Old Gippstown

15th July 2009

Well surely by now you have figured out that one of my many passions is a tour back in time. Thanks to others that have the same passion and to those people who don't throw away their old treasures but donate them to museums, we can visit old towns to commemorate such times.

Another town I must mention is Old Gippstown, Moe. Again, this is a place that protects and maintains buildings that have been brought from all over to replicate living in the farming communities of the Gippsland.

It doesn't cost very much at all for a family to visit but it is certainly worth heaps in teaching our children about such times.

The day we visited was not very busy at all - I hope that this is not a show of the times that people have forgotten or are just not interested in remembering. 

 If this house was on a farm somewhere up for sale people would be swarming to buy it. Only thing wrong is that the kitchen, as all houses at that time were the same, was a separate building so if the kitchen caught fire the rest of the house would not burn down.

The volunteers are also very special. The men or women who were responsible in building this old beauty would have to have a special interest in this era.

While visiting the fire station, a lovely man even started up the vehicle for our boys. It sounded like it wouldn't necessarily get you to your next stop and gee it stunk of fuel but it was a lovely gesture.

Old Gippstown took us a few hours after lunch to explore. As it wasn't the Victorian school holidays at the time activities had ceased. The lovely old general store was still open for business though and thanks to the lovely fire engine man so was the fire station.

Take a visit soon to Old Gippstown to learn about farming the Gippsland in the old days.