Apsley Gorge


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Photos taken on 2nd March 2003 of the walk from Tabletop Hut to Cheyenne homestead

Apsley Gorge
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"Cheyenne" Woolshed

Rowleys Creek Grid Reference 982 980




Apsley Gorge
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Toilet and shower facilities are spartan by city standards but adequate for most campers

Rowleys Creek Grid Reference 982 980




Apsley Gorge
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These are the bays in which wool was stored. Sheep are no longer run as a large proposition on the property Cheyenne, which has moved towards cattle in recent years.

Rowleys Creek Grid Reference 982 980




Apsley Gorge
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The wool table is in the foreground, on which the fleece was thrown for skirting (removal of stained wool) and classing. In the background may be seen the stencils used to brand the bales after the wool was pressed into them.

Rowleys Creek Grid Reference 985.96 986.01




Apsley Gorge
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"The Lodge"

You can see the electric motors and the down tubes which powered the shearing pieces used to shear the sheep.

Rowleys Creek Grid Reference 982 980




Apsley Gorge
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Another view of the wool bays, one of which now contains a refrigerator for the use of four wheel drive clubs and shooting parties which now are the main users of the woolshed.

Rowleys Creek Grid Reference 982 980








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