We left at 8:15am this morning after having a fabulous three-course dinner last night at the Quarry Restaurant in Halls Gap. Doug & Sue are heading south while we are heading north - we said our goodbyes and now we need to start thinking about our next caravan expedition together.
We drove through lovely green countryside - Stawell, Navarre, St Aunard and then Bendigo. Upon reaching Bendigo, we drove directly to Beaurepaires to get the new van tyres fitted - a quick job which only took 30 minutes and then onto the Gold Nugget Caravan Park. We are staying here two nights.
This afternoon we visited the famous Bendigo Pottery works which is only a kilometre up the road from the van park. We visited here previously about 10 years ago so we weren't too interested in the history of the placve - more just seeing if there was any pottery we wanted. Lorelle bought a new pie dish and we bought a couple of other small items. I'm not an expert on pottery, but I thought their prices were a bit steep.
DAY 141
We drove into the city to the Deborah Gold Mine where the "Talking Tram Rides" leave from. We have seen a few mines so gave that a miss, but we went on the one hour tram ride around town. It was quite interesting. The thing about Bendigo which stands out to me are the number of very impressive old buildings and the tram ride showed us some of these. It is called a "Talking Tram" because it comes with a commentary.
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| Lorelle & the Talking Tram |
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| There are many houses like this in Bendigo with decorative wrought iron trims. |
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