Among other things, the town is known as an antiques center, which provided us with the opportunity to indulge in one of our favorite pastimes.
The antiques center thrived, she said, for a couple of years.
It is also an antiques center, with scores of dealers clustered in a few shops.
There is no longer a director for the antiques center and services such as cleaning and security are also diminished.
The public is not alone in feeling a bit of "threshold anxiety" about an underground antiques center.
It has housed several other businesses including an antiques centre, and is now a private residence.
If you are a new collector or someone who has limited time, an antiques centre is perfect.
The transformation into an antiques center has been slow and accidental.
But the plant closed in 1959, and the site is now occupied by artists' lofts and an antiques center.
Two teams hunt for bargains at Australia's oldest and largest antiques centre.