This is where my friend was born and grew up....95 years ago. She is still alive and one of the houses you show, was her families! Lovely to be able to show her - sad though how it is now derelict :(
Stopped at Olary on our way from Broken Hill to Adelaide in 1985, I believe the population was 9 at the time. Stopped at the pub, picked up a six pack and continued on our way. Sad to see it this way.
What stories are behind this place. We left our farm in East Africa just closed the door a went to find a new and safe life. My sisters returned years later and it made them sad. The beautiful gardens long gone together with doors and window frames. Such memories. For me these homes evoke the same feelings as divers swimming round an under water wreck. Everything retains vibrations of its existance if we just stand, feel and listen. It is interesting seeing living history. Have mixed feelings and hope the Owners found what they were hoping for.
Yes, exactly! We lost our childhood home and property, formerly our grandparents home built by them, but we have the photographs and the wonderful memories! I know that so far, no other family has lived there for long, it makes me really sad to hear that, I must seriously try to ignore that fact!
@@dynevor6327 I can definitely relate to that! My other grandmother brought up 7 children on her farm after her husband died young! She used a wood stove, outdoor toilet, hand wringing washer, never bought new clothes, cooked all day, grew her own vegetables, had a battery radio, took care of the church, and never sat down! When her son moved her to a new city house she felt very lost! We are very lucky now, but unfulfilled!
@@dynevor6327 I can certainly relate to that! I spent holidays with my other grandmother, a tough and relentless Scot, whose husband died young! She brought up 7 children on the farm with no indoor toilet, a wood stove, a hand wringing washer, a battery radio, old car, home grown vegetables, no new clothes, etc and incredible flower garden to keep her sane! No pension, but her children never went without! When her son sold the farm she lost her reason for getting up each day! Our grandmother's were amazing, are we lucky now, or not? 🤔
"Take nothing but photographs, leave nothing but footprints..." Great video - I've driven past the old town several times; if I go past there again, I'll stop off and see what's changed. It would be nice if you could give us the date from an old newspaper, so we can see in what era these places were abandoned.
I prefer exploring videos without ambient back ground music, I like to hear the buildings moving in the wind, the birds, gives a more realistic feeling of the explore, well done for the videos thanks for the effort 👌
Lol 😅😂 .... Geoff.....mate, pretty sure you watch videos, exploring would be YOU taking YOURSELF, off your pessimistic arse into the reality you seek.... maybe then you'll hear those sounds you desire....and you may even drop the chip off your shoulder as you do it. 😂
My family went from the hustle and bustle of London direct to olary in the 50s. In a house like the second one you showed. Five kids in tow, flys, scorching hot, no electricity and a old kero fridge. Mum made it work while dad worked away on the railway. My older brothers and sisters had there first beer at the olary pub. They have plenty of storys to tell
That’s a nice story cheers for telling me yes the days were there was no electricity would of been tuff but like you said your mum made it work, I would love to turn back time and see the life of the 50s and even late 40s. Thanks for sharing and I’m glad you enjoyed the video cheers.
Just up the road was Radium Hill Australia's first uranium mine, nowadays you risk being blasted with buckshot if you try to venture over there by the station owner
My Parents came from middle of English winter to a scorching hot Adelaide to be shoved into Gepps Cross Hostel, just corrugated huts, no insulation and pennyless. Dad went to did sewer trenches all by hand/shovel as it was the only work available. Kids in tow and more on the way. They stuck with it and made it like a lot of others of their time that actually made this Country. I hate how our history is being flushed down the drain and looked down upon. Makes me wonder if they had their time over again would they even bother given how the history of Nation building is diminished to such an extent that School kids are taught nothing of went before them and get indoctrinated into the "oppressed" minorities.
Thank you Werner for this I lived in a few old railway towns as a young kid and spent a lot of time outside within a 20km radius lol searching for old bottles and coins etc without a metal detector in South Australia. This place is a museum and should be restored to such. History suspended in time thank you so much for showing us this.
What I found most striking is the amount of books these people owned and subsequently left behind. I think it shows that despite how much they wanted to live and work in the middle of nowhere, they still wanted to remain as connected as they possibly could with the rest of world.
Hey SimMan there were a lot of books And I’m thinking now it could of been a library at one stage or maybe they had no TV hence why the books are there cheers for watching 😊
When the trains ran & Highways Dept were going, these towns were thriving communities.. plus farming & shearing. Once the trains stopped & roads bypassed...this is how they end up. Both sides of my family were from the mid north... bit of a shame. Edit: Even in the 70s there was only 2 tv stations, they were off air early...so everyone read books, or had huge families!
@@wernersadventures8330 l did mate, it was good! You picked up a set of old bells... They were outside bells for the phone, me grandad had em.. (only about 4 people had phones in the town) he may or may not have been taking SP bets... but I rmmbr the bell ringing!!
Thankyou so much for sharing this beautiful old town with us. It is so sad that it now lies in ruins when it use to be home, life and memories for the people who lived there. I was torn between sadness and awe throughout the whole video. Thankyou again for filming and sharing.
S.A.here// I passed through Olary in the early 1970's, went to fill up with petrol, the man was so drunk (it was morning) that I had to help him get the pump nozzle into my gas tank, then I said- what is wrong with your dogs, who were ROLLING down the steps of his 'house'- he said- Oh, theyre just drunk !!...no judgement here, just a very odd memory I have of going through Olary on the day.
I grew up in railway sidings in Qld 60s, 70s, and 80s and that's the same style houses I used to call home. I recognised so many things that were our basic lives then. Thanks mate for the video. Over the years Qld railway sold the houses etc and dozed the areas to remove any proof that any of us had even existed in those places.
I recon you could be right there other machines and things look like it could of been still active like some of the mecanics sheds cheers for watching glad you enjoyed it.
beautiful, but so sad. Thank you for sharing and treating every thing with so much respect. Lets hope the next explorer is as respectful as you were...
I drove the Barrier Hwy just before Xmas 2022. It was 38C in Broken Hill & Silverton with a dust storm. I spent the night at the Cockburn Hotel on the NSW SA border. I had to pull over the wind and dust was soooo bad. Amazing history and difficult living in these old towns.
