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Finding the old Cobb and Co pubs.
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<blockquote data-quote="Upside" data-source="post: 419286" data-attributes="member: 9866"><p>^^great links thanks. </p><p></p><p>What I've discovered is only through knowing country locals who've lived out in this part of NSW much longer than me. </p><p></p><p>One of my favourite places to visit is on an old Cobb and co route which is a town that once had over 800 people living there. The town was called Canonba. This town once had 4 pubs , a bank , police station etc. Overnight it became a ghost town once the new railway was built in nearby Nyngan. </p><p></p><p>All that's left of Canonba and another town next to it called Browntown these days is rubble and a few foundations and an old graveyard.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.bogan.nsw.gov.au/your-shire/our-history" target="_blank">http://www.bogan.nsw.gov.au/your-shire/our-history</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.cobbandco.net.au/trails/area-trails/104-bogan-shire-area-trail" target="_blank">https://www.cobbandco.net.au/trails/area-trails/104-bogan-shire-area-trail</a></p><p></p><p>The mansion Mr Brown built is long gone but a local farmer knew exactly where it was on his neighbors farm. He said he wouldn't mind us detecting the area but the gate was locked so I didn't feel right jumping the fence even though it was tempting. One day I'll go back and knock on his door to ask permission.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Upside, post: 419286, member: 9866"] ^^great links thanks. What I've discovered is only through knowing country locals who've lived out in this part of NSW much longer than me. One of my favourite places to visit is on an old Cobb and co route which is a town that once had over 800 people living there. The town was called Canonba. This town once had 4 pubs , a bank , police station etc. Overnight it became a ghost town once the new railway was built in nearby Nyngan. All that's left of Canonba and another town next to it called Browntown these days is rubble and a few foundations and an old graveyard. [url]http://www.bogan.nsw.gov.au/your-shire/our-history[/url] [url]https://www.cobbandco.net.au/trails/area-trails/104-bogan-shire-area-trail[/url] The mansion Mr Brown built is long gone but a local farmer knew exactly where it was on his neighbors farm. He said he wouldn't mind us detecting the area but the gate was locked so I didn't feel right jumping the fence even though it was tempting. One day I'll go back and knock on his door to ask permission. [/QUOTE]
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