Yerranderie is the town that time forgot, but not by members of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service when it was surrounded by fire for almost 10 days over summer.
The RFS defended the old silver mining town, nestled in the Burragorang Valley, as it was threatened by the massive Green Wattle Creek fire sweeping through bushland south-west of Sydney over summer… Here’s the ABC Story
…and here are some other interesting links:
RRT airlifts Food Boxes to support residents in ghost town – Yerranderie
Lantern Slide – ‘Yerranderie Village’, New South Wales, 1920-1940; J R. Kinghorn
Aboriginal Heritage Assessment of the Yerranderie Silver Mining Fields
Wollondilly Advertiser on Yerranderie Tourism
Wollondilly Advertiser on access to Yerranderie via the Colong Stock Route
Wollondilly Advertiser on Access to Yerranderie from the east (Sheehys Creek Road)
National Parks Yerranderie Information
Wollondilly Council information on Yerranderie