Big Bell Ghost Town Cue
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- The area of Big Bell started to see gold miners in the late 1800s and so in due course Big Bell was founded in the early 1900s as prospectors struck gold in the area. Today the hotel and a few buildings remain with some points of interest to read and explore. Located about 30ks west of Cue along a well maintained road it is well worth a visit.
I have visited some of the outskirts towns in my few years in Australia. Paraburdoo, Silverton, Broken Hill, Polpah Station, etc. This video is very interesting for me. Thanks mate.
Thanks Brian, I too love these historic places. Thanks for your comment.
Thanks for putting this on youtube. Amazing history.
Thanks Gertsy
Awesome video my friend. I do Ghost towns here in the USA. Ever thought about doing old military bases there .They are also Ghost towns. Really enjoy your videos. Shalom
Thank you, I watch some of the US ghost town videos they are amazing indeed. I live in Western Australia and most bases are in Queensland with much of them just have bare foundations. Thanks for your comment and will hook onto your channel.
Your president hoover spent a lot of time out here in western Australia in the late 1800s. Lot of people don't know that
My grandmother was a cook there and use to ring a large bell to signal meal times!
You family would have some great stories from there, thanks
Someone salvaged nearly every stick of wood from that hotel. I wouldn't be surprised if that bar still exists somewhere. The windows, the doors, the wall coverings, and the flooring are all in a building or two somewhere as well. Would be interesting to find it. It didn't burn because there would be far more damage to the structure. The chimneys are intact and the iron isn't warped.
Thanks, yes it is amazing how everything that can be taken has a new life somewhere else. Nothing is ever left in these old places. Thanks for commenting.
You are welcome, thank you for the tour.
Best regards from Indiana, USA.
I worked at big bell mine.
Great history,they even found an old Land Rover underground.
Thanks that would have been a great time to live and work there. We really liked the visit there. Wonder what happened to the old Land Rover.
It's absolutely amazing what is out there and the small town that once was. Great video and loved the history lesson because I've never heard of this place. Keep up the great work
Thanks, it is so full of history out there.
Our family trips have included trips to Big Bell a couple of times. It existed for around 22 years and is fascinating to walk around, imagining the town in its hay day. Well worth the visit and not far from one of the largest Wandjina aboriginal art galleries in the world. The town of Cue is also quite an historical town, well worth stopping for a night or two. Thanks for the vid.
Thanks, there is a lot around Cue to explore I thing travelling in the red dirt country is the best.
I worked around that area some 45 years ago now, the local rumours going around then was that once the hotel or pub was built and opened the publican nailed the doors open and said that the pub would never close, so it may have been open 24 / 7 for a lot of years but it is closed now, it was great times back then in that part of the country.
Thanks Martin, would love to back to those times and see what it would have been like.
I've driven across Australia 15 times between Perth - Sydney -Melbourne and visited many country town and remote homesteads .
Any Backpacker caught with a paint spray can that doesn't match the colour of the vehicle they are travelling in , should have their bank account emptied and be immediately deported .
Hi Johnnie, Totally agree they just pests.
And suddenly you realise that it’s one of your own disgusting kind
My dad lived there in late 40s to mid 50s, Dad and his Partner John Goodwin worked in Big Bell.. then up to Mt Isa... before they were sent to BC Canada..
Thanks for commenting. You dad would have had some great memories from there. when you look at old photos from there you wish you could go back in time and have a look. If ever you go through Cue on a week day the shire office has a display of 100s of photos from there and around the area which is good to look at.
@@zoezoe610 I have asked my sisters to sit with him and show him the videos. he's 97 and remembers most stuff clearly.
I just spoke with him, and he says that his Aunt died unexpectedly "Aunt is buried in either Davyhurst or Menzies", They couldn't find her grave site to put a marker on it as the authorities failed to record the location.
They'd been roo, camel hunting and prospecting up near Mekathara, that and Dad was visiting his lady friend that owned the bar. She passed several days prior, while they were away.
His uncle was wounded and survived during the charge by the Light Horse at Beersheba in ww1, and is buried at Mt Magnet .. bitten by a snake.
