Melrose and Surrounds
Today we're heading further north from Benhurst towards Melrose, which is a small town en route to Tamworth.
Melrose is a quintessential railway town, built at the beginning of the previous century by the provincial government to house the growing number of railway workers needed to keep the trains running safely, on time and on track!
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The small town of Melrose is also responsible for ensuring that the main freight railway hub is staffed and that the produce and livestock of the region make their way across the country.
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Because of the resolution granting significant tax breaks to produce and livestock used for food, the area surrounding Melrose mirrors the vast tracts of agricultural land in the North Coast District Municipality.
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Cattle ranches like these also dominate the rural scene in the area:
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This area is unfortunately not untouched by the seemingly omnipresent hand of Congressman Wayne Ross.
Ross Industries have bought a small patch of land around this grain elevator / silo for an experimental project: trying to grow bananas in this temperate region...
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Naturally, this has the local environmental lobby up in arms as allegations have been flying around about genetically modified food and three eyed frogs.
Some farmers have found less innocuous ways of earning more money by experimenting with other exotic foodstuffs, like these mushrooms here:
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There we also get a little glimpse of Little Italy, but more about that next time! Ciao for now! 
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