@@wernersadventures8330 Yep, but we did it, loved it and were fiercely loyal to our little bush towns, Just to add to the fun, Olary can be bitterly cold, Oh and non insulated, nostly galvanised iron houses too; the regional white ants loved wood!
If the Australian government give free lands if people wanted to move there, I think maybe a fair bit of people wanted to move there & start new life there.
Cheers Daisy it was a awesome little town to explore, and it was a greater experience to share with everyone else. Not sure if there are anymore here in SA, but might have to travel between states to find more thanks for watching I’m glad you enjoyed the video
@@ACDZ123 Wow, you're right, it is 50 years ago. When you get older you forget the amount of time that has passed. It's only when you stop and think about it, that it dawns on you.
Asbestos hysteria is way overblown. U don’t want to be cutting it or working with it, like u don’t want to be working with many chemicals daily, but the men who got done by it were mining it with no protection.
4000 Australian's die every year from asbestos diseases. Many got it from renovating their house. More Australians have died from asbestos than were killed in WW1.
Some of the best footage I've seen on CZcams, thanks for sharing. Yes to think the old houses you've explored were homes of families and they all appeared just up pack up and walk out to begin new lives elsewhere. Naturally you'd like to be a fly on the wall to get an understanding of family life in the houses your showed. As a grey nomad I enjoy exploring old towns and houses. Its all about past life, hardships and our history. Thank you for sharing and since I've subscribed I'll look forward to more interesting historic footage.
Those old Eveready batteries were the power source for the old telephone system! Our 'phone at North Springwood, NSW had two in a bank, under the house. Whereas 'phone numbers now are eleven digits, including the 02; our number in 1963 at Springwood was "North Springwood, 113!!"
You definitely don’t see those anymore and I didn’t even think that they would power the telephone 📞. I guessed that they powered the old 📻 cheers for watching glad you enjoyed the video
Man when there was no phones all the kids back in the 90s were playing outside doing activities or reading books haha those were the days man🫶🏽 wish we could all go back⏳
I loved this video it was both intriguing but also so sad to see these abandoned homes. All those things left behind. Reminds me when I was a kid living in Lismore after the floods my brother and I would explore some of the abandoned homes. Thanks for sharing ❤
actually the battery was for the old wind up phones, you can still see the tech wire attached to the top. the old phones had 2 batteries attached to work
That paperback Seeds of Yesterday by Virginia Andrews was published in 1984 - so there is a bit of a hint. And Ease laundry detergent was also an 80's product
I find it fascinating that people lived here once - they had friends and neighbours, they cooked and slept there, they clearly past time with a lot of reading…and then one by one they all left. I would love to go back in time to see these places at their peak, even if at their peak they still only had 10-15 families, it would have had life.
And in those days living would of been hard and probably they would of worked on the rail lines it would of been hard work in the heat and it would of been good to come home to a nice hot dinner. Ohh yes I can definitely relate to the way they lived , cheers for watching glad you enjoyed the video.
Hey can be very satisfying to explore especially the old ones I’ve seen some that no way will I go in there but you should try and go in one provided it’s safe and not occupied by squatters. They also hold memories of past owners and treasures alone cheers for watching butterrooboutique.
I can understand the roof having gaps due to storms, but the destruction inside looks like, over the years, travellers have just trashed the place. How disgraceful. In other parts of the world you find deserted houses still tidy except for natural break-up of the I ternals. Travellers squat for a few days and move on leaving the houses as tidy.
I get quite melancholy when I view old disused railway stations and homes in the U.K. I am getting the same sadness looking at the abandoned homes in Olary.
Australia is such a new country. If it's more than 100 years old it is an antique, or a heritage site. Love the music. When I see old wood, I think of the instrument makers and the cabinet makers who love such stuff.
Actually Australia is an ancient country with an ancient culture. It is only new in terms of European settlement. In fact it has been continuously settled for about 60,000 years and has one of the oldest living cultures on the planet. There homes seemed to have been abandoned fairly recently.
Simply loved your video! Thank you Werner, you had me focused for the whole 34 mins. I would love to see some dates on those newspapers, and perhaps a look at the books, toys and objects in each home to get a picture of what type of family may have lived there. What was so good about Olary is its long history still shows clearly, just scattered like the old truck, batteries and engine blocks. Then it seems to stop in the late 60's early 70's, and era that many of us can still recall.
Hey jonoes I’m glad you enjoyed the video something I didn’t do was look at the dates darn I wish I did but I’m thinking around late 70s and the old truck maybe late 30s. By memory this was a railway town and all that’s left now are the post office and general store cheers for watching.
These towns exist in Tasmania. They were set up in remote places high in mountainous terrain, when the Hydro power stations were being built and were maintained, then abandoned after when teams of men and their families were no longer required.
Loved this video and old buildings you explored. But I have to say what wrenched at my heart (having spent my childhood holidays up in the North, Pt Augusta, Hawker, etc with my dad who was born in Hawker, is the magnificent way you managed to capture the beautiful native weeds in the yards....I just love them although I know they are a pest, out there in the amazing outback they thrive and are so evocative. Thanks for your wonderful videos.
I just drove though this town in late September 2023. It is bizarre seeing the abandoned places then the hotel that looks like it might be opened. To be honest but was eerie driving through the towns between Cockburn & Peterborough on the Barrier Hwy.
I❤it! Keep up the great work! I would only ask that you slow down though, so that I don’t have to keep pausing the playback, which breaks up the commentary….or I suppose I could watch it a couple of times!!!
Perhaps the books are from when they did school on the air, because there was a lot of encyclopaedias amongst them and I noticed some school readers. I didn't know there was an abandoned town in Australia, the old houses look like they had fibro on the walls which would have been made with asbestos, at least one of the homes could be rebuilt with the stuff from the other houses. I wonder if the original owners still have family who own the land the homes are on. Thanks for sharing the video. Cheers from Tasmania!
I love the landscape, its beautiful...big skies and gorgeous red earth. Also those lil cottages are very charming even through the ravages of time we can still see lots of character. Thank you for this great vid❤❤❤
Sad to see Olary just left like this. Used to pass through in the mid 70s to early 80s doing routine maintenance on the microwave radio system that sent ABC TV from Balaklava to Broken Hill. Had many a meal and a few beers at the Olary pub. The nearest radio site was MacDonalds Hill, right on the highway about 10 to 15 Km on the Broken Hill side. My grandfather on Dad’s side was born and raised further up the road at Cockburn in the late 1890s and 1900s. He worked in the mines at Broken Hill when he was 14 and fought the Germans in the Somme Valley in France in WW1 when he was 19/20.
