WALHALLA GOLDFIELDS IN COLOUR
Less talk and more pictures of Walhalla than anywhere on the net
Poverty Point old steel tramway bridge
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| Today the Poverty Point Bridge remains as reminder of the huge effort
put into the area to develop the Walhalla area in the gold rush. The
Poverty Point Bridge can only be accessed on foot these days with the
best access being from the Walhalla Goldfields Railway car park at the
Thomson River station. Follow the "Old steel bridge" signs
from the back end of the car park to the walking track that starts on
the hairpin bend in the road about 100 metres from the car park, which
is marked with an "Old steel bridge" sign. The walking track
to the Poverty Point bridge follows the Thomson River with views over
the river, on the way there you will pass through patches of tree ferns
up to about 10 metres tall as well as a couple of water falls and plenty
of bird life. When You have finished at the Poverty Point bridge cross
the bridge and return along the other side of the Thomson River where
the track winds along the hillside way above the river with excellent
views back to the Thomson River bridge via Mormon Town Track. Allow
around 2.5 hours for the round trip or you could even have a picnic
lunch at the bridge. The approximate distance for the round trip walk
to the Poverty Point old steel bridge is 9km, but is reasonably level
walking for the area it is located in. The pictures below are in order of the walk from the Walhalla Goldfields Railway station car park to the Poverty Point old steel bridge and back on the Mormon Town Track side of the Thomson River. ********Read the plaque with all the information about the Poverty Point old steel bridge HERE******** |
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Pictures taken walking to the Poverty Point old
steel bridge from the railway station car park
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| The Poverty Point old steel bridge | |||||
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| Pictures taken off the Poverty Point old steel bridge as well as one of the local residents of the bridge living below | |||||
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| The Mormon Town Track side of the river on the walk out | |||||
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