There was usually temporary or permanent accommodation to be found at Cryon for those needing it – such as itinerant pastoral workers, skilled or semi-skilled tradesmen working temporarily on a contract in the area, single men, or those not requiring a larger permanent home.
Not a lot of information on the hotel exists, but there are several mentions in old newspapers including this alarming one from the Daily Examiner in September 1920;
A HOTELKEEPERS DEATH
An arrest has been made in connection with the death of. Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, owner (and licensee of the Cryon Hotel, 35 miles; from Walgett, who was found dead in bed at the beginning of the week. A magisterial inquiry will be held.
Today Cryon is private property, but as drivers slow down to cross the railway line, you can still imagine the old days of steam trains stopping, and passengers offloading and scurrying to the shady verandahs of the weatherboard building, gawping at the expanse of flat, black soil surrounding them.
