SuggPix Australian Photography Blog

Bingara is on Australia’s History Trail

04/09/2015 suggpixc 0

Bingara is on Australia’s History Trail in North Western NSW and was a pastoral settlement that commenced in about 1830, it was not until the discovery of Gold in 1853 that the communities of Bingara and Upper Bingara began […]

Glen Innes was gazetted as a town in 1852

10/05/2015 suggpixc 0

I have been to Glen Innes many times in the past 20 years and always thought it a shabby and run down place with many historical buildings. However in the past few years it has […]

Historic Werris Creek Railway Station

05/04/2015 suggpixc 0

Whether you call it the first or the last railway town in northern New South Wales, the historic Werris Creek Rail Depot and Junction was once at the heart of “the town that never slept”. […]

Grenfell is a former gold mining town in Western NSW.

03/03/2015 suggpixc 0

Grenfell is a former gold mining town in Western NSW. By 1870 it was producing more of the precious metal than any other town in the Colony. The gold bought bushrangers with the most famous, […]

Sofala NSW – well preserved historic gold mining town

13/11/2014 suggpixc 0

Of all the old gold mining towns in New South Wales Sofala is one of the most interesting and unusual. While hardly comparable with Hill End, which is 35 km further on and much more […]

Historic Billson Brewery Beechworth Victoria

30/10/2014 suggpixc 0

The historic Billson Brewery was built in 1865 during the gold rush in Beechworth. The original owner was George Billson although it did have a number of name changes until 1916 when the current name… […]

Hill End, New South Wales

15/10/2014 suggpixc 0

Hill End owes its existence to the New South Wales gold rush of the 1850s, and at its peak in the early 1870s it had a population estimated at 8,000 served by two newspapers, five […]

Great Ocean Road is an iconic road trip.

22/09/2014 suggpixc 0

The great Ocean Road in Victoria is an iconic road trip in Australia with some great photo opportunities. Not as long as Route 66 but still of historical significance. You can do the trip one […]

Taking Pictures in Public of People you Don’t Know

22/08/2014 suggpixc 0

Source: Arts Law Centre of Australia Can I take a photograph in public that contains images of people I don’t know? Can I take a photo of a famous landmark or of the front of […]