{"id":47,"date":"2009-08-11T22:41:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T12:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmacdonald.com.au\/dev\/?p=47"},"modified":"2011-10-27T12:44:06","modified_gmt":"2011-10-27T02:14:06","slug":"living-ghost-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/2009\/08\/living-ghost-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Ghost Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Martins-Hall-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Martins-Hall-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Martins Hall 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Martins-Hall-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Martins-Hall-2-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Martin&#8217;s Hall was once an eating house in the town of Beltana (Google Maps &#8211; Beltana SA) on the edge of the desert over 500 kilometres north of Adelaide.<\/p>\n<p>It became the first pub in a town that  grew out of salt-bush country in 1873.<\/p>\n<p>At one stage there were 70 residences and the town provided services as diverse as a hospital, a saddler, blacksmith, butcher, and baker.<\/p>\n<p>Now there&#8217;s less than a handful of people there but it somehow manages to keep just above the status of ghost town.<\/p>\n<p>The Sentimental Bloke&#8217;s photographic exploits started as a resident of Beltana for a couple of years and there&#8217;s plenty of inspiration here for anyone with an interest in the outback.<\/p>\n<p>Just don&#8217;t expect to have troubles with your next door neighbor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin&#8217;s Hall was once an eating house in the town of Beltana (Google Maps &#8211; Beltana SA) on the edge of the desert over 500 kilometres north of Adelaide. 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