Australia So Much to See
New South Wales - Weethalle Painted Silos
Weethalle Showground offers camping with sixteen sites. Power and amenities $10. The Weethalle agricultural show is held
in August.
The passenger station at Weethalle was officially in 24 June 1986 and is now used as the Whistle Stop Whistle Stop Cafe which features local arts and crafts and Devonshire teas.
The station building is part of a 'heritage precinct' which also includes a former bank building (above left) that has been relocated to its present position and opened as a museum.
A rustic seat in Pioneer Park (above right) is outside of the tiny bank building.
We heard about these painted silos at Weethalle which were completed the previous month, being the first and at that time the only painted silos in New South Wales, and they were wonderful.
This artwork painted by Heesco Khosnaran was officially
opened on 1st July 2017, and were the first painted silos in New South Wales. The silos are no longer used for grain receivals,
and are privately owned by Paul and Jenny Northey (Baronlonga Pastoral Company) who were co-sponsors of the artwork.
The name "Weethalle" is said to be an Australian Aboriginal word for drink.
This small town has a street of long closed shops, with only a hotel still operation and the Road Kill Grillz Café.
There is a community run café and gift shop at
the former railway station, but it was closed the day we visited.
Above right features a farmer in his wheat crop.
There is a community run café and gift shop at the former railway station, but it was closed the day we visited.
The Weethalle
Railway Station and goods yard was officially opened at Weethalle in 1923, along with the opening of the entire branch line between
Barmedman and Rankin’s Springs. The line was constructed primarily to open up agricultural land in the region. The last passenger
train to Rankin’s Springs ran in 1974. The line carried approximately 80,000 tonnes of grain per year, before being 'mothballed' in
2004.
