V8 Sports Car
This car is a beauty. With “V8” stamped on the hubcaps this open top sports car caught the attention of several people at Main Street Maldon today.
Does anyone know anything more about it? We’d love to know.
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Vintage Truck
Don’s vintage truck spotted on Main Street at Maldon. Note the beer tap on the radiator.
Historic Open Gutters of Maldon
Joseph Jenkins, a Welshman, stayed at Maldon for ten years tending to the gutters which are now a historic feature of our town.
The three Australian faces of Joseph Jenkins: Swagman, rural labourer and man of letters.
“The story of Joseph Jenkins is one of the more curious tales of our history. A meticulous diarist, he comes to Australia from his homeland of Wales in 1868, and spends 25 years here as a swagman, street-sweeper, miner, farmhand and poet.”
Joseph obtained regular employment in 1884 as a cleaner of streets and drains in the town of Maldon, a few miles north from Castlemaine.
He remained here working until he reached the age of 76 and became homesick for Wales. Having saved the fare, he departed Maldon by rail on 23 November 1894, and embarked on the ss Ophir which docked at Tilbury docks on 5 January 1895.
Joseph Jenkins Plaque at Maldon Railway Station
In 1994 a water drinking fountain and a plaque were erected at Maldon railway station to recognise the centenary of Joseph Jenkins’s departure and his unique record of the life of a rural worker in Victoria.
Vintage Truck – Main Street Maldon – 15th November 2018
This gorgeous vintage truck was spotted today on Main Street at Maldon.
Sunny Main Street Maldon. 14th October 2018
Today is a lovely sunny spring day at Maldon and Main Street looks so beautiful in the morning.
There are plenty of reasons to visit Maldon. So if you’re looking to do a day trip from Melbourne then there is still time to leave and arrive by lunch time to explore our wonderful goldfields town.