Wagon Tray rail its golden stalks pushing up

its golden stalks pushing up through what were once maintained playing fields

paint lifting from weatherboard walls

The Smith Street building stood vacant for years before demolition in 2021 cleared the site for redevelopment

Peeling paint and broken tiles record the slow unravelling of a facility that ran continuously for 96 years

Wagon Tray rail its golden stalks pushing upA collapsed timber wagon tray rests against a derelict outbuilding at Leichhardt House, rusted chains hanging from the frame, lichen spreading across the rotting planks. Corrugated iron sags overhead while open paddock stretches out behind. The wagon is one of several pieces of horse drawn era equipment still on this Southern Tablelands property, a working slab hut cottage around 130 years old. Part of the Leichhardt House series.