It's funny how I started this thread and the location of Seldom Seen has been mentioned.
I actually know the owner of this collection of 'stuff'. David is his name but mind you he wouldn't remember me. I noticed a picture of his odd collection on this forum when perusing through some photos taken January '10 on your rally.
In the photo showing Seldom Seen there was a large bin requesting travellers deposit their empty aluminium cans. Up until quite recently, I was involved, via a Melbourne 4wd club in emptying those bins of the cans, cashing them in and donating all the funds to the Royal Flying Doctor Service via their fund raising co-ordinator and former Channel 10 identity, Annette Allison.
I started doing this with the club in 2002 and undertook this activity in January and June of each year. The last clearance was in June 2009. There were additional bins at Glenmaggie, Heyfield, Stratford, Providence Ponds, Bruthen, Buchan, Gelantipy, Seldom Seen, Benambra, Omeo, Swifts Creek and Ensay. You may have noticed some ofthem along the way in your travels.
Why did we stop ??
Well, despite them being in remotish spots and with quite a few k's in between somebody else was going to the trouble of emptying the bins.
Mind you, the bins were owned by our club and no one other than the club had the right to remove their contents. Nevertheless, probably a sign of the times, many of the bins would be empty.
Anyway, David from Seldom Seen gained some notoriety some years ago when in an attempt to escape a raging bush fire managed to survive by jumping into a dam on his property along with several kangaroos. The press made a bit of it and interviewed him etc etc. He certainly is a character, that's for sure.
I will be passing through their next week on the way up to Jindabyne and are looking forward to seeing it.
The last time I went through their on a motorcycle was in '83 just before ash wednesday and on that occasion I came across 3 cyclists (2 women and 1 man) heading north. All nude.
But that is another story.
Happy new year to all.
Wayne