Shimizusawa Station west ryde rust bleeding across mismatched sheets

rust bleeding across mismatched sheets in broad patches

The timber wharf at Balls Head Bay

A stairwell opening choked with collapsed office chairs

its front verandah half-consumed by encroaching shrubs

Sunlight cuts through the collapsing roof of a shearers' quarters somewhere in rural New South Wales

Shimizusawa Station west ryde rust bleeding across mismatched sheetsShimizusawa Station sits on the main road through Shimizusawa, its platform empty and windows boarded, tracks overgrown where the Yubari branch line once ran. The station was one of six stops on the 16. 1 km branch connecting Shin Yubari to Yubari, serving a coal town that once held over 100,000 residents. Part of the Streetscapes of Yubari series.