Home In The Valley Colour:N/A when the last permanent resident

when the last permanent resident left

The two SSG generators and the main 5-cylinder Polar diesel are visible at rear

light filtering through the grime to what lies below

The building was constructed in 1967 as a television set and never served any other purpose

Home In The Valley Colour:N/A when the last permanent residentA 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.