Loved the video mate , pitty you didn’t look at the newspapers and dates on some of the things there to give everyone better clues as to when the area was last occupied in those houses, did you speak to any remaining occupants that still live there ? I seen one house in the back ground that looked like someone is still there with a big truck going past near the end of this video . Sad to see it in ruins like this very sad.
Hey Ttanythinggoes unfortunately I didn’t see any dates but I’m guessing abandoned since the 80s, so your guess is as good as mine. There is one house still lived in and the local pub which is still in use. Cheers for watching I’m glad you enjoyed the video.
1967 news papers Double Diamond, 10 cents. The date was on the 29.41 minute mark where he sat the goggles on it. Stop the video and enlarge you can see top of the page. 😉
What's the bet that the old hoover vacuum still works?! That old wood fire oven brought back memories of visiting my great grandmother's old time farm in Gympie, growing up (complete with a thunderbox out the back too) 🥰 Great video, it's always fun to explore! Cheers mate 🍻
Hey I recon you would probably be right with the hover but if you were to turn it on it would blow all that dust around, and I’m always in love with the old wood ovens. I’m glad you enjoyed the video cheers.
The bell thingy you found around the 29 minute mark is something to do with either a telegraph or telephone exchange. I used to work in a post office that is over 100 years old and it still has one of those bell thingies on the wall. Love the video. I've now subscribed to your channel.
Hey cheers for that yes that telephone exchange hut had that bell in it, was a small steel container with a wood oven stove and a bed I’m glad you enjoyed this one.
Awesome reminds me of when l was a child this how we lived there was no power and all food tasted so good cooked on top of those sold stoves and out of those old ovens. And the rain water out of the old tanks.
Hey Benny yes this place was untouched and it’s amazing to see that, we need to preserve a lot of the buildings for history cheers glad you enjoyed the video.
@@rmac3217 At the 29:34 mark, there’s a Double Diamond Commando Association of Victoria newsletter. I can just make out something about a wreath-laying ceremony on Sunday, April 23rd. It appears to be 1967, if I’m not wrong.
@@justbrowsing6327 until the wind blows the door closed & the poor trapped animals turn cannibal. Feasting on each other's flesh homicide. The doors are psycho killers. Front & back can be a trap. Bones when you explore all over the floor.
@@Scooby-bf4bp it's a good idea in all explores to shut the doors. Livestock can not only become trapped and starve to death. They can easily injure themselves & runamuck like pooing racing wrecking balls indoors. Much safer if they stay where they belong... outside in the paddock!! More room for activities & zero house work to do.
@@DoctorWEBB like I said theres more than one way for them to get out... You don't want them using the indoors as shelter for the hot sun or thunderstorms that can kill them? Sounds really respectful to animals
Thankyou im glad you enjoyed this. It was a cool old town to explore with some amazing old stuff still left behind like the old truck and so many books cheers for watching.
Thank you, Werner the song was about 26 minutes, into the video. I really appreciate this. the words started "Oh the river rising by the Linden tree, it's melody is calling me." thank you once again. My wife and I really enjoy your videos and look out for the next video.... cheers
Yep I know the one I’ll go through my song collections and let you know what it’s called it comes from a platform called Artlist and I had to pay for the license to this song but I’ll try my best to get it to you.
@@davewelch9089 Hey Dave here is that song for you its called By The Dear Old River Rhine By Burr and Campbell. Now this song is licenced to Artlist. Hope you can get a copy of it cheers Werner.
Great location Werner! So many old things to look at, loved that vintage eveready battery! This little town would have been a tight knit little community back in the day. Old gem homes and country living for sure! Enjoyed mate, cheers! 🙂
Thanks Paul so many good little nick nacks from old car parts to old furniture 🪑. The Everedy battery 🔋 was probably used to power that valve radio on the shelf. I noticed it didn’t have a transformer and back in the late 30s it was around the 32 volt for lights and the old radios cheers my friend these definitely were old gems, glad you enjoyed the video.
My father visited one of his old mates there , 50yrs ago , ithink it was Frank Stanley , they wwre drinking long neck bottles of beer and playing a. Small accordian .my old dad owns a tin shack behind th manahill pub that he bought from radium hill mine in 1960.
It’s amazing E bike adventures bit of a far away trip though with yah bikes might have to car this one but definitely worth a gander next time you travel that way it’s about 350 kms away from Adelaide cheers for watching mate and have a wonderful Xmas
@@wernersadventures8330 hahaha I think so, few battery chargers to get there! But definitely next time I’m driving through I’m got to have a bit of a look. Thanks for showing it
I go 150km on 1 charge of my E-Mountain bike and that’s with hills involved, so basically the standard 2 spare battery packs and a charge just in case on the way. The danger is belligerent drivers who don’t want to pull over in front and fight like a man outside of their metal weapon.
Cheers and im glad you enjoyed the video, I couldn't really see any dates on it but im guessing maybe around the late 80s or even late 90s thanks for watching.
Thanks Greg it was a neat old town with so much old things there and if your ever stop over down under it would make a awesome place to photograph and film 🎥 cheers my friend glad you enjoyed the video.
These are old structures, I can assure u most new house builds could have a snowmobile ride straight through them. A hamburglar could literally get in with a standard hammer to the outside wall.
Dear Brian that was really quite exciting and we really felt like we were there. Watch out for those snakes. Would you please let me know the singers and name of that lovely old song that you played about 25 minutes into the video. Looking forward to future clips that you may put on for us to all enjoy. Thanks once again Dave.
I disagree, the kids who repurpose these places as a hang out keep it alive, despite the demolition and graffiti. I’m biased though as we made the shut down housing commissions our own before they were eventually destroyed. (the ones that all looked the same and were basically the local trailer park, until the stigma and breeding of crime got them shut down).
