Morven Qld

rredbeak · Senior Member

Morven Qld

Boroma577 · Guru

That's the old Kerosene Tin house...unbelievable that people used to live in these during the depression.

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

bugga, is the depression over biggrin no bugga told me biggrin

rredbeak · Senior Member

aparrently there was 8 or 9 in morven. then this was chosen for the display and others demolished

Boroma577 · Guru

rredbeak wrote:
aparrently there was 8 or 9 in morven. then this was chosen for the display and others demolished

It was closed when I was there but like everything else there was a fee to go in and have a look.

I get the irrits at having to pay to see our history.

rredbeak · Senior Member

ya,me too. we purposly went when it was closed,the side window was open.then we walked around the unfenced outside display.the hall next door we'll look through when we're rich

pauline · Guru

I agree when we were at Longreach, really wanted to see Qantas museum, couldn't believe the prices they wanted ........we gave it a miss and just took lots of photos.

Boroma577 · Guru

pauline wrote:
I agree when we were at Longreach, really wanted to see Qantas museum, couldn't believe the prices they wanted ........we gave it a miss and just took lots of photos.

I'll be doing the same thing Pauline......I love to know the history of the places I visit but just cannot justify the cost to view it and I do like to see the less popular parts (read non tourist) of the place

Boroma577 · Guru

Mind you, the last time I was in Longreach I saw the Hall of Fame......what a let down that one.....never again.

pauline · Guru

We did that in 2006, hubby loved it and I thought it was okay, but I think you have to really be into everything country, rodeo, droving etc etc etc , he is .............I'm not.

Boroma577 · Guru

pauline wrote:
We did that in 2006, hubby loved it and I thought it was okay, but I think you have to really be into everything country, rodeo, droving etc etc etc , he is .............I'm not.

My father was a drover so I was brought up with the real thing and I think that possibly crueled it for me. A lot of what was there was portrayed incorrectly even some info about RM himself.

pauline · Guru

Hubby did a fair bit of droving when he was about 17, 18, and just remembers it as being so fantastic..............I suppose memories are what keeps us going.

rredbeak · Senior Member

ive never said anything about the hall of fame and their tourist shop but im glad someone else feels like i did. way overpriced to be able to say "Ive been there"