Gwalia Ghost Town - Western Australia

[@garyweir5635]

A very depressing clip to watch as history will be eventually lost. This is one of the best clips I have seen from you

[@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen]

Thanks Gary.

[@mikeperth8027]

It is depressing to see the State Hotel in Gwalia in such a bad way, every time I'm up there I get great pangs of sadness when I see the grand old lady in such a state of disrepair.

[@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen]

Yup, they are just allowing it to rot. That hotel should belong to the people of W.A. not some greedy mining company that doesn't care about its historic value.

[@user-ut5xf1ui3m]

No

[@Doris-y5v]

Thank you for bringing this town to us, so beautiful and valuable the history of Australia

[@VoyagingBushman]

#bucketlist #fomo so many places to visit, so many already lost that i didn't make it to see in time

[@noelgibson5956]

This resembles anywhere in Australia that's away from the coast....... dusty, dead, insipid and depressing. The governments at every layer have no interest in building up these areas, despite encouraging endless immigration which invariably increases coastal city populations only. Planting some big , highrise cities in the inland areas of every state would bring them back to life. There's a drug and alcohol problem in all rural areas of Australia. Gosh, I just couldn't imagine why! What else do people do to stimulate their lives?

[@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen]

@@noelgibson5956 While I get your point, in this case Gwalia is effectively an open air museum. We find it endlessly fascinating.

[@dangerboy1111]

most of the goldfield area difficult use

[@R00RAL]

Big Bell, also a State Hotel.

[@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen]

Interesting, I wasn't aware of that.

[@donnagarsee8944]

How sad for history to be lost.

[@ACDZ123]

USA 🇺🇸 president Hoover lived in Kalgoorlie before he became president..i wonder how many people know that?

[@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen]

Probably more people in Australia know about it than people in the USA.

[@ACDZ123]

@@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen for sure 💯