This old photograph is of the Toolleen Hotel back in the late 1800s.It wasn't on the site of the present hotel but further south of its present position.To the left of the photograph is the kind of vehicle which Edward George Hickson used to take fresh produce to Bendigo and bring supplies back for his customers. Apparently on a clear night Lucy could hear him whistling as he travelled down the Toolleen Axedale Road crossed the Northern Highway, over Mt Pleasant Creek and headed home.
Today's Toolleen Hotel can be found on Google Maps and using the Street View facility.One can't help thinking how old Edward George Hickson would be surprised by such technology.
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