Wagon Tray rail Ashfield Motor Inn at New

Ashfield Motor Inn at New South Wales

its golden stalks pushing up through what were once maintained playing fields

paint lifting from weatherboard walls

Built as a visitor attraction during the wildlife park's tourism years

Peeling paint and broken tiles record the slow unravelling of a facility that ran continuously for 96 years

Wagon Tray rail Ashfield Motor Inn at NewA collapsed timber wagon tray rests against a derelict outbuilding at Leichhardt House, rusted chains hanging from the frame, lichen spreading across the rotting planks. Corrugated iron sags overhead while open paddock stretches out behind. The wagon is one of several pieces of horse drawn era equipment still on this Southern Tablelands property, a working slab hut cottage around 130 years old. Part of the Leichhardt House series.