Bottom Of The Hill hoist The yard at Bombala Railway

The yard at Bombala Railway Station runs 900 metres from the road to the end of the line

The steering gear room of MV Cape Don

The shed opened with the station on 21 November 1921 and has stood here since

The shaft drove a single 4-blade propeller approximately 2

Bottom Of The Hill hoist The yard at Bombala RailwayShearing pens sit still beneath a corrugated iron roof streaked with rust, the floor thick with years of accumulated dust and debris. The woolshed was once the operational centre of the station, its board alive with the noise of a shearing season. Many smaller NSW woolsheds fell out of regular use from the 1970s onward as station consolidation and changing land use reduced the number of operating sheep properties. Part of The Woolshed series.