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   From: peter@pmoylan.org   
      
   On 30/08/25 18:58, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   > On 2025/8/30 2:32:40, Peter Moylan wrote:   
      
   >> When I was about 18 years old, so in the 1960s, my father showed me the   
   >> ghost town of Whroo in Victoria. It had had a population of 10,000 in   
   >> the gold rush era, but afterwards it just disappeared. My father had   
   >> grown up halfway between Whroo and Moora (another town that's close to   
   >> disappearing), so he was one of the few people who knew where Whroo was.   
   >>   
   >> When we got there, all I could see was bush. Then, gradually, I noticed   
   >> faint straight lines in the grass, that showed where the foundations of   
   >> buildings had been. That was all there was to see.   
   >   
   > Has Google done aerial views of the area? They call them satellite views   
   > on Google Maps, but - in England at least - they're mostly done from   
   > aircraft. I'm sure there are empty parts of the planet (and a lot of the   
   > oceans) where they do only use satellite views, though. Anyway, have a   
   > look at the area you describe: you might be surprised what's visible.   
   > And do go back from time to time: Google do renew their images sometimes.>   
      
   You can see a satellite view of the area, and zoom right in, but all you   
   see is trees, and some evidence of a dirt road.   
      
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   Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org   
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