@@doonhamer252 Thanks, your dad is one of the great lives who helped build that area and how good that he has live so long. I always feel people like your dad are national treasures who really did make a difference with their lives. Thank you for sharing his story and wish you and your dad all the best.
What am amazing building that would have been back in the day
Looks like a good trip to see it
We want to get out to que as my wife has family history in that area 👍👍
Thanks David, yes would have loved to be there in it's day. There is a lot of info around Big Bell that gives you a real picture of the town. If you go to Que stay at Nallan Station 10 minutes north of Que it is a great place to stay and explore from. When you go to Que visit Big Bell, Walga Rocks to see the Aboriginal art, Nallan Caves, Nallan Lake, In town at the shire office they have a display free to look at with several hundred historic photos which is amazing and just a look around town has many historical places. Thanks again.
A future US President worked as a mining engineer around Cue and Day Dawn.
Thanks Peter, it is an amazing story and a part of our history.
Loved it, thanks.
Thanks Dennis.
Good video, fun facts: Big Bell hotel once had the longest bar in Australia, the mayor of Cue went on to become the president of USA
Thanks for your comment. It would be good to be able to go back in time and see what it would have been like.
No not the president of USA,definitely a joke
@@dvinith7224 Herbert Hoover the 31st president of the USA from 1929-1933,..... No joke
Nope, longest bar at that time was the The Mildura Working Man's Sports & Social Club in 1938, 99 metres in length, he wasnt mayor but Shire president.. 1 out of 3 champ
Nice job buddy thanks… we are just starting out in You tube and love seeing new stuff :)
I am subscribed to your channel too and enjoy your content, there is so many nice places out there. You are a bit like us getting to those non tourist spots a bit more. We live in the same suburb too LOL. Thanks
God they were crazy in the old days 😂
I think gold fever makes a person endure harsh things. Thanks Chris.
I want to live here, I wonder how much it would to bring one of the building up to scratch: and water obviously.
Hearing that crow in the background reminded me of Mad Max...
Ha Ha glad you enjoyed it. Thanks.
CONVENT --- not "covenant" ----
"The white man come here.Made a lot of noise, Then goes away!" (Aboriginal point of view.)
Yes agree with you on that, The Aboriginal point of view is valid they got a pretty rough start with the Europeans. Thanks Phil.
Yr right 💙 It’s amazing there is a church most nearly everywhere 🙂 I thought to myself as you showed it
I bet it’s a Catholic Church
Nmmmm yep it was as the little school was named after at Saint .
Before anyone canes me I know I know there was misconduct in some places .
But ALWAYS people had faith … Go Figure
In such harsh conditions 🙁
Thank you for the entertainment
I’m an adventure myself 🙂
Thanks Michelle, we often say that wherever you go you always see a church and they seem to be the one of the last standing buildings left. Glad that you love getting out there Australia has a lot to see. Thanks again.
The hotel built in the Art Deco style of the day.
Yes agree with you it must have been fancy back in those times. Thanks for commenting.
At 40 seconds You stated the town was created in the 1800's and then contradict your self and read established in 1936 off the sign?
Sometimes not all the info is available when you start. Was probably thinking of the area of Cue. No big deal.
@@zoezoe610 Mate , Details matter, Jack Reacher.
What happened to the roof.
The building has been stripped and everything use by others.
That’s not air conditioning 😂
Looks like some kind of ventilation system. Old industrial sites I worked on had something similar. I just went by the drum shaped fan you see there, very common back then. Thanks though maybe will will find out for sure. Have a great day....
@@zoezoe610 thank you 🙂
I just couldn’t imagine such a luxury back then , so bloomin tough we’re our pioneers 🇦🇺
@@secondsunrise Very tough, we are softies now, we camp and travel in luxury :)
Looks like Mars with trees
Yes I think Mars would be the same colour, thanks Mark.
Western Australia is Mars with oxygen 😂
@@psychedelicprawncrumpets9479 I think you made a good description, it does look a bit like Mars when you get out there. Thanks.
What is that godforsaken sound..It sound alien
Piano music they played in bars at that time. Saloon piano music. Have a great day.
Or wind, or crows? 😁
It's a Crow lol
WRONGLY spoken. Easy mistake. Convent. Not covenant.