Not all roads lead to Grako. In fact, reach this city at the Outgoing Center in Australia Should be prepared carefully. The GPS signal will already disappear in half, and there are no gas stations on the track. It is important to carry the fuel to keep it from being in the middle.
However, Grakov rewards the effort: after a long path full of pits, a city will not finally resemble Polish Graco, but it is Your own character. Las City Links with Poland They are still clear. Some say that the founder of the first settlement in these places had a Polish wife and that in the nineteenth century, the struggle of the people of the country was moved in the nineteenth century.
Others say the name It comes from the gossip of dry branchesIt is full of this difficult weather. However, from the beginning, it does not change the fact that this place has attracted the desire for the spirit and more than ordinary life.
Kico It was built on gold. It is one of the last cities that grew during the 30s gold fever. At the height of that, about 10,000 people lived here in the city and they were extracted Nearly 20,000 kg of gold In the local tunnel.
Over time, good luck came to an end: the gold mine was closed and Grakov became a ghost city. The population was reduced to about 50 people and this center was filled with rusty buildings from the old courier office to the closed school. In them, however, the hotel Grack is separate, and the stuart and Nikki Burke in its seamless bar are treated with their two children Probi and Chilli.
Although Gold mine Has resumed its functions after many years of forgetfulness He did not bring people the regeneration of the expected. So we came here to find out how a pub works in the middle and who decided to live a life in this forgotten place.
A magnet for adventurers
The owner of the Pub and Hotel Graku, Stuart Burke One of the rare free spirits who want to choose nature Australia as your home. Stuart was part of a group of boxers in his adolescence and participated in the fight under the nickname ‘Kit Konna’. The militants moved from town to town and offerings A rare moment of hobby For hard workers and miners within Australia.
The Graku Hotel was already in the hands of another boxer: it belongs for many years The famous Brett Proppi boxerThe icon of the Australian tent fight.
It was in the Grako Pub, where he met his fianc’s wife. When Probi announced that he was going to sell the place, Burke decided to buy it immediatelyToday they take care that the history of Grako continues.
“We are married after 23 years. We have two children. We are continuing in the puppet we met,” he laughs. But Life in the Australian Desert is not a foolish. Grako has no packages, and it takes three and a half hours in a nearby shop car. Burk is doing what you can, but in the middle of the tourist season they have to travel this way up to once a week. Stuart emphasizes that he is not so bad, however, “10 years ago they fixed the road!”
Despite the difficulties, The family does not imagine living anywhere else. They acknowledge that Grakov is their place on earth, a way of carrying the papie. As Nikki recalled, in 1938, from its foundation, the pub was trained in the worst moments of its “survival ability”.
“You have to go away”
Stuart emphasizes that there are two ways to go to Grako: “or you should be very sophisticated to reach us Or losing a lot, a lot!“. The spiritual atmosphere and the reputation The last city of time Gold fever attracts a particular type of viewer. “We visit all kinds of people, but above all, even vagrants, passengers and rock stars,” he says. Pub’s walls and roofs are the files of all those who can reach this remote space with the signatures of the audience to the bottom to the bottom.
But Grakovo Value faith in all: Residents of the area permanently visit the pap, employees know their memory orders. It is a place to exchange good and bad news, listen to local rumors and report on time.
Pub owners are especially proud Get customers even if there are no machines Bekar, also known as ‘Pokenis’, which is largely blooming within Australia. Sports addiction is one of the major public health issues in the country. Australians lose more than 25,000 million dollars One year in legal challenges (21,933 million euros), it makes world “leaders” in personal losses.
Graku Pub tries for these trends Create local identity around other activities. Recently, owners have been completely passionate about the descendants of ancient mining workers and the city’s concentration system. Residents also recognize the role of the mine to reopen.
Although it does not contribute to the significant development of the population, it participates in the life of the local community. SponsorAmong other things. Therefore, the Gracone refuses to be stubborn to the city that disappears from the map.
Is it here?
In recent years, The city has purchased another faceTaken directly from a horror movie. A shooting team has been installed in a abandoned hospital in Graco, has become the city Mecca of horror cinema Independent.
The creator of the special effects of working as the employee of the Kankevia Pubber and the makeup artist KD Platt, although he accidentally finished in the city, he explains, He could not leave in two years. “I am a city girl. I never imagined such a place.” He and his group were looking for a place for a horror film about a zombie kangaroo. The difference between the Grako Pub seemed to be the best, and decided to stay Kedi.
She and her team bought an abandoned hospital and made it her command center. As he remembers, ”Gracko supports the creativity of peace. There are no distractions, instead of a kangaroo mother’s gate, you can see you rest next to the door. “
Kedi emphasizes that the difference between the people and the animated pap does not stop it. “These walls They are rich in history“He says.
Ghosts of the city
From the spirits of Grakovia, the 20 -year -old son of Poppin owners, which is named The famous boxer who met his parents. Together with her mother, Proby is investigating Unnamed cemetery Gracoin. Thanks to their efforts, they were able to restore the grave, and there was no longer remembered by the buried miners and locals, and its names no longer remembered.
As he pointed out No one in Graco is missing goldThe site of this place also hides the traces of other stories. Propobi is also interested in the fate of the tribal people of the region: their culture, their customs and their sad places. Explore the traces of the massacres carried out against the tribes by white immigrants in search of gold. “This is an unwritten chapter,” he says.
When we were about to leave Grako, a car was parked in front of the pap. One of the locals approached Profi Box cuts full of old newspapersSome tracay Attic is found. “I have new stories for you,” he said.
So we looked through our eyes How a pub in the Australian desert became a memory defender A small city and its complex story. “It’s Grakov,” says Stuart. “It won’t be on the road. But you can’t stop returning to him!”