25:35 - the old washing machine. We inherited one very similar to that, if not the same, when the immediate family moved into a house from an uncle's real estate spread, back in early 1979. Even then, it was ' shit, that's antiquated. '. But we used it for several years hence, not automatically replacing it. That top part is what you'd run the washed clothes through to wring them out. Sometimes I would circumvent that and go straight to the clothes line, and someone would say that you're supposed to use that, but I was for not messing with that.
Those batteries were used to power the telephone and were supplied by the PMG to anyone that had a phone connected. To make a call one would lift the handpiece and crank a handle on the side of the phone. They would be answered by the PMG operator who would then connect them to the callied party. That bell set you picked up was part of the phone system.
I used to live there when I was younger my parents ran a sheep station I think I was about 7 or 8 I'm now 51, went to school there the teacher lived in a mobile home. I was friends with the people who ran the shop. There is a secret there of many buried vehicles as I once fell through the roof of one.
Hey Ned Kelly that’s awesome and wow buried vehicles, there was what looked like the remnants of an old school bus. This was the only vehicle that I could find and the sheds were full of car parts cheers for sharing that with me glad you enjoyed the video.
@@wernersadventures8330 Not only buried but with stuff still in some as i got a wind up material tape measure and hair baubles gave the baubles to my school gf lol and the measure to my dad. it was in the paddock across from where i lived straight out the entrance gate the house was brick and had an outback verandah but alas I've seen it's all changed now even more so from your video but the house i lived in still stands. I intended one day to go back and find the vehicles with a metal detector but i don't think that will happen.
An earlier comment; who owns the houses, they must be owned by someone or the government. Any news on this out there. Ned-Kelly could know. The buried vehicles is an interesting topic.
This is where my friend was born and grew up....95 years ago. She is still alive and one of the houses you show, was her families! Lovely to be able to show her - sad though how it is now derelict :(
Hey Valerie wow I’m glad this bought back some memories for her cheers glad you liked the video
wow what are the chances of you knowing someone that lived here and watching it.
Stopped at Olary on our way from Broken Hill to Adelaide in 1985, I believe the population was 9 at the time. Stopped at the pub, picked up a six pack and continued on our way. Sad to see it this way.
What stories are behind this place. We left our farm in East Africa just closed the door a went to find a new and safe life. My sisters returned years later and it made them sad. The beautiful gardens long gone together with doors and window frames. Such memories. For me these homes evoke the same feelings as divers swimming round an under water wreck. Everything retains vibrations of its existance if we just stand, feel and listen. It is interesting seeing living history. Have mixed feelings and hope the Owners found what they were hoping for.
Yes, exactly! We lost our childhood home and property, formerly our grandparents home built by them, but we have the photographs and the wonderful memories! I know that so far, no other family has lived there for long, it makes me really sad to hear that, I must seriously try to ignore that fact!
@@dynevor6327 I can definitely relate to that! My other grandmother brought up 7 children on her farm after her husband died young! She used a wood stove, outdoor toilet, hand wringing washer, never bought new clothes, cooked all day, grew her own vegetables, had a battery radio, took care of the church, and never sat down! When her son moved her to a new city house she felt very lost! We are very lucky now, but unfulfilled!
@@dynevor6327 I can certainly relate to that! I spent holidays with my other grandmother, a tough and relentless Scot, whose husband died young! She brought up 7 children on the farm with no indoor toilet, a wood stove, a hand wringing washer, a battery radio, old car, home grown vegetables, no new clothes, etc and incredible flower garden to keep her sane! No pension, but her children never went without! When her son sold the farm she lost her reason for getting up each day! Our grandmother's were amazing, are we lucky now, or not? 🤔
Sometimes you close your eyes and see the place where you used to live, when u, were young.
It ain't safe anywhere.
Governments of the earth are full of traitors serving Satan.
"Take nothing but photographs, leave nothing but footprints..." Great video - I've driven past the old town several times; if I go past there again, I'll stop off and see what's changed. It would be nice if you could give us the date from an old newspaper, so we can see in what era these places were abandoned.
Hey Brian I did see on one around 1980s cheers
....@29:43...dated 1967....looked like memorial events lead up to Anzac Day.
I prefer exploring videos without ambient back ground music, I like to hear the buildings moving in the wind, the birds, gives a more realistic feeling of the explore, well done for the videos thanks for the effort 👌
Cool, thanks glad you enjoyed the video
Lol 😅😂 .... Geoff.....mate, pretty sure you watch videos, exploring would be YOU taking YOURSELF, off your pessimistic arse into the reality you seek.... maybe then you'll hear those sounds you desire....and you may even drop the chip off your shoulder as you do it. 😂
I'd rather have ambient than continual chit chat
My family went from the hustle and bustle of London direct to olary in the 50s. In a house like the second one you showed. Five kids in tow, flys, scorching hot, no electricity and a old kero fridge. Mum made it work while dad worked away on the railway. My older brothers and sisters had there first beer at the olary pub. They have plenty of storys to tell
That’s a nice story cheers for telling me yes the days were there was no electricity would of been tuff but like you said your mum made it work, I would love to turn back time and see the life of the 50s and even late 40s. Thanks for sharing and I’m glad you enjoyed the video cheers.
We still don't have electricity in Olary, tell your brother and sister to come back and have a beer..
best comment on this blog history remembers when cheers aussie
Just up the road was Radium Hill Australia's first uranium mine, nowadays you risk being blasted with buckshot if you try to venture over there by the station owner
My Parents came from middle of English winter to a scorching hot Adelaide to be shoved into Gepps Cross Hostel, just corrugated huts, no insulation and pennyless. Dad went to did sewer trenches all by hand/shovel as it was the only work available. Kids in tow and more on the way. They stuck with it and made it like a lot of others of their time that actually made this Country. I hate how our history is being flushed down the drain and looked down upon. Makes me wonder if they had their time over again would they even bother given how the history of Nation building is diminished to such an extent that School kids are taught nothing of went before them and get indoctrinated into the "oppressed" minorities.
Thank you Werner for this I lived in a few old railway towns as a young kid and spent a lot of time outside within a 20km radius lol searching for old bottles and coins etc without a metal detector in South Australia. This place is a museum and should be restored to such. History suspended in time thank you so much for showing us this.
