A little bit about Collie
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (346619)
Rockingham, Australia
February 10, 2025 2:36am CST
Our last caravan trip took us through the town of Collie in south-west Western Australia (WA). Collie is 213 kms (132 miles) south and Perth and inland from the regional city and port of Bunbury. It’s the only coalfields in WA although the industry is nowhere near as big as it once was. At the moment, Collie supplies much of the state’s electricity. Wellington Dam is nearby with its wonderful mural on the dam wall.
Collie gets its name from Alexander Collie, one of the first Europeans to explore the area in 1829. Once described as a dirty mining town, it has cleaned up its act and is now a very pleasant place to visit. The railways were hugely important to the coal industry and the local museum reflects the importance of mining and forestry to the area. There is a permanent motorsport venue.
The photo shows a collection of mincers and grinders which are in the museum.
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@DaddyEvil (141871)
• United States
10 Feb
Mom had a grinder/mincer like the biggest one in the middle of the shelving in your photo. She'd call one of the bigger brothers in to grind while she shoved meat or veggies into it... The whole table shook while they were grinding stuff up.
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@Fleura (31015)
• United Kingdom
10 Feb
I have one of those mincers too, I have used it to make hummus. The only problem with it is that the clamp does not open wide enough to attach it to a modern kitchen work-top (at least not the regular kind made from laminate over particle-board), it has to be attached to a table.
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@DaddyEvil (141871)
• United States
10 Feb
@Fleura It fitted well on our kitchen table back then. It was made of solid wood.
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@BarBaraPrz (48596)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Feb
My! What a lot of meat grinder... I like the drop-side toaster.
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@allknowing (141055)
• India
10 Feb
I remember using one of those mincers way back - not exactly the same but similar
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@FourWalls (71519)
• United States
11 Feb
That’s so cool. Too bad they didn’t name the town after collie dogs. 
You look at things like that and realize how easy we have things these days. My parents had a meat grinder when I was little.
You look at things like that and realize how easy we have things these days. My parents had a meat grinder when I was little.2 people like this
@somewitch (2106)
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10 Feb
I went to see photos of the "dam wall". It's stunning, for sure! 
Then the coal industry doesn't sound that exciting to me but it's nice they cleaned up their act and provide tourists with the museum, the motorsport venue and the "dam wall" mural. 
It's stunning, for sure!
Then the coal industry doesn't sound that exciting to me but it's nice they cleaned up their act and provide tourists with the museum, the motorsport venue and the "dam wall" mural. 2 people like this
@RebeccasFarm (92068)
• United States
10 Feb
What an interesting museum and town Judy.
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@RebeccasFarm (92068)
• United States
12 Feb
@JudyEv Yes I love them..what talent too.
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@MarieCoyle (41041)
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13 Feb
I would have enjoyed that little trip, it sounds very interesting. I have one of those grinders—the aqua blue one on the middle shelf, go two more to the right and that’s my grinder. It was my grandma’s but after I went to live with her awhile it was my grinder, and she was always having me grind up meats, etc. Good memories. I get it out once in awhile and make ham salad or chicken salad. It grinds up pecans really well for cookies, too.
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