Here’s the location of the deaths, check previous posts for the whole story.

The yellow line in the photo shows where the toll bar once stood and used from 1844-1849. If you zoom in, you’ll notice a square concrete slab at the end of the yellow line.

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In 1931, a memorial was erected to mark the place where the toll bar was, a white concrete stand and a marble plaque of a 11 year old boy who suspiciously drowned in Spring Creek beside the toll bar.

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This photo shows the complicated schedule of toll fees.

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Let’s take a look at the 2 blowholes.

Kiama Blowhole is just over 2km from the toll bar as indicated by the yellow line.

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To be continued…..

Here’s a photo showing the road over the abandoned bridge.

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Now to find the location of the first wooden bridge that was allegedly haunted by two men. In a newspaper article which I can’t find again, I remember reading about the first bridge being built 50 metres downstream from the deadly crossing.

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And there it is, the remains of the first wooden bridge, you can see the remains along the rock wall. It was built in 1861 and replaced by the abandoned concrete bridge beside it in 1915.

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In 1942, the abandoned bridge was replaced by a third bridge used today.

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Here’s Hore St, named after Charles 'Charlie' Patrick Hore, 1 year and 10 months old who was swept away at the crossing along with 16 year old Catherine McCormack.

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Here’s the location of Marion Hamilton who was fatally shot in the front yard on the corner of Prince Edward Dr and Hore St. Not sure which house she lived in.

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Hello Headless

I remember the place black and white they must of painted the place recently. The bridge was I believe part of the original south coast road before the princess hwy.

I think the princes HWY only came about in 1942? Not sure got to look that up.

Kanacki

Hi KANACKI

When a mate and I first discovered the hut in the early 1980s, someone at the time was living in there. Clothes, cooking utensils, tools and other items were neatly stored. We both became paranoid about the owner returning, we knew nothing about the Bloody Mile and remember my mate clearly saying “I think he’s watching us” and we quickly left the area.

The hut would’ve been at least 2 metres wide by at least 4 metres in length. I don’t remember what the roof looked like, there’s a lot of modern building materials scattered in the area, I’ll imagine over the years the local kids jumping the tip fence to gather materials for their little hideout, completely unaware of the dark history that surrounds them.

Here I experienced another sense of trespassing and a feeling of copping a hefty fine, I’m about 60 metres from the northern end of the railway bridge.

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In this photo I’m about 40 metres from the sub-station.

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Here’s the location.

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Overall, it’s only 170 metres from the picnic table, however, it’ll feel like 1.7km without Aerogard.

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One question remains, is the pile of old rotting timber the once proud home of George Simpson?