Forbes, NSW, 2871

There seems to be a bit of a revival going on in this historic goldfields town.

Story By Kathy Mexted

There’s conjecture about whether secret tunnels exist under the streets of Forbes in central New South Wales. Some say the tunnels led from the banks and the assayer’s office to opium rooms in the basement of the once majestic (but now demolished) Albion Hotel, built in 1890.