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Yalwal NSW South Coast information and questions
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<blockquote data-quote="zedman" data-source="post: 676028" data-attributes="member: 18811"><p>Wow, old Yalwal. I went there a lot as a teenager - just camping and exploring and canoeing, never fossicking - although i do have the old mine maps, and a mining/history book of the area (somewhere). Last time I was there (~35 years ago) the caretaker of the area still lived onsite - Rex i think his name was. He was a million years old then. He lived in the hut to the left of the cemetery (sorta) - up the the hill a bit. Dunno if the hut is still there though. Didn't realize it was NP now days. Pity. I recall long conversations with Rex. He said even though they flooded the town, there was still plenty of gold in the hills and old workings, and "special" places he still worked, as the mines were at the top of the hills, whereas town down the bottom at the creek.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zedman, post: 676028, member: 18811"] Wow, old Yalwal. I went there a lot as a teenager - just camping and exploring and canoeing, never fossicking - although i do have the old mine maps, and a mining/history book of the area (somewhere). Last time I was there (~35 years ago) the caretaker of the area still lived onsite - Rex i think his name was. He was a million years old then. He lived in the hut to the left of the cemetery (sorta) - up the the hill a bit. Dunno if the hut is still there though. Didn't realize it was NP now days. Pity. I recall long conversations with Rex. He said even though they flooded the town, there was still plenty of gold in the hills and old workings, and "special" places he still worked, as the mines were at the top of the hills, whereas town down the bottom at the creek. [/QUOTE]
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