What I found most striking is the amount of books these people owned and subsequently left behind. I think it shows that despite how much they wanted to live and work in the middle of nowhere, they still wanted to remain as connected as they possibly could with the rest of world.
Hey SimMan there were a lot of books And I’m thinking now it could of been a library at one stage or maybe they had no TV hence why the books are there cheers for watching 😊
When the trains ran & Highways Dept were going, these towns were thriving communities.. plus farming & shearing.
Once the trains stopped & roads bypassed...this is how they end up.
Both sides of my family were from the mid north... bit of a shame.
Edit: Even in the 70s there was only 2 tv stations, they were off air early...so everyone read books, or had huge families!
@@baabaabaa2293 cheers Baa Baa glad you enjoyed this one
@@wernersadventures8330 l did mate, it was good!
You picked up a set of old bells...
They were outside bells for the phone, me grandad had em.. (only about 4 people had phones in the town) he may or may not have been taking SP bets... but I rmmbr the bell ringing!!
No internet or tv signal, and not much else to do.
Thankyou so much for sharing this beautiful old town with us. It is so sad that it now lies in ruins when it use to be home, life and memories for the people who lived there.
I was torn between sadness and awe throughout the whole video. Thankyou again for filming and sharing.
Cheers Sage I’m glad you enjoyed the video😊
S.A.here// I passed through Olary in the early 1970's, went to fill up with petrol, the man was so drunk (it was morning) that I had to help him get the pump nozzle into my gas tank, then I said- what is wrong with your dogs, who were ROLLING down the steps of his 'house'- he said- Oh, theyre just drunk !!...no judgement here, just a very odd memory I have of going through Olary on the day.
Ohh wow that’s funny Cherie drunk you wouldn’t get away with that nowadays cheers for watching glad you enjoyed the video 😊
Poor dogs
I grew up in railway sidings in Qld 60s, 70s, and 80s and that's the same style houses I used to call home. I recognised so many things that were our basic lives then. Thanks mate for the video. Over the years Qld railway sold the houses etc and dozed the areas to remove any proof that any of us had even existed in those places.
Cheers glad you liked the video😊
Great video, well made. The newspapers, cassettes and other stuff suggests people were living there up to the 1980s.
I recon you could be right there other machines and things look like it could of been still active like some of the mecanics sheds cheers for watching glad you enjoyed it.
beautiful, but so sad. Thank you for sharing and treating every thing with so much respect. Lets hope the next explorer is as respectful as you were...
Cheers I appreciate you 😊
I drove the Barrier Hwy just before Xmas 2022. It was 38C in Broken Hill & Silverton with a dust storm. I spent the night at the Cockburn Hotel on the NSW SA border. I had to pull over the wind and dust was soooo bad. Amazing history and difficult living in these old towns.
cheers Paul im glad you enjoyed this one. We spent the day in Olary but it was only in the mid 20s. It would of been hell with 38 and a dust storm.
@@wernersadventures8330 Yep, but we did it, loved it and were fiercely loyal to our little bush towns, Just to add to the fun, Olary can be bitterly cold, Oh and non insulated, nostly galvanised iron houses too; the regional white ants loved wood!
Yes Australian climate in certain areas can be basically unliveable, I wondered if that’s the case here.
If the Australian government give free lands if people wanted to move there, I think maybe a fair bit of people wanted to move there & start new life there.
Gives people an idea of how Vast Australia is!
Thankyou Ivano yes Australia is very Vast cheers for watching.
All Beautiful!!!! Thank you you should feel vey special for having the opportunity to have experienced seeing history of Australia
Cheers Daisy it was a awesome little town to explore, and it was a greater experience to share with everyone else. Not sure if there are anymore here in SA, but might have to travel between states to find more thanks for watching I’m glad you enjoyed the video
It's funny how Werner describes things from the 70's and 80's as old fashioned.
@3 minutes ago True!
Well the 70s is basically half a century ago now, so yeah 😅
@@ACDZ123 Wow, you're right, it is 50 years ago. When you get older you forget the amount of time that has passed. It's only when you stop and think about it, that it dawns on you.
@helenbartoszek243 exactly. I was a boy in school 50 years ago...skyhooks and sherbet 😜👍
Asbestos hysteria is way overblown. U don’t want to be cutting it or working with it, like u don’t want to be working with many chemicals daily, but the men who got done by it were mining it with no protection.
4000 Australian's die every year from asbestos diseases. Many got it from renovating their house. More Australians have died from asbestos than were killed in WW1.
Some of the best footage I've seen on CZcams, thanks for sharing. Yes to think the old houses you've explored were homes of families and they all appeared just up pack up and walk out to begin new lives elsewhere. Naturally you'd like to be a fly on the wall to get an understanding of family life in the houses your showed. As a grey nomad I enjoy exploring old towns and houses. Its all about past life, hardships and our history. Thank you for sharing and since I've subscribed I'll look forward to more interesting historic footage.
Cheers Greg I’m glad you enjoyed the video cheers.😊
Those old Eveready batteries were the power source for the old telephone system! Our 'phone at North Springwood, NSW had two in a bank, under the house. Whereas 'phone numbers now are eleven digits, including the 02; our number in 1963 at Springwood was "North Springwood, 113!!"
You definitely don’t see those anymore and I didn’t even think that they would power the telephone 📞. I guessed that they powered the old 📻 cheers for watching glad you enjoyed the video
Man when there was no phones all the kids back in the 90s were playing outside doing activities or reading books haha those were the days man🫶🏽 wish we could all go back⏳
I should hope not Australia ever goes back that way
Good old days 70s 80s 😅
Playing cricket footy on the streets till mum calls for tea 😅
I loved this video it was both intriguing but also so sad to see these abandoned homes. All those things left behind. Reminds me when I was a kid living in Lismore after the floods my brother and I would explore some of the abandoned homes. Thanks for sharing ❤
I’m glad you enjoyed the video Kimtamm
actually the battery was for the old wind up phones, you can still see the tech wire attached to the top. the old phones had 2 batteries attached to work
A great reminder of my own mortality. Thankyou for this strangely peaceful time capsule.
Yes , makes me think of childhood friendships. The fun , the fights , expectations, dreams etc. & then over. so long ago now.
