Kookynie is a ‘living ghost town’ with fewer than 20 people living among the ruins of the once large prosperous & quite cosmopolitan gold rush town.
Cosmopolitan Hotel
.jpg "Kookynie Hotel Ruin")
.jpg "Old Ute")
.jpg "Corrugated Wall & Broken Windows")
.jpg "Corrugated Wall With Louvre Window")
The Western Australian Peppermint Tree (Agonis Flexuosa) provides welcome shade & the delicate relief of bright feathery green foliage.
.jpg "Agonis Flexuosa (Western Australian Peppermint Tree)")
Sunset among the ruins
.jpg "Kookynie Ruin")
.jpg "Kookynie Ruin Sunset Glow")
.jpg)
Prickly Pear is a noxious weed in Australia, but it looks pretty backlit in the sunset.
.jpg "Prickly Pear Declared Weed")
.jpg "Prickly Pear")
.jpg "Prickly Pear Cactus Flower")
