major Thomas Mitchell was purportedly the first White man to visit this area in1836. This stone Cairn is approximately 5Km Southwest of the town on the A79 Calder Highway. 

 

 

Night Light

When the Power goes of in Wedderburn, as it frequently does... We have the technology. 

Rain Rain....

First rain for about 4 months or more... It wasn't much, only a millimetre or so, but the garden said "Aaaaahhhhh...." 

Sign of the Tmes - 2

Ok, here's our other "Interesting" street name. This is absolutely genuine, not a hoax. Now while Teddy Bear Lane was named after a long time resident of the town Titwobble Lane was not. Well... not quite. The story goes that years ago when this particular part of town was being subdivided, the Shire Engineer was driving down this particular bit of (Un-Named back then) road, doing the survey. The road was very rutted and pot-holed and the Engineer had his wife in the truck. Apparently she said something like "God, this road is so bad it makes my Tits Wobble..." Thus it came to pass that the Engineer named the road in honour of his darling wife. True story? I don't know but how on earth else would a street have got a name like that? Now if the sign for Teddy Bear Lane is frequently stolen, you can imagine how often this one disappears! 

Rails to Nowhere...

30 years ago this branch line ran from Wedderburn Junction to Wedderburn. The Trains carried general freight and wheat, terminating at the town's wheat silo. 20 years before that in the 1950s there was a busy passenger service, especially on Football days when special trains would be run to wherever the the game was being played. Now the tracks are gone and the only thing that whistles along here is the wind...

Sign of the Times

There are a couple of really interesting street names in Wedderburn. This one one is named after a local resident. The other (Which I will post at a later date) is hopefully not. Problem is.... People keep stealing the signs! The local Council has now resorted to putting the sign on 2 re-inforced posts, but they still go missing frequently.

At the Produce Store (5)

Mouse? What mouse? 

Beep Beep

Thousands of Tonnes of freight are hauled up and down the Calder Highway daily through Wedderburn. Here, we are almost halfway between Melbourne and Mildura.

Queen's Baton at Wedderburn

View from the inbuilt camera of the Queen's Baton as it passed through Wedderburn at 14:30 today.The Baton is travelling from Swan Hill to Bendigo, scheduled to arrive there around 17:30. (Photo courtesy qbr.melbourne2006.com.au) 

War Memorial

Wedderburn's memorial to the fallen... 

Evening Light

The sun slowly sets on a very warm day in Wedderburn. 

Wedderburn Museum

The Wedderburn Museum contains a vast array of artifacts and memorabilia from the Goldrush days. At some stage we shall visit inside... 

Busy Night at the Pub.

 

Beaut 'Ute

The preferred mode of transport of the Twenty-somethings and Thirty-somethings in Country Towns in Victoria is the tricked-up Utility or 'Ute'. This one has a large number of Aerials for CB Radio etc. and is thus known as a 'Porcupine' 

At the Produce Store (4)

Lance and Customer Neville negotiating a price on Shell Grit. 

At the Produce Store (3)

Lance Ward owns and runs the produce store and Transport business in Wedderburn. He is a fount of knowledge on the town's history. 

At the Produce store (2)

 

At the Produce Store...

Dog food, Cat food, Hay, Straw, Grain, Layer pellets, Grit, Chaff, Horse food, Lucerne, Soft drinks, Boots... The world is your oyster at Lance Ward's Wedderburn Produce store. 

Diggings

The Undulating area in the middle distance are "Diggings" from previous efforts to find Gold. Maybe up to 150 years ago. Old diggings can sometimes still yield Gold as time and weather erosion change the Landscape.

Wedderburn Bush

Yellow Box and Ironbark trees... Gold country!

Time to go home.

Local Council truck returns home from digging. (Not for Gold...)

Late Bus

The 8:30 to Bendy-Go slept in again....

It was too hot for Pussy today in Wedderburn...

Razzy Contemplates his dreamworld in the (dead) garden of emptiness.