Hill End NSW, town and mines, Part 1

In this 2 part series we walk around Hill End township and visit some of the 150 year old (plus) buildings and mines.

[@mwkoppe64]

Hill End NSW is one of my most favourite places in Australia & well worth visiting if you enjoy stepping back in time to enjoy the quiet life 👍👍

[@billyshane3804]

I visited here with my carers Belinda and Colton Hoonahout and it was lovely.

[@mylesreza9496]

From NARWEE NSW watched this. Very interesting/ informative. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@frederickherring2284]

Stayed overnight there, musta bin 1972 or 3, I think. Beautiful part of the world.

[@briansmythe3000]

Nice I went too hill end back in the 80's on my motorbike Liked it

[@paulwashere.2121]

It's probably not changed much since you were there in the '80's. Part 2 is out today Sunday, thanks for watching.

[@greghuc7591]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[@phugemawl]

I stayed in that pub about 40 years ago ... I remember getting horribly drunk, One thing I was told by a local, don't go walking around at night (drunk or sober) because there were still many old open mineshfts all over the area waiting for you to fall into !

[@michellesartori6695]

Hello, I just wanted you to know that I found this video very interesting. I actually live at Rylstone and I go past Hill End on my way to Bathurst but I've never actually stopped there to visit however I am going to do so in the near future thanks to your video. Your channel just came up randomly, and I now plan to watch some other ones and subscribe. Your dog Max is adorable and reminds me of my own border collie, Clancy, who now resides over the rainbow bridge! Take care now, and thank you!

[@paulwashere.2121]

Hi, Thanks for the supportive comments. We have been to Hill End many times over the years (we live in Bathurst) and always find something new to see. I'm sure you will enjoy your visit(s). Max is a pretty chilled fellow but can be naughty when you least expect it. My next videos will be the Darling River Run and the Flinders Ranges, I hope you will enjoy them. Thanks for watching.

[@philomenamagill700]

Great video ❤

[@cjod33]

A mate used to own a shack near the campground. His father bought it in the fifties of an old miner in the pub. We spent many a holiday there as kids. One day back in the early 90s, we arrived at the Hill end Hilton late in the evening to find the locks had been cut off and replaced by (we found out later) npws. We cut it off and went about our weekend away with the boys. We had fixed up the Hilton very well. Wet back oven , gas fridge, new veranda . We used to pick the plums as kids from the trees beside the Hilton and make sauces. It was a yearly thing we did with my mates Dad. Npws took it!

[@paulwashere.2121]

Sad the NPWS took the property. Thanks for watching, Part 2 comes out on Sunday evening.

[@user-fl9zp8lw3p]

My family had a place near the school np took it too

[@privateAcc0unt]

@@paulwashere.2121 Who is NPWS?

[@privateAcc0unt]

Sounds magic, don't know who Npws is but they shouldn't have been able to take it.

[@paulwashere.2121]

@@privateAcc0unt National Parks and Wildlife Service. (New South Wales)

[@coupster5464]

Neat Paul, yup you are spot on.. 1st cousins albeit 4 generations ago, were there, Hill End, in the 1840's, Bray & Pearse Marriages etc

[@ljquinn4655]

Wonderful Vid thank you.

[@paulwashere.2121]

Thanks for watching, Part 2 comes out on Sunday evening.

[@frankintx699]

Hello Paul, from Onalaska, Texas. Thank you for sharing your beautiful country views. We have lots of wildlife here along with wild hogs and alligators. New sub here.🤠👍👍

[@paulwashere.2121]

Hello Frank, Onalaska on Lake Livingston, a beautiful part of the world. Luckily in this part of Australia we don't have any crocodiles but we have many in the Northern part of the country. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching.

[@tng200]

Hi Paul. Narelle came across your channel this morning. Love what you are doing here. All the best. Trevor.

[@paulwashere.2121]

Hi Guys, Good to hear from you. The channel is not too serious just a bit of fun. We're- (well me ATM) are heading off for a long trip mid year to Broken Hill area, the Flinders, Cameron Corner etc so some more content coming then. Enjoy.

[@cjod33]

Thanks for the video.

[@paulwashere.2121]

Thanks for watching, Part 2 comes out on Sunday evening.

[@Liz-sq9pf]

I’ve been to this beautiful place. Stayed at the hotel.

[@lookupfromdownunder5218]

Hill End was a huge city during the Gold rush, one of the largest in the country. For some reason, much of the history has been covered up.

[@anniemayne9520]

I think there is a fair bit of the town that has been preserved, more some than some others.

[@paulhardie9450]

LoL no goats when we were kids in the 70’s roaming around town just cows and geese and the geese were nastier than the cows hahaha oh the memories

[@susanburdock7312]

Love your show & wanted to subscribe but Google made it so difficult, perhaps change the name to Aussie Paul Was Here, Just suggesting because more people need better google access to your site. Great show Thankyou.

[@paulwashere.2121]

I don't know why it is difficult to subscribe especially since you have a registered account with KZbin.Technology can be painful at times.

[@infocus-media]

I will go and live there any day of the week, who can I contact to go and have a look? We toured the far west of Queensland 16 years ago and there were a few ghost towns, the buildings were straight out of British Colonial Style, the Hotels were amazing, some of them doors open full of dust with bottles still on the shelves, even the bar stools, beautiful stained glass with counters that looks like a few millionaires spend a lot of time in there with the hoypeloy on the verandas outside. And there were usually about 3 to 4 hotels in a town, I can imagine the miners spending all their money on Drink and fast women, and the family back in Brisbane were waiting for the riches that never came until they get the telegram , "Mr james Smith died the way he lived, of consumption and was laid to rest in the Baptist Cometary of St Johns" lol!

[@paulwashere.2121]

The town is open like any other town and comes under Bathurst Regional Council, you can contact the Bathurst information centre for more info- 1800 681 000, www.bathurstregion.com.au/ A lot of the buildings are owned and maintained by National Parks and some of the private ones come up for sale now and then. Thanks for watching, Part 2 comes out on Sunday evening.

[@user-fl9zp8lw3p]

National parks an wildlife circus

[@tonicodner6189]

My uncle used to live in Hillend he also used to work for national parks, part of his job was to shoot the goats until the animal welfare kicked up a stink and it had to stop. He use to live in one of the little welsh minners cottage and he had a three threes pickle jar full gold to hold the door open.

[@DanisaTube]

Nice Troopy there Paul !

[@paulwashere.2121]

Is it yours?

[@DanisaTube]

Ha ha yeah it is 😅

[@geoffmccoll4640]

Hill End is like an outer suburb of Bathurst. Why am I watching this?

[@paulsgarage3169]

It is like another Bathurst Suburb these days with the sealed road. You're certainly not watching it for my pretty face, but Max is cool.🙂 Have a good one.

[@lookupfromdownunder5218]

Where is the photo of the Welcome Stranger, lth largest nugget ever found ?

[@paulwashere.2121]

The Welcome Stranger Nugget was found in Dunolly, Victoria not Hill End. You are thinking of the Holtermann nugget which weighed in at 285kg.

[@lookupfromdownunder5218]

@paulwashere.2121 I am talking about the life sized photo of the nugget,that was almost as tall as its discoverer. The photo was signed by all of the witnesses. I stood next to the original photo that was enlarged by the Herald for posterity. It is probably in a private NPAW collection now. I was 10 years old then, I am 70 now.

[@user-fl9zp8lw3p]

Np will rent them out for $400 a week