Fancy seeing a small town named BEAUFORT on the Western Highway between Ballarat and Ararat in Victoria, Australia. We have a town with the same name in Sabah, located about 97 kms from Kota Kinabalu.
Approaching the Beaufort town, Victoria. The name Beaufort is practically in most of the buildings here.
Beaufort Motors.
Beaufort Bakery.
.
According to the Tourist Information, this small town started with gold mining back in 1852 and today the town is only servicing the surrounding farming district.
Beaufort Garage.
Beaufort Animal Supplies.
This Beaufort can be reached by train.
One of the trains operating through the Beaufort town.
Back home in Sabah, Beaufort is basically an agriculture town located on the main highway linking the city and the Sabah - Sarawak border. In the 50-60's, Beaufort served as the main transit station for the North Borneo Railway from Kota Kinabalu to the interior of Tenom.
Beaufort town, Sabah, is best known for the juicy local green oranges which are the prized produce of the district.
The new Beaufort Railway station.
This is the train to the interior of Tenom, old but still operational!
New part of the town with concrete structures
The older part of the town.
.
In terms of attraction, Beaufort has not much to offer. Visitors may find themselves here for one of the several reasons - to take the train to Pangi station for whitewater-rafting the Padas river, to catch the train to/from Tenom, or to take a break while doing the overland trail between Sabah, Brunei and Sarawak.
No comments:
Post a Comment