Water Tank rackwood providing basic overnight shelter during

providing basic overnight shelter during the demanding spring clip

Part of the Mungo Scott Flour Mill series

A 1969 fire gutted the interior

and local action kept it where it belongs

with the base of the starboard general service pump in the foreground and fuel oil pumps at left

Water Tank rackwood providing basic overnight shelter duringA corrugated galvanised iron water tank stands against the weatherboard cladding of the Big Hill Post Office residence, fed by a downpipe from the roofline above. Paint peels from the boards in long strips. Bare winter trees rise behind the outbuilding. The post office served the Big Hill district from 1 November 1869 until 1945. Part of the Big Hill Post Office series.