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The bodies had been discovered about 11am. The property is located on Fulligans Road at Pericoe, about an hour’s drive over dirt roads from Eden. The area is sparsely populated and few houses are visible. Most are set back in dense bushland along tracks winding up from their letter boxes on the only access road. A young police officer blocking the roadway told reporters it was the worst scene he had witnessed. Some people call it a valley of failure. “It’s an old hippy commune. It was about 15 houses, but it’s dead now, the commune is dead. Itinerants live there now,” Mr O’Hara said. Les Kennedy / SMH - Valley of Failure: murder-suicide

The bodies had been discovered about 11am.

The property is located on Fulligans Road at Pericoe, about an hour’s drive over dirt roads from Eden.

The area is sparsely populated and few houses are visible. Most are set back in dense bushland along tracks winding up from their letter boxes on the only access road.

A young police officer blocking the roadway told reporters it was the worst scene he had witnessed.

Some people call it a valley of failure.

“It’s an old hippy commune. It was about 15 houses, but it’s dead now, the commune is dead. Itinerants live there now,” Mr O’Hara said.

Les Kennedy / SMH - Valley of Failure: murder-suicide