Whilst we were out & about we stopped off at Wallangarra railway station. We originally went there to check out a local market - it doesn't look like much at first
But it turns out that Wallangarra is a historical railway town which lies on the border between Queensland and New South Wales.
Back in the day the railway lines for the two states ran on different gauges (3'6 for Qld & 4'8 for NSW) and Wallangarra was the place where the two lines met. Everything had to be off-loaded from trains on one line and carried across the platform to the other line. The rooves on the station tell the story - the flat skillion roof is on the NSW side and the bull-nose roof is on the Qld side
The bush spirit is obviously still strong in Wallangarra
but the modern world is slowly encroaching
Check out these great old places whilst you can...
One foot in each state...
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