Not far from Tumut is the village of Adelong. Its claim to fame is:
1. Its well-preserved heritage-listed buildings.
2. The remnants of the gold diggings a little out of town.

I was surprised that to find that there was a bit of gold in south-east NSW, since the gold rush that happened in this area didn’t make it to my history lessons at school (the ones that did were the Victorian and the Central NSW gold rushes). The gold rush during the 1850’s and 60’s brought in more than 30,000 people, hence why the town has such a ‘grand’ collection of buildings, such as…

The post office.

The theatre.

The store.