Having returned to home country I have had the opportunity to develop some of the film I took during my road trip. Yes, I carted around an analogue camera as well. It’s an entry model Canon SLR bought for next to nix on eBay. The shots here are all shot on TRI-X and scanned with a Reflecta crystal scan 7200.
When I stayed at Poochera Hotel I thought some of the interior would come out better in BW than color. In particular the dining room that was beautifully preserved from, well, perhaps folks from Down Under can pinpoint the epoch better than I. I thought it was very homely. More’s the pity that it was empty.
The dining room at Poochera Hotel
The dining room at Poochera Hotel
There was some beautiful items there. From the 50ies?
The dining room at Poochera Hotel
The front bar was almost as empty as the dining room on the day I was there.
Poochera Hotel, front bar
I stayed overnight at the hotel. The rooms were, as they usually are in country hotels, basic. They do serve the purpose for which they are offered: for the weary traveler to get some sleep.
Guest accommodation at Poochera Hotel
I do think that B/W captures the atmosphere quite a lot better than the color images I took.
