Front Elevated special The concrete entrance frame of

The concrete entrance frame of Waratah Park crumbles at its edges

its grey metal skin mapped with corrosion blooms and peeling layers of paint

its derelict machinery standing in rows beneath diffused light

The building is part of the pastoral infrastructure of southern New South Wales

empty and shadowed

Front Elevated special The concrete entrance frame ofThe front facade of the Big Hill Post Office rises above the surrounding paddock, paint lifting from weathered timber boards, upper floor windows empty against the sky. The building served as both post office and postmaster's residence, the typical rural arrangement of the period. Big Hill Post Office opened on 1 November 1869 and ran for 76 years before closing in 1945. Part of the Big Hill Post Office series.