That paperback Seeds of Yesterday by Virginia Andrews was published in 1984 - so there is a bit of a hint. And Ease laundry detergent was also an 80's product
The banks were sold of, the Australian dollar was floated against the US dollar and it all went downhill after that.
I find it fascinating that people lived here once - they had friends and neighbours, they cooked and slept there, they clearly past time with a lot of reading…and then one by one they all left. I would love to go back in time to see these places at their peak, even if at their peak they still only had 10-15 families, it would have had life.
And in those days living would of been hard and probably they would of worked on the rail lines it would of been hard work in the heat and it would of been good to come home to a nice hot dinner. Ohh yes I can definitely relate to the way they lived , cheers for watching glad you enjoyed the video.
lots of painting too ,seems gallons of paint splashed about ,,painting each room different colour made a old shed feel more liveable clean
It's would've, short for would have, not would of.@@wernersadventures8330
Abandoned houses are everywhere. I enjoy watching but is not brave enough to go in. Thank you for sharing💕👍🏾
Hey can be very satisfying to explore especially the old ones I’ve seen some that no way will I go in there but you should try and go in one provided it’s safe and not occupied by squatters. They also hold memories of past owners and treasures alone cheers for watching butterrooboutique.
It's crazy how this was abandoned! Thank you for showing us around!
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
I can understand the roof having gaps due to storms, but the destruction inside looks like, over the years, travellers have just trashed the place. How disgraceful. In other parts of the world you find deserted houses still tidy except for natural break-up of the I ternals. Travellers squat for a few days and move on leaving the houses as tidy.
True,but sadly Australia has an under-current of low bred ,chip on the shoulder loser's.
I get quite melancholy when I view old disused railway stations and homes in the U.K. I am getting the same sadness looking at the abandoned homes in Olary.
Hey Allen it’s sad definitely but a lot of lost memorabilia here too and memories of a nice small country town which it was cheers for watching mate.
Australia is such a new country. If it's more than 100 years old it is an antique, or a heritage site. Love the music. When I see old wood, I think of the instrument makers and the cabinet makers who love such stuff.
Cheers I’m glad you enjoyed the video 😊
Actually Australia is an ancient country with an ancient culture. It is only new in terms of European settlement. In fact it has been continuously settled for about 60,000 years and has one of the oldest living cultures on the planet.
There homes seemed to have been abandoned fairly recently.
What a location, alot to explore! Nice video Werner 😍
Thanks! 😃 NSTROM I’m glad you enjoyed the video
Well done Werner, thanks for sharing. So much interesting stuff. That last stove would be worth restoring. Cheers.
Thanks Mots yes all those wood ovens do need to be restored, I’m glad you enjoyed the video 😊
Simply loved your video! Thank you Werner, you had me focused for the whole 34 mins. I would love to see some dates on those newspapers, and perhaps a look at the books, toys and objects in each home to get a picture of what type of family may have lived there. What was so good about Olary is its long history still shows clearly, just scattered like the old truck, batteries and engine blocks. Then it seems to stop in the late 60's early 70's, and era that many of us can still recall.
Hey jonoes I’m glad you enjoyed the video something I didn’t do was look at the dates darn I wish I did but I’m thinking around late 70s and the old truck maybe late 30s. By memory this was a railway town and all that’s left now are the post office and general store cheers for watching.
These towns exist in Tasmania. They were set up in remote places high in mountainous terrain, when the Hydro power stations were being built and were maintained, then abandoned after when teams of men and their families were no longer required.
Ohh wow must get up to Tassie and see them cheers for watching
Loved this video and old buildings you explored. But I have to say what wrenched at my heart (having spent my childhood holidays up in the North, Pt Augusta, Hawker, etc with my dad who was born in Hawker, is the magnificent way you managed to capture the beautiful native weeds in the yards....I just love them although I know they are a pest, out there in the amazing outback they thrive and are so evocative. Thanks for your wonderful videos.
Thanks Vix glad you enjoyed watching the video cheers.
I just drove though this town in late September 2023. It is bizarre seeing the abandoned places then the hotel that looks like it might be opened. To be honest but was eerie driving through the towns between Cockburn & Peterborough on the Barrier Hwy.
Glad you enjoyed the video. Yes it’s the only place that is open and there was the general store too cheers.
I❤it! Keep up the great work! I would only ask that you slow down though, so that I don’t have to keep pausing the playback, which breaks up the commentary….or I suppose I could watch it a couple of times!!!
Perhaps the books are from when they did school on the air, because there was a lot of encyclopaedias amongst them and I noticed some school readers. I didn't know there was an abandoned town in Australia, the old houses look like they had fibro on the walls which would have been made with asbestos, at least one of the homes could be rebuilt with the stuff from the other houses. I wonder if the original owners still have family who own the land the homes are on. Thanks for sharing the video. Cheers from Tasmania!
I love the landscape, its beautiful...big skies and gorgeous red earth. Also those lil cottages are very charming even through the ravages of time we can still see lots of character. Thank you for this great vid❤❤❤
Thank you very much!
Interesting and sad to see all these homes abandoned. Your a brave man walking around with the possibility of snakes 😮😮
Ohh yer the snakes cheers for watching 😊
Oh. Thank you for doing this video for us. I enjoyed seeing you explore 🖖😀
Glad you enjoyed it cheers😊
Sad to see Olary just left like this. Used to pass through in the mid 70s to early 80s doing routine maintenance on the microwave radio system that sent ABC TV from Balaklava to Broken Hill. Had many a meal and a few beers at the Olary pub. The nearest radio site was MacDonalds Hill, right on the highway about 10 to 15 Km on the Broken Hill side. My grandfather on Dad’s side was born and raised further up the road at Cockburn in the late 1890s and 1900s. He worked in the mines at Broken Hill when he was 14 and fought the Germans in the Somme Valley in France in WW1 when he was 19/20.
Now that is a "True Australian" story.
Loved the video mate , pitty you didn’t look at the newspapers and dates on some of the things there to give everyone better clues as to when the area was last occupied in those houses, did you speak to any remaining occupants that still live there ? I seen one house in the back ground that looked like someone is still there with a big truck going past near the end of this video . Sad to see it in ruins like this very sad.
