In this 2 part series we walk around Hill End township and visit some of the 150 year old (plus) buildings and mines.
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@mwkoppe645 ай бұрын
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 👍👍
@billyshane3804Ай бұрын
I visited here with my carers Belinda and Colton Hoonahout and it was lovely.
@mylesreza94962 ай бұрын
From NARWEE NSW watched this. Very interesting/ informative. ❤❤❤❤❤
@frederickherring22847 ай бұрын
Stayed overnight there, musta bin 1972 or 3, I think. Beautiful part of the world.
@briansmythe30008 ай бұрын
Nice I went too hill end back in the 80's on my motorbike Liked it
@paulwashere.21218 ай бұрын
It's probably not changed much since you were there in the '80's. Part 2 is out today Sunday, thanks for watching.
@greghuc75918 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing 👍
@phugemawl2 ай бұрын
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 !
@michellesartori6695Ай бұрын
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.2121Ай бұрын
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.
@philomenamagill7003 ай бұрын
Great video ❤
@cjod338 ай бұрын
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.21218 ай бұрын
Sad the NPWS took the property. Thanks for watching, Part 2 comes out on Sunday evening.
@user-fl9zp8lw3p3 ай бұрын
My family had a place near the school np took it too
@privateAcc0unt2 ай бұрын
@@paulwashere.2121 Who is NPWS?
@privateAcc0unt2 ай бұрын
Sounds magic, don't know who Npws is but they shouldn't have been able to take it.
@paulwashere.21212 ай бұрын
@@privateAcc0unt National Parks and Wildlife Service. (New South Wales)
@coupster54648 ай бұрын
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
@ljquinn46558 ай бұрын
Wonderful Vid thank you.
@paulwashere.21218 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching, Part 2 comes out on Sunday evening.
@frankintx6998 ай бұрын
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.21218 ай бұрын
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.
@tng2005 ай бұрын
Hi Paul. Narelle came across your channel this morning. Love what you are doing here. All the best. Trevor.
@paulwashere.21215 ай бұрын
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.
@cjod338 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video.
@paulwashere.21218 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching, Part 2 comes out on Sunday evening.
@Liz-sq9pf2 ай бұрын
I’ve been to this beautiful place. Stayed at the hotel.
@lookupfromdownunder52183 ай бұрын
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.
@anniemayne95203 ай бұрын
I think there is a fair bit of the town that has been preserved, more some than some others.
@paulhardie94502 ай бұрын
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
@susanburdock73123 ай бұрын
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.21213 ай бұрын
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-media8 ай бұрын
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.21218 ай бұрын
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-fl9zp8lw3p3 ай бұрын
National parks an wildlife circus
@tonicodner61892 ай бұрын
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.
@DanisaTube6 ай бұрын
Nice Troopy there Paul !
@paulwashere.21216 ай бұрын
Is it yours?
@DanisaTube3 ай бұрын
Ha ha yeah it is 😅
@geoffmccoll46402 ай бұрын
Hill End is like an outer suburb of Bathurst. Why am I watching this?
@paulsgarage31692 ай бұрын
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.
@lookupfromdownunder52183 ай бұрын
Where is the photo of the Welcome Stranger, lth largest nugget ever found ?
@paulwashere.2121Ай бұрын
The Welcome Stranger Nugget was found in Dunolly, Victoria not Hill End. You are thinking of the Holtermann nugget which weighed in at 285kg.
@lookupfromdownunder5218Ай бұрын
@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.