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  • Day 27

    The Rabbit Trap Hotel, Albert, NSW.

    February 1, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    We decided to visit this place after meeting Neville the owner at Tamworth. It took us a little off our intended course but only by a few kilometres. We will resume our mission to Junee tomorrow.

    Neville's son was an entrant and finalist on the Voice TV show a few years ago. During the show Mel B and a gaggle of production descended on the quiet town and put it on the travel map for a while.

    The Pub is managed by Neville's nephew and we are about to discover the spot.

    The memorial park is well kept with toilets and shower available. The church looks like the services are now infrequent. In the memorial park is a building that looks like it was the old lock up. A block is Rymer street but I can't tell the reason.

    Once towns like this were tricking with grain transfer and railway sidings. People to work all this lived in the town. Now trucks take the grain directly to storage closer to the populated areas. The towns are all dying. Albert still has a pub that is quite busy
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