![]() ![]() Its isolation has accentuated the current shortage of materials but the expansion of activity continues. He is but one of many men whose versatility and adapta- bility are putting Hopetoun back on the map as a live en- tity instead of a dead port. To enter at certain times of the year and lay in tight-packed masses in the still water. With the freezer in operation Hopetoun became the centre of a thriving salmon-fishing industry and snapped out of its Rip VanĮast of the town are expanses of clear shallow water almost shut off from the sea by reefs and sandbars. The next stage was to install a freezer in the derelict Metropolitan Hotel-and the Port Hotel across the road was able to really hand out beer off the ice instead of from under the wet bags. Often.a break- down en route meant that a four-ton load of fish had to be jettisoned. It meant a road journey of over 400 miles each way and ice! Everett commenced running quantities of fish to Perth packed in ice. ![]() Appar- ently the mining revival never came to fruition but impressed by the number of fish in the coastal waters, Mr. At that time the town had only eight residents but he purchased the Port Hotel and the delicensed Metropolitan Hotel, several somewhat dilapi- dated buildings and a number of vacant town lots. Everett visited Hopetoun, partly on a fishing holiday and partly in connec- tion with a proposed revival of mining activity in the Phillips River area. ![]()
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