Home In The Valley wind turbine the timber-framed saloon now wears

the timber-framed saloon now wears its decay openly: peeling paint and softening wood where the crowds once were

the former Yubari Municipal Asahi Elementary School

The main bar counter runs the full length of the far wall

its white-painted balustrades and turned balusters wrapping around a central void as the treads descend toward a dark lower landing

light falling through broken windows onto a space built for distraction from illness

Home In The Valley wind turbine the timber-framed saloon now wearsA weatherboard farmhouse, verandah collapsed and corrugated iron lifting from the roofline, stands open to dry paddock grass on all sides. A brick chimney holds its ground where the rest has given way. Rolling hills rise behind. Part of the A Place to Call Home series, documenting vernacular rural homesteads across the Snowy Monaro region and Hunter Valley, New South Wales.