PHOTOGRAPHER with a keen eye for history, beautiful shapes and forms has been enchanted by the historic Kindee Bridge west of Wauchope.
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Isaac Morgan, 24, or Boorowa near Kempsey, enjoyed a day trip to one of the Hastings’ most treasured historic structures.
“I love photography for the creative aspects and being able to tell the story I see,” Isaac said.
“And I love the freedom of being able to take photos any way I want – it lets me express myself in another way.”
In 2017, Kindee Bridge celebrated its 80th anniversary with a community gathering.
Descendants of Kindee’s Hollis family gathered with generations of the region’s original settlers to mark the event.
Kindee’s oldest resident Dot McKinnon cut the cake with 80-year-old Lenny Kirkman, who was the first baby to be taken across the bridge when it was opened in 1936.
The Kindee Suspension Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in Australia.
It crosses the Hastings River upstream of its junction with Kindee Creek, several kilometres from Long Flat.
The steel was sourced from Newcastle and the timber was supplied locally.
The contractor employed to build the bridge R.B Hayden was unfortunately killed during its construction and the work was completed by the then Department of Main Roads.
The bridge is still in use today.
The historic Kindee Bridge and three other timber bridges in Upper Rollands Plains will be rehabilitated or replaced in the next six to 12 months.
The are Myhills Bridge over the Wilson River in Upper Rollands Plains, Thompsons Bridge and Ready Money Bridge, both on the Upper Rollands Plains Road.
Port Macquarie-Hastings Council currently manages 130 bridges across the region, of which 72 are timber.