SANDSTONE SWINGS

What a beautiful town! Colourful street gardens. All buildings neatly maintained. No graffiti or rubbish anywhere. Only 40 residents, but in the tourist season there are more people per night in the well-equipped caravan park. There are three jobs available at the Shire Council if you’ve got the right tickets, and a house for sale at $112,000. A 5-bar mobile signal keeps you in touch with everyone.

Thursday to Sunday there are markets: Lady Di makes pies and sells them just off the main street … you place your order and she cooks them for you. One pie is a complete meal – her grandmother’s recipe. Delicious. Xiau grows produce and sells it, along with beautiful sauces; Lorraine makes and sells jewelry.

Lorraine, Xiau, Di

The tourist drive takes you to the old brewery. Established in 1907, water was pumped to the upper level where the beer was brewed, then sent down the chute to the lower level cave, which being solid rock, kept it at the right temperature even in the hottest weather.

                                 Lower level and chute from upper level of the old brewery

London Bridge is a colourful geological feature. And the wildflowers are superb. A very interesting little place with unexpected features.

London Bridge