Hi All,
Hope this post isn't too misplaced here. While previously trying to find some information on gold mining history in central Victoria, a couple of times I ended up finding info on gold prospecting forums and prospecting YouTube comments sections. I'm hoping someone here might be able to point me in the right direction with the following.
As a hobby I create night time-lapse sequences and images consisting of some form of foreground interest (buildings, rocks, cars, dead trees, anything that is perfectly still basically) with the Milky Way in the background. To date the foreground targets I've used haven't had any common tie in.
As a project this year I would like to do a series of Milky Way time-lapse sequences using goldrush era ruins as the foreground interest and would really appreciate locating publically accessible ruins meeting the following criteria;
* Publically accessible 24/7
* Away from towns or any other forms of strong light pollution (e.g. traffic lights from busy roads)
* Must have a pretty clear view of the ruins and sky in anything through South East to South Westerly perspective.
* Be no more than roughly 1 hour drive from Bendigo (as that is where I'm based).
To give sort of an idea of what I'm looking at, so far I plan on shooting at;
* Monster Meeting site (though fairly unremarkable from a scenery perspective)
* Grand Duke Mine
* Old Gold Rush Hotel
* Duke of Cornwall
* Garfield Waterwheel (might be too much tree cover)
Ruins don't have to be as grand as these, so long as they are tied to the gold era story and meet the above criteria. I'm pretty new to the topic of gold rush era buildings and have been struggling to locate enough sites for which I can readily establish the history of (I'll need at least a dozen) with the free time I have between my day job and family commitments. Unfortunately the position of the Milky Way in the sky waits for no one, so would really appreciate any assistance (especially anything with an easterly view).
Hope this post isn't too misplaced here. While previously trying to find some information on gold mining history in central Victoria, a couple of times I ended up finding info on gold prospecting forums and prospecting YouTube comments sections. I'm hoping someone here might be able to point me in the right direction with the following.
As a hobby I create night time-lapse sequences and images consisting of some form of foreground interest (buildings, rocks, cars, dead trees, anything that is perfectly still basically) with the Milky Way in the background. To date the foreground targets I've used haven't had any common tie in.
As a project this year I would like to do a series of Milky Way time-lapse sequences using goldrush era ruins as the foreground interest and would really appreciate locating publically accessible ruins meeting the following criteria;
* Publically accessible 24/7
* Away from towns or any other forms of strong light pollution (e.g. traffic lights from busy roads)
* Must have a pretty clear view of the ruins and sky in anything through South East to South Westerly perspective.
* Be no more than roughly 1 hour drive from Bendigo (as that is where I'm based).
To give sort of an idea of what I'm looking at, so far I plan on shooting at;
* Monster Meeting site (though fairly unremarkable from a scenery perspective)
* Grand Duke Mine
* Old Gold Rush Hotel
* Duke of Cornwall
* Garfield Waterwheel (might be too much tree cover)
Ruins don't have to be as grand as these, so long as they are tied to the gold era story and meet the above criteria. I'm pretty new to the topic of gold rush era buildings and have been struggling to locate enough sites for which I can readily establish the history of (I'll need at least a dozen) with the free time I have between my day job and family commitments. Unfortunately the position of the Milky Way in the sky waits for no one, so would really appreciate any assistance (especially anything with an easterly view).