Hey Ttanythinggoes unfortunately I didn’t see any dates but I’m guessing abandoned since the 80s, so your guess is as good as mine. There is one house still lived in and the local pub which is still in use. Cheers for watching I’m glad you enjoyed the video.
1967 news papers Double Diamond, 10 cents. The date was on the 29.41 minute mark where he sat the goggles on it. Stop the video and enlarge you can see top of the page. 😉
Some items are not so old ,probably 1960/70 .
What's the bet that the old hoover vacuum still works?! That old wood fire oven brought back memories of visiting my great grandmother's old time farm in Gympie, growing up (complete with a thunderbox out the back too) 🥰 Great video, it's always fun to explore! Cheers mate 🍻
Hey I recon you would probably be right with the hover but if you were to turn it on it would blow all that dust around, and I’m always in love with the old wood ovens. I’m glad you enjoyed the video cheers.
The bell thingy you found around the 29 minute mark is something to do with either a telegraph or telephone exchange. I used to work in a post office that is over 100 years old and it still has one of those bell thingies on the wall. Love the video. I've now subscribed to your channel.
Hey cheers for that yes that telephone exchange hut had that bell in it, was a small steel container with a wood oven stove and a bed I’m glad you enjoyed this one.
Awesome reminds me of when l was a child this how we lived there was no power and all food tasted so good cooked on top of those sold stoves and out of those old ovens. And the rain water out of the old tanks.
Thanx so much for showing me thru..so much fun..love going to ghost towns..I walked around the old asbestos mine of Wittnoom n its town..
Glad you enjoyed this one cheers.
Interesting video. Thanks for sharing. I wasn't aware of this town at all. So many abandoned homes there.
Glad you enjoyed the video cheers😊
All those jars in the first building you walked into are fowlers Vacola jars and are worth a fortune!!!
Hey Trina cheers for the info I’m glad you enjoyed the video cheers😊
Fantastic footage I'm glad to see there are abandoned places that haven't been covered with graffiti and had everything inside destroyed
Hey Benny yes this place was untouched and it’s amazing to see that, we need to preserve a lot of the buildings for history cheers glad you enjoyed the video.
WOW🙀 I’m particularly interested in seeing what the old books are. There’s sure to be treasure there.
The dates on the newspapers on the table would indicate the last time someone was there
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At the 29:34 mark, there’s a Double Diamond Commando Association of Victoria newsletter. I can just make out something about a wreath-laying ceremony on Sunday, April 23rd. It appears to be 1967, if I’m not wrong.
Its a Good idea to shut the doors! To preserve the relic & stop animals becoming trapped inside!
Leave the doors open they will walk in and out,, nothing for them in there except shelter from the weather.
@@justbrowsing6327 until the wind blows the door closed & the poor trapped animals turn cannibal. Feasting on each other's flesh homicide. The doors are psycho killers. Front & back can be a trap.
Bones when you explore all over the floor.
@@DoctorWEBB bit off an over reaction... There is more than one entry, exit point in those buildings... There half collapsed allready 🤣
@@Scooby-bf4bp it's a good idea in all explores to shut the doors.
Livestock can not only become trapped and starve to death. They can easily injure themselves & runamuck like pooing racing wrecking balls indoors.
Much safer if they stay where they belong...
outside in the paddock!! More room for activities & zero house work to do.
@@DoctorWEBB like I said theres more than one way for them to get out... You don't want them using the indoors as shelter for the hot sun or thunderstorms that can kill them? Sounds really respectful to animals
Interesting video. It was great to see. 😊
Great video and amazing narration!
Nice to see homegrown history, scenery & info 🤠
Greatly appreciated
Cheers Thankyou
Lovely to hear the stoney curlew in the background
What an awesome old town. It would make a great museum. I would have loved to explore that house! Great video. Loved the music at the beginning 💖
Thankyou im glad you enjoyed this. It was a cool old town to explore with some amazing old stuff still left behind like the old truck and so many books cheers for watching.
That battery you showcased were actually used by linesmen who worked for the old PMG
They powered the old landline phones. Usually two per phone
I just found this channel and this was a great video of yesteryear, subscribed and liked.
This breaks my heart. So many homeless people in Australia and yet we have so many abandoned towns and buildings. Its just such a waste.
The homeless are not seeking a life in a wilderness landscape.
Wow! That’s really well done and certainly very informative!!
Thanks mate appreciate that need to catch up on a couple of yours stay safe bro
Great video, crazy all the stuff that was just left behind. Subscribed, keep up the great work. 👍👍
Thank you glad you enjoyed the video cheers😊
Thank you, Werner the song was about 26 minutes, into the video. I really appreciate this. the words started "Oh the river rising by the Linden tree, it's melody is calling me." thank you once again.
My wife and I really enjoy your videos and look out for the next video.... cheers
Yep I know the one I’ll go through my song collections and let you know what it’s called it comes from a platform called Artlist and I had to pay for the license to this song but I’ll try my best to get it to you.
@@wernersadventures8330 Thanks Mate ..... I look forward to that.
@@davewelch9089 Hey Dave here is that song for you its called By The Dear Old River Rhine By Burr and Campbell. Now this song is licenced to Artlist. Hope you can get a copy of it cheers Werner.
Great location Werner! So many old things to look at, loved that vintage eveready battery! This little town would have been a tight knit little community back in the day. Old gem homes and country living for sure! Enjoyed mate, cheers! 🙂
Thanks Paul so many good little nick nacks from old car parts to old furniture 🪑. The Everedy battery 🔋 was probably used to power that valve radio on the shelf. I noticed it didn’t have a transformer and back in the late 30s it was around the 32 volt for lights and the old radios cheers my friend these definitely were old gems, glad you enjoyed the video.
Loved the ghost town thanks for sharing.
Cheers glad you enjoyed the video😀
My father visited one of his old mates there , 50yrs ago , ithink it was Frank Stanley , they wwre drinking long neck bottles of beer and playing a. Small accordian .my old dad owns a tin shack behind th manahill pub that he bought from radium hill mine in 1960.
That’s some awesome history Bryan cheers for watching.
I snoozed in one of them old houses as a kid while dad (colin) was boozing .
This was awesome. Merry Christmas to you Werner! ❤️🎄⛄
Thankyou so much Adam im glad you enjoyed the video cheers my friend. And Merry Christmas to you too Adam.
