Hoolio
30-06-2010, 07:49 PM
Yay, finally got to go and have a look with DK. I won't go into the detail of the history because it has been covered already but the last proper owner was a French artist and orchid grower whose name has escaped me... apparently his wife, who I think features in many of the canvases left lying around, is still alive at 104 and lives in a nearby residential home. I was really surprised at how bad this beautiful old house has been allowed to get... looks like it's owned by pikies, with the piles of soil and fucked up caravans round the front. Whoever the developer is, he's shit; there should have been quite a lot of money to be made by asset stripping this before demo and now it's nearly all much too far gone.
There is still quite a lot to see though if you're in the area and on balance it deffo was worth the nearly 2 hour drive to get there.
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/Hoolio_02/DSCF2045.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/Hoolio_02/DSCF2047.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/Hoolio_02/DSCF2087.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/Hoolio_02/DSCF2085.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/Hoolio_02/DSCF2092.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/Hoolio_02/DSCF2048.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/Hoolio_02/DSCF2057.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/Hoolio_02/DSCF2090.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/Hoolio_02/DSCF2096.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/Hoolio_02/DSCF2104.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/Hoolio_02/DSCF2110.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/Hoolio_02/DSCF2113.jpg
I'd like to get out a bit more but...
There is still quite a lot to see though if you're in the area and on balance it deffo was worth the nearly 2 hour drive to get there.
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/Hoolio_02/DSCF2045.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/Hoolio_02/DSCF2047.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/Hoolio_02/DSCF2087.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/Hoolio_02/DSCF2085.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/Hoolio_02/DSCF2092.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/Hoolio_02/DSCF2048.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/Hoolio_02/DSCF2057.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/Hoolio_02/DSCF2090.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/Hoolio_02/DSCF2096.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/Hoolio_02/DSCF2104.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/Hoolio_02/DSCF2110.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/Hoolio_02/DSCF2113.jpg
I'd like to get out a bit more but...