What an amazing place. An old tin mining town and a tad dysfunctional. It seems that tour buses used to stop by regularly. Tourists came to see a functional period display of old trades in a lane way of old shacks. These trades included the smithy, the baker, jewellers, etc. The govt wanted to generate more interest in the town so they commissioned a new, modern display centre (and I mean ultra modern), the building now contains the same information, artifacts, and etc that used to be displayed in the old functional displays. It took them 2 years to build the new building which they did on the old function display site. During the 2 years, the bus operators decided there was nothing more of interest and they now drive straight through. The ultra modern building receives occasional visitors and is looking run down and shabby. So much for the "tin dragon route"
But wait there's more. The old open cut mine is across the river and has a white sandy beach, but there is no way to access it. An old tin tunnel 500m from town can be accessed by crossing the river along bridges being built for the newly developed 90km of mountain bike tracks. The MTB track terminates in town and there are bike cleaning facilities, hot showers, toilets, etc...
So, in summary it's a really nice place, nice friendly people, great free camp right on the river, and in an idillic setting but it's lost it's identity.
We loved the place.
But wait there's more. The old open cut mine is across the river and has a white sandy beach, but there is no way to access it. An old tin tunnel 500m from town can be accessed by crossing the river along bridges being built for the newly developed 90km of mountain bike tracks. The MTB track terminates in town and there are bike cleaning facilities, hot showers, toilets, etc...
So, in summary it's a really nice place, nice friendly people, great free camp right on the river, and in an idillic setting but it's lost it's identity.
We loved the place.
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