Hi
All
We
have picked up our new Van and are doing a shake down around Victoria
for about a month, so we can work out how use some of the new gear
and pick any faults that it may have.
So
we headed off to Bendigo, towing the van was a breeze did not know it
was there even when road trains passed the new ESC system seem to
work OK because we did not feel the van being sucked into the road
trains as it normally does.
Bendigo
has a lot of history and some great old building, some of the
highlights are the cathedral which took 80 year to complete due to
lack of funds some of the other items that are a must to see are
Alexander Fountain cicra July 5 1881, Hotel Shamrock formerly the
Exchange Hotel which was renamed in 1855 and the Golden Dragon
Museum which houses Loong and Sun Loong the oldest and longest
Chinese Imperial Dragons in the World, it also now is home of a very
large Jade chariot (see picture attached)
We
had to move to another caravan park Marong 20km from Bendigo because
of the large Caravan Show that was being held at Bendigo for 3 days
and we wanted to go to the caravan and camping show so it was not far
to travel back to Bendigo.
We
are having a good look around the Bendigo, Heathcote and Lodden
Valley Regions which also has a lot of history through these areas of
Victoria.
Today
we had a look at a free camp that I found and it looks a great place
to spend a few days so tomorrow we are moving to the free camp and we
can test the other good stuff in the caravan and I can do some
fossicking with my metal detector and we can do some fishing because
the free camp in right on the Lodden river.
That's
all for now keep in touch and be safe Lee and Jim
The Sacred Heart Cathedral
The Alexandra Fountain
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Bendigo Talking Tram |
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