Buildings in Baradine

There is a lot of old buildings in Baradine, with one of them being the forestry office shown below which is 75 years old, and forestry is the main source of income in the town from the pine that can be harvested out of the Pilliga forest, but the amount of time it takes for the wood to grow is substantial, with the wood growing very slowly in the sandy dry soil and hot or cold conditions.

 This building is the old bank of NSW I think, but now is a large house with a garden beside the post office which is a fairly new building, although all the glass windows are smashed out by some intelligent individuals.

This plaque is at the town hall which is situated at the end of the main street so if you look from one end down the street you can see the whole halls front which is quite an impressive view.

This is the local memorial pool which is the pool, war memorial and ANZAC day service place all in one, but the cracked concrete could do with some maintenance.

 This is the church, which is a fairly old building as is shown by this plaque but it has had some modern fibreglass awnings added to the side doors.

Pilliga

We now live in Baradine western NSW, and it is right at the beginning of the Pilliga forest, although the sandy ground supports the prickly pear more than the pine trees that State Forests relies on for there income.
On the right there is a photo of my brother standing in front of one of the prickly pear trees, and on either side you can see more of them and pine trees.
The entire forest is full of burs, farmers friends and cat heads that whenever we take the dogs out for a walk, they get full of them, especially the poodle, with all of his coat being so curly, so we don't go in there anymore, as all dogs go running around, and both of them like to go to the biggest patches of farmers friends and run through them.

Also, there is a lot of dirt bikes and the forest is full of trails and jumps built with shovels and bulldozers.
On the road to Coonabarabran there is the goanna tracks MX track for all the competitions and stuff that happens here.
There is also a lot of wild flowers and birds, along with the Sculptures In The Scrub, featuring a whole mix of statues and things, but I will post on that later.