"George Bales was one of the village's best known trout fisherman with more than 35 years of successful fishing. The Tudor Inn used to have some of the finest mounted fish ever taken from NSW Rivers. A rainbow trout weighing 13lb 2ozs caught 5 miles from town was displayed in Russ Burns Hotel (later known as The Tudor Inn). He was always sought out as a guide to the many anglers who visited the district. During the depression, he tracked everywhere over the Nimmitabel plains for rabbits. foxes and kangaroo skins were also made into lovely rugs for their beds. Unfortunately whilst employed at Rock Flat mine, he was involved in a delayed gelignite explosion, which resulted in the death of his brother-in-law Frank Burke, and he himself was transported to Sydney for emergency surgery on his head. This accident occurred on 1-5-1953, and most people thought that he never fully recovered from this accident." Source: http://monaropioneers.com/
"George Bales was one of the village's best known trout fisherman with more than 35 years of successful fishing. The Tudor Inn used to have some of the finest mounted fish ever taken from NSW Rivers. A rainbow trout weighing 13lb 2ozs caught 5 miles from town was displayed in Russ Burns Hotel (later known as The Tudor Inn). He was always sought out as a guide to the many anglers who visited the district. During the depression, he tracked everywhere over the Nimmitabel plains for rabbits. foxes and kangaroo skins were also made into lovely rugs for their beds. Unfortunately whilst employed at Rock Flat mine, he was involved in a delayed gelignite explosion, which resulted in the death of his brother-in-law Frank Burke, and he himself was transported to Sydney for emergency surgery on his head. This accident occurred on 1-5-1953, and most people thought that he never fully recovered from this accident." Source: http://monaropioneers.com/
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