Junee

After a nice breakfast and walk at Bethungra Dam we left for another short trip of about 35km to Junee. We checked out the Golf Club for camping. They do $25 a night power and water, but $20 for CMCA members. It was ok but we thought we would checkout the van park which had a little lake. Should have rung because we did not get a spot by the lake anyway. So I was kicking myself a bit about not staying at the golf club. Anyway, such is life.


We were ready to slow down a bit so we decided to stay two nights. After setup we took a drive around town and checked out a free camp 6km away but were not keen on it. Did some shopping and then went to the Chocolate Factory. I could not believe the number of people that were going through the place. It was packed and most of it would have been touring trade. It was a Sunday so that meant there were more people around as well. Word must have spread about this place. It certainly is a big deal there. We came away with three different chocolate combos.


The chocolate factory is housed in the former flour mill. I was more interested in the old mill aspect. They built those old mills very tall, the main reason being for the flour bags to be loaded onto trains by sliding down a schute.

That night we walked into town and had a beautiful Chinese dinner at the Ex-Serviceman’s Club, a very nice and modern club it was.


After a relaxed morning, catching up with a few things we walked in to town and checked out the buildings. The Junee Hotel was the earliest one built in 1878. It was changed a fair bit in 1911.

Next was the grand old Railway Station. I wish we could have seen inside the Refreshment Rooms.

The large old clock and the bell to ring to let people know when a train would be due was pretty cool.

The Post Office and Court House were also pretty cool.

The glass work on this building was really nice. We have seen a lot of that in this and the last couple of towns. Don’t have an age on this one but on a building at Young with similar glass the age was just before 1900.

The Loftus Hotel, 1896.

The Commercial Hotel, originally 1882.

The Broadway Hotel which was originally the Royal was built in 1885.

Lastly was the Red Cow Hotel. I don’t know how old it was but that is where we had lunch.

We were very full from lunch and I went on a long walk to work it off. I walked to the top of a hill and looked over the other side. I then worked out that there was a big correctional facility there. We then had a relaxed afternoon with a bit of reading etc.