Comments on: Shearing at ‘Cromdale’

By: Christine Wakefield

Christine Wakefield — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 12:29:34 +0000

Hi Neddy,
Sounds like it was a fabulous trip. In answer to your question, the old homestead is long gone. I think it may have burnt down too but not sure when . I remember it as a young girl. The old charcoal cool room was still standing in the early 90s ( not sure about now though) and some of the old sheds associated with the house are still surviving. A rather poor little house has been placed over the site of the original homestead and it sits in amongst a large collection of beautiful old gums. It certainly was a lovely setting for a home.

By: neddy

neddy — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 22:54:28 +0000

Christine, it was so good to hear from you. We are back from a long holiday away to the NW Passage and Europe and I am still posting piece by piece of the trip in the Blog. I was so pleased to from you and an update from Cromdale. Is the old Homestead still standing. I have a feeling it is no longer there.

By: Christine Wakefield

Christine Wakefield — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 11:02:58 +0000

My husband and I are now the current owners of the site where the the Cromdale Shearing Shed once stood. Sadly it burnt to the ground sometime in the late 1980s. We have cleared much of the debris from the fire and what was left of the old stock yards but the concrete sheep dip still remains. The original shed site is now the site of a working blacksmith and a large number of native trees have been planted where once the yards stood. They are thriving on the beautiful soil left from the manure of many sheep. Thanks for posting these photos. It was a thrill to find them.