Ghost Railways and Lost Villages of the Illawarra 

I took a brickie mate through the tunnels. He is a brickwork afficianardo and was impressed by the quality of the work.

@@eScapes1 That`s awesome to hear mate, i admired it too, I can`t beleive how good the mortar still looks after all this time! cheers.👍

Gday from the Gong. Used to ride my dirt bikes though them and around the old mines. 👍🇦🇺

Thanks for the feedback. I used a mobile phone to record the video. I also thought the audio wasn't the best after I recorded it and that prompted me to buy a small wireless lavalier mic that I can plug in to the mobile.

@@eScapes1 hehe... That's the one I was looking at when I came across your link. Definitely keen to go have a look ☺️

Here you go: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-04DQvz-jCUo.html

Totally agree. There was talk about turning the Otford tunnel into a cycle path but that never went anywhere.

You're welcome.

I haven't gone further down the creek, so will have to check it out. That's interesting about the alternate location of Cawley. Do you have GPS co-ords of where you found the siding?

I have been upstream of the two culverts in the video (along Cawleys Creek), and don't recall seeing a dam. Downstream, I don't know. There is a dam though at the upstream end of the culvert that takes Wilson's Creek under the rail line near Helensburgh Station. Actually, the culvert is actually the original 1888 culvert with that cream brickwork joined to the "modern" 1915 culvert;. The join in the middle is obvious not only because of the different brick colour, but also due to a slight change in direction; it's about 100 metres long, almost a tunnel in its own right.

You are correct.

Check out a video of did on my other channel where we explored all the tunnels. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-04DQvz-jCUo.html

@@eScapes1 I bet you didn't go on your own.

@@2001cavador I didn't on the video, but I have in the past.

@@eScapes1 Well I went through the tunnel from Stanwell Park to Cawley on my own, and I had a very ethereal experience. Yes, I was attacked by a poltergeist. I am definitely sure it was the spirit of the woman killed walking through the tunnel because I could faintly hear a train's brakes and whistle as it was happening. (Something akin to a door to another dimension opening for a second) I never want to go to that place alone again!

@@2001cavador Wow that sounds scary. I have been through there numerous times over the years and the only thing I have seen is the occasional bat.

frontier towns were usually really small and quickly vacated to move to more urban centres. Once the few people who lived there died, the roads to it have grown over and the buildings collapse - the only evidence of its existence would be old maps marking it out. You'll be surprised of how many, especially in the royal national park, there are!

Well I never heard of it blessed one and appreciate the content 😂❤🇦🇺💯