Local Getaways
Avenues of Honour
An Avenue of Honour is a memorial road or pathway lined with trees, planted to commemorate individuals, especially soldiers, who served in wars or conflicts. This tradition was popular in Australia and New Zealand, symbolising the remembrance of those who served and, in many cases, those who died. Although significant after World War One, this […]
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Paris at the Bendigo Gallery
We have just spent a few days in Bendigo (Victoria’s third largest regional city) where there is still a strong history of gold mining. We had a sunmptuous dinner at our favourite regional restaurant (The Woodhouse) with its fine steak meals as well as a few hours at the Bendigo Gallery which is one of […]
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More Exploration Around Creswick
We had a lot of rain overnight and we watched it move across our area this morning on the weather radar on my phone. It had cleared by mid morning so we were clear to do some more exploring. Rather than head west as we did yesterday, today we drove north towards Castlemaine. Our first […]
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Revisiting Central Victoria’s Gold Towns
As someone who prefers landscape photography, this area around Creswick is a bit frustrating. There is very little stunning scenery – just a lot of ‘goldfields country’ that is characterised by scraggly forest of box and ironbark trees. The topography is rather flat and the soil is a golden colour that is very stony and […]
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Today’s Tour Through Some of Victoria’s Early Gold Mining Towns
We’ve taken a few days off to spend at the old goldfields town of Creswick, near Ballarat. It’s nice to get out of Melbourne although the city sprawl is now so large that it took us well over hour. to feel that we had reached the end of suburbia. It’s easy travelling along the Western […]
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Scenic South Gippsland and its ‘Artistic’ Towns
The South Gippsland Region of Victoria is a fertile dairy farming area that is noted for its lush green grass and rolling hills. We spent four days exploring this region last week with our Probus Club, staying in the town of Foster. It was an exceptionally wet time with rain, every day and areas of […]
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Camping at Troopers Creek.
The northern section of the Grampian Ranges in Victoria has some stunning scenery but is less visited than the areas to the south near Halls Gap and Dunkeld. I spent four days of this week camping at the Troopers Creek Campground with my good mate Rob Neal.. This area is dominated by Mt Difficult (Mt […]
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We’re On The Road Again
Today, we started out on another road trip that will take us to Canberra and beyond. Tonight we are in Albury. Google Maps told us that this journey from home would have been just over three hours but it actually took us about seven. This is because we chose a much more scenic route through […]
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The Western District of Victoria
It was cool and rather windy as we left Stawell this morning, heading to Mount Gambier, just across the border into South Australia. Rather than a quick trip along the highway, we decided to travel on the back roads so that, as is our style, we could potter along and perhaps find some interesting things […]
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Our Driving Tour to Mt Gambier and Broken Hill
Yesterday, we began a four week long driving trip around Western Victoria, a small part of South Australia and into Outback NSW. We are taking it slowly and doing a lot of exploring. Yesterday we took he whole day just to travel to Stawell- only 240 km from home. We will keep you updated with […]
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We are Having a Few Days in Ballarat
Ballarat is a city located in the Central Highlands region of Victoria. It is situated approximately 105 kilometres from Melbourne and has a population of approximately 110,000 people. Ballarat was founded in 1838 during the Victorian gold rush and quickly grew into a bustling city. Today, it is renowned for its rich history, stunning architecture, and […]
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We’ve Had a Few Days Away at Healesville
For the last few days, Jill and I have been staying at the RACV (Royal Automobile Club of Victoria) Resort at Healesville. It is the first time that we have been away together since Jill’s accident in Singapore last September. It was a test to see how well we would cope with some time away […]
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