Wow! Awesome find and video mate. I’ve traveled to broken hill a million times but never thought of stopping here! Have to next time!!
It’s amazing E bike adventures bit of a far away trip though with yah bikes might have to car this one but definitely worth a gander next time you travel that way it’s about 350 kms away from Adelaide cheers for watching mate and have a wonderful Xmas
@@wernersadventures8330 hahaha I think so, few battery chargers to get there! But definitely next time I’m driving through I’m got to have a bit of a look. Thanks for showing it
I go 150km on 1 charge of my E-Mountain bike and that’s with hills involved, so basically the standard 2 spare battery packs and a charge just in case on the way. The danger is belligerent drivers who don’t want to pull over in front and fight like a man outside of their metal weapon.
I have passed through that place a few times! I live bout as far from there as you can get, Brunswick Heads!
i paused on that christmas card i wonder how old that is.Great video i love these old towns and their stories
Cheers and im glad you enjoyed the video, I couldn't really see any dates on it but im guessing maybe around the late 80s or even late 90s thanks for watching.
@@wernersadventures8330 I paused on the xmas card also as my mates parents names are Sandra and Ron
Now this is my kind of exploring ....great stuff so many priceless memories on what your finding .👍
Glad you enjoyed it cheers😊
Cool, I just want to go through all those old books to see if I can save any 😮
There were a few cheers for watching
Looks and feels incredibly eerie with them birds in the background
Some of those tins and pots are less rusty than some of mine at home that were purchased less than 2 years ago
Great upload. Reminded me of Bogantungun on the Capricorn Hwy here in Central Queensland.
Wow amazing 👍
What a load of memories. Thank you
There would of been so many of them here cheers for watching glad you enjoyed the video.
The amount of old iron left there is unreal. That didn't rust like the iorn they are making today.
Absolutely none of that chinese crap... Would be good to scrap all these old metal
This is a very cool spot man! Lots to see here!
Thanks Greg it was a neat old town with so much old things there and if your ever stop over down under it would make a awesome place to photograph and film 🎥 cheers my friend glad you enjoyed the video.
I could live there. What an amazing place, with some cool old houses.
That was pretty amazing! Thanks for the upload, mate!
I'm surprise you didn't go through those timber flooring. 😁
These are old structures, I can assure u most new house builds could have a snowmobile ride straight through them. A hamburglar could literally get in with a standard hammer to the outside wall.
Glad you enjoyed cheers
You passed up a fortune in that old shop sign which looked to be in good order....they are worth a lot of money....Ricco.
It belongs to somebody, mate.
Dear Brian that was really quite exciting and we really felt like we were there. Watch out for those snakes.
Would you please let me know the singers and name of that lovely old song that you played about 25 minutes into the video.
Looking forward to future clips that you may put on for us to all enjoy.
Thanks once again
Dave.
Are there any groups of people that go around fixing up towns like this.
Towns like this would love beautiful all restored
No but there are plenty that will go and vandalise what left unfortunately.
I disagree, the kids who repurpose these places as a hang out keep it alive, despite the demolition and graffiti. I’m biased though as we made the shut down housing commissions our own before they were eventually destroyed. (the ones that all looked the same and were basically the local trailer park, until the stigma and breeding of crime got them shut down).
25:35 - the old washing machine. We inherited one very similar to that, if not the same, when the immediate family moved into a house from an uncle's real estate spread, back in early 1979. Even then, it was ' shit, that's antiquated. '. But we used it for several years hence, not automatically replacing it. That top part is what you'd run the washed clothes through to wring them out. Sometimes I would circumvent that and go straight to the clothes line, and someone would say that you're supposed to use that, but I was for not messing with that.
Those batteries were used to power the telephone and were supplied by the PMG to anyone that had a phone connected. To make a call one would lift the handpiece and crank a handle on the side of the phone. They would be answered by the PMG operator who would then connect them to the callied party. That bell set you picked up was part of the phone system.
Cheers for that yes that makes sense but I do remember a old battery powered radio my grand father had it ran the same batteries cheers for watching 😊
I'm 61 and seeing so many things from my child hood. All the bottles etc and the junior world encyclopaedia... lol
Fascinating to check it out mate
The music with the truck was priceless
Very interesting thanks for sharing
I used to live there when I was younger my parents ran a sheep station I think I was about 7 or 8 I'm now 51, went to school there the teacher lived in a mobile home. I was friends with the people who ran the shop. There is a secret there of many buried vehicles as I once fell through the roof of one.
Hey Ned Kelly that’s awesome and wow buried vehicles, there was what looked like the remnants of an old school bus. This was the only vehicle that I could find and the sheds were full of car parts cheers for sharing that with me glad you enjoyed the video.
@@wernersadventures8330 Not only buried but with stuff still in some as i got a wind up material tape measure and hair baubles gave the baubles to my school gf lol and the measure to my dad. it was in the paddock across from where i lived straight out the entrance gate the house was brick and had an outback verandah but alas I've seen it's all changed now even more so from your video but the house i lived in still stands. I intended one day to go back and find the vehicles with a metal detector but i don't think that will happen.
@@FranklyAussie Hey Ned you should go back and metal detect definitely worth a trip back there
An earlier comment; who owns the houses, they must be owned by someone or the government. Any news on this out there. Ned-Kelly could know. The buried vehicles is an interesting topic.
After your programmes I wonder how many visitors go and help themselves to some of this stuff. Old car parts, books and whatever.
What a cool place and vid Werner & crew! 🥰👌💯
Thanks sweety pie im glad you enjoyed it cheers.
" they left some things behind amazing find like a window into the past !" ( full of surprises )
That was awesome..thank you… I could spend hours there.. sifting and checking out everything…♥️
Yes there is definitely a lot of treasures to see amongst all the stuff, so much can be saved and restored, reused cheers glad you enjoyed the video
Great location for the next Mad Max movie, bring it home
Would be good to film a mad max movie there cheers for watching.
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Very interesting video, thank you
The old Hoover is a model 638 from the 1950s not the 1970s. It was in production from 1955 to1959.
Interesting site
Blows my mind the history there, just left to the elements 😞 sad….A history time warp..