Australia's Abandoned Ghost Town

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Todays episode takes us to the Abandoned Ghost Town of Olary South Australia's Cobb And Co.Settled in the 1880s to service the Barrier Highway and the railways that used to pass through here from Adelaide to Broken Hill.The village population soon declined. however the town still has a hotel and general store to cater for the many travellers and railway workers.

[ValerieSlater-kg]

This is where my friend was born and grew up....95 years ago. She is still alive and one of the houses you show, was her families! Lovely to be able to show her - sad though how it is now derelict :(

[valeriebarnett]

What stories are behind this place. We left our farm in East Africa just closed the door a went to find a new and safe life. My sisters returned years later and it made them sad. The beautiful gardens long gone together with doors and window frames. Such memories. For me these homes evoke the same feelings as divers swimming round an under water wreck. Everything retains vibrations of its existance if we just stand, feel and listen. It is interesting seeing living history. Have mixed feelings and hope the Owners found what they were hoping for.

[rossyounger]

Stopped at Olary on our way from Broken Hill to Adelaide in 1985, I believe the population was 9 at the time. Stopped at the pub, picked up a six pack and continued on our way. Sad to see it this way.

[geoffthecarpenter]

I prefer exploring videos without ambient back ground music, I like to hear the buildings moving in the wind, the birds, gives a more realistic feeling of the explore, well done for the videos thanks for the effort 👌

[brianspencer]

"Take nothing but photographs, leave nothing but footprints..." Great video - I've driven past the old town several times; if I go past there again, I'll stop off and see what's changed. It would be nice if you could give us the date from an old newspaper, so we can see in what era these places were abandoned.

[Sage]

Thankyou so much for sharing this beautiful old town with us. It is so sad that it now lies in ruins when it use to be home, life and memories for the people who lived there.
I was torn between sadness and awe throughout the whole video. Thankyou again for filming and sharing.

[cookdm]

My family went from the hustle and bustle of London direct to olary in the 50s. In a house like the second one you showed. Five kids in tow, flys, scorching hot, no electricity and a old kero fridge. Mum made it work while dad worked away on the railway. My older brothers and sisters had there first beer at the olary pub. They have plenty of storys to tell

[TheSimMan]

What I found most striking is the amount of books these people owned and subsequently left behind. I think it shows that despite how much they wanted to live and work in the middle of nowhere, they still wanted to remain as connected as they possibly could with the rest of world.

[rodneymiddleton]

Thank you Werner for this I lived in a few old railway towns as a young kid and spent a lot of time outside within a 20km radius lol searching for old bottles and coins etc without a metal detector in South Australia. This place is a museum and should be restored to such. History suspended in time thank you so much for showing us this.

[NQwater]

beautiful, but so sad. Thank you for sharing and treating every thing with so much respect. Lets hope the next explorer is as respectful as you were...

[collector]

I grew up in railway sidings in Qld 60s, 70s, and 80s and that's the same style houses I used to call home. I recognised so many things that were our basic lives then. Thanks mate for the video. Over the years Qld railway sold the houses etc and dozed the areas to remove any proof that any of us had even existed in those places.

[cherienafo]

S.A.here// I passed through Olary in the early 1970's, went to fill up with petrol, the man was so drunk (it was morning) that I had to help him get the pump nozzle into my gas tank, then I said- what is wrong with your dogs, who were ROLLING down the steps of his 'house'- he said- Oh, theyre just drunk !!...no judgement here, just a very odd memory I have of going through Olary on the day.

[jodycolling]

Thanx so much for showing me thru..so much fun..love going to ghost towns..I walked around the old asbestos mine of Wittnoom n its town..

[beverlyhills]

Great video, well made. The newspapers, cassettes and other stuff suggests people were living there up to the 1980s.

[Doris-yv]

All Beautiful!!!! Thank you you should feel vey special for having the opportunity to have experienced seeing history of Australia

[gregmusgrave]

Some of the best footage I've seen on YouTube, thanks for sharing. Yes to think the old houses you've explored were homes of families and they all appeared just up pack up and walk out to begin new lives elsewhere. Naturally you'd like to be a fly on the wall to get an understanding of family life in the houses your showed. As a grey nomad I enjoy exploring old towns and houses. Its all about past life, hardships and our history. Thank you for sharing and since I've subscribed I'll look forward to more interesting historic footage.

[Wilbargosh]

I drove the Barrier Hwy just before Xmas 2022. It was 38C in Broken Hill & Silverton with a dust storm. I spent the night at the Cockburn Hotel on the NSW SA border. I had to pull over the wind and dust was soooo bad. Amazing history and difficult living in these old towns.

[Jonoes]

Simply loved your video! Thank you Werner, you had me focused for the whole 34 mins. I would love to see some dates on those newspapers, and perhaps a look at the books, toys and objects in each home to get a picture of what type of family may have lived there. What was so good about Olary is its long history still shows clearly, just scattered like the old truck, batteries and engine blocks. Then it seems to stop in the late 60's early 70's, and era that many of us can still recall.

[Dolanlol]

Oh. Thank you for doing this video for us. I enjoyed seeing you explore 🖖😀

[bennyjbenham]

Fantastic footage I'm glad to see there are abandoned places that haven't been covered with graffiti and had everything inside destroyed