Ravenswood Ghost Town - Queensland - August 2022 

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My friend 's parents owned and ran the Railway Hotel . We would stay in the hotel for weekends on our days off from the Townsville Hospital . I have worked behind the bar on occasions . It is not a ghost town . So many happy memories of Ravenswood . The Hotels , are in books , and have been painted by well known artists . Thank you , as it brought back many happy memories .

What a top place and Dave looks like a legend 🤙

Fascinating and also sad to see these dying country town😥I find the life in the Aussie Outback so interesting. Thanks again and hi from Finland 🇫🇮

How nostalgically beautiful. Great footage really enjoyed this video.

(My mum was born & raised at Ravenswood) Uncle 'Mick' Hook had the pub in the 50's - 60's

What a beautiful town to go and escape! Thanks for sharing!

I loved Ravenswood. My Uncle was curator for many years of the museum and did gold panning out the back of the miners huts.Last time I was there in 1997 they were considering closing the gold mines as the prce of gold had drapped to $290. The place was in drought and very dry/red. Looks beautiful today.

We were there in 2020, after a hiatus of nearly 45 years, when the town was literally just a ghost town!! I loved the place, stayed @ the Imperial Hotel, beautiful hosts. Looks like a lot more work has been conducted by the mining company, as evident through the big wall at the back of the town?? Loved the video BTW

There are a lot of characters out in that country. A good mate is a teacher at Mount Isa, and tells me the preferred local drink is vodka & creaming soda. Kinda explains a lot... Loved the video, by the way!!!

Hey new sub here love old ghost towns and loved the old Austin rusted truck and Ill be watching a couple of yah abandoned farm homes. I filmed a old barn last week and found a really good condition old Austin tray top Truck in it, anyway this was a cool explore mate.

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Old mate with the falcon might want to make sure she’s insured properly!

Love your style mate. Please keep the videos coming,ok. Take care and be safe,ok.

I use to service the duke box and ciggy machine and pool table once a week for a few years in the early 2000 years. I loved going out there. The old lady that owned the pub use to make me lunch every time. She also use to look after her old husband that had Alzheimer. He would just wonder around the pub. Nice old guy. The lady use to tell me it was very haunted. She would see people from vintage times and a man in black with a top hate. They later sold the old pub When I heard her husband needed more care. After a few years That same lady brought the old pub back and I think he was buried there from memory She manly ran that pub on her own. Beautiful people they were. I have very good memories of them both. Great watch. Thank you.

I had to go to Ravenswood about 30 years ago. I was a registered property valuer and I had to go there to value the old hospital site for the Department of Health. With the roads hardly existent and an almost complete lack of street signs, almost the hardest part of the job was just locating the property. When I eventually did, I found a couple of of badly weathered brick walls and little else. Trying to put a value on it was the next issue.

Good Video Nan and Grandad, I miss you and I'm waiting for you everyday! 😄😄😄

Lovely, interesting place to visit. Looks like the Impy hotel could do with some love. There are so many of these towns of past endeavours. Be it mining or to do with the railway etc. Now dying or dead. I read only the other day that the government are to compulsory purchase what is left of an old asbestos mining town. They are going to level any structure that is left and declare it a no go area. Seems pointless really. Asbestos occurs naturally in various places in Australia. Are they going to close access to all. I love visiting these old towns. The history of them is amazing.

Yes those old hotels are amazing

My grandfather lived there - he’s buried there - I have a cousin who lives there

A life time ago for some of our towns,can buy cheap house,s in some towns now tho.

great video

Thank you! What a beautiful spot on our outback! I'm sure we will visit soon. ❤

was there in 2000 camped for free at showground drank at the imperial heard the ghost stories from the pub some scary shit went on while we were there snooker table was supposed to be found under floorboards in a deep hole

Surely you've seen a snooker table before and heard the expression of ' being snookered ' .

There is still heaps of people there, cashing in on the ghost town idea, but its pretty

I haven't been there for many years. I live in Townsville which is on the coast east of Ravenswood.

I think i just saw a video of two blokes get an EH wagon going and drove to that pub

My granddad George Cook is buried there .. my youngest brother & sister visited there years ago met a cousin

Please, esquire sir,to relocate through travel,food sporting helplife abitofwork,Austwide history cool humble.stop into places like Ravensworld.

40 YEARS ago I visited Ravenswood the population was 17 the pubs weren't even open till lunchtime lol ,not to mention just after leavongcharters tower ther was only corrugated dirt road all the way to Ravenswood a lot has changed from my memories, next to pub were a heap of old diggings ,but looks like they've been backfilled now. and its been an attempt to make it look historical in some ways ...

Thank so much for bringing this beautiful Aussie town to us.

My grandad lived there early 2000s

Just came across your site, love it and love your background music. I found two songs but really loved the audio only backing to Daddy Why by Samual Cummings. Cant find it though on his albums?

Sad what the mining companies have done to this historic town and surroundings 😢

Great video. 👍 the camp area looks big enough not to be on top of everyone

So. Amazing. What. These. Old. Towns. Bring. To. Light. Im. From. One. Just. S. Few. Houses. Left. Pubs. Burnt. Down. Out. West. Q.

Excellent. love ya work brother...Ya had me at three million. 🤣

nice to see old cars make the new ones shit themselves

Those are classic relics they should be in a museum oh the stories they could tell love watching from NZ

I am concerned about those lovely classic cars left to rot , not washed and not cared for and covered up ,so sad 🤷‍♂ That Falcon GT has to be worth over $100.000

the table is a FULL SIZE SNOOKER table, there are no pockets on a BILLIARD TABLE .

The imperial is definitely haunted.

Absolutely Stunning

I enjoyed visiting Ravenswood ,when I lived in the Towers.

Looks a lot better than it did in 1966.

Any gold in that lump of quartz???

should go to herberton & ravonshoe in queensland

I'm going back before I leave the planet, I was there 45 years ago. Interesting thanks for sharing.

What a fascinating look at Ravenswood

We used to go there on School field trips from Townsville

Black desertor project .

Gee if the pub is a ghost town I want to be a ghost

Definitely not a ghost 👻 town.

It looks like you caught a ghost in this video at 7 minutes 56 seconds on the left hand side newr the shed

Went there in the late seventys with two of my army mates we went to a pub still had the old swinging doors and a hitch rail outside for horse it was like going back in time

My Great Grandfather was the undertaker in Ravenswood. He was also a shareholder in a couple of gold mines so I was told.