After setting up home in the beautiful town of Healesville we decided to take a trip down to the south gippsland area to Korumburra. Here they have set up a historic village called Coal Creek Village.
Buildings from all over the gippsland area have been placed in this wonderful museum to help preserve them and show us what it was like "back then". Entry to this wonderful place was free and it took us most of the day to see it all.
A place like this totally relies on its volunteers to keep it going along with its little businesses that reside in the buildings. It feels great to enter the "general store" and see how they used to sell things and package things. I understand that the empty flour sacks were recycled and used as fabric to make childrens' underwear.
There were many different styles of buildings - grand ones, ones made of wattle & daub and standard colonial homes that I would imagine myself living in. They all had an "out house" of course - too early for indoor plumbing!
These kinds of places always make me feel happy. It's an opportunity to step back in time without having to do without the things we have come to rely on.
After having a full day out we arrived back at Healesville in time to indulge at the Healesville Hotel. Let's face it you cannot go without having a chicken snity at a pub!
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