Saturday, October 7, 2017

7 October 2017 - First Stop Castlemaine

Left this morning just before 9 am. Beautiful clear day and all went well. Our route took us up the Calder Highway and past Mt Macedon. We decided to spend the first night in Castlemaine. Luke and I overnighted here on our last motorbike trip and I was impressed with this beautiful old mining town. We set up in the Big 4 caravan park here which is located right next to the Castlemaine Botanical Garden.
Everywhere you look here it is obvious this was once a very busy and prosperous town - lots of old factories some of which are being converted to cafe and art precincts.
We're spending two nights here and will probably take a drive to Bendigo tomorrow. Then on Monday we'll continue on to Mildura. Hopefully we'll find more sunny weather.

5 comments:

  1. Everything is so green and pretty in that first photo. Very nice.

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  2. The second photo looks like it could have been taken by Charles Sheeler--very nice...

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    1. Have just checked out the photography of Charles Steeler - high praise indeed. Thanks

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  3. Thanks for sharing these great photos of your travels. I will be on the lookout for more posts of your trips in the near future. Have a great day.
    Greg Prosmushkin

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