These are the names of two prominent gold mining areas (quartz) in Bendigo, now tourist spots and very interesting. Everything is in place, even the underground bit where you can spend an hour 60 metres below ground (just call me "claustro"). We didn't descend, but we did spend a while looking around the processing plant and even panned for the yella. Even with my vast experience of panning for alluvial gold on the west coast (NZ), only Chris got a flake in her pan (flash in the pan I calls it). So, $8 richer, we left as a thunderstorm rolled in.
This morning we went out to Lake Eppadock, it was cool and windy. I hooked a small trout right at my feet and it was so unexpected, it got away. From there we drove south to a quaint little town called Heathcote, had nice coffee and sweet cakes at a cafe-cum-antiques shop and returned to Bendigo via the Deborah Mine.
Tomorrow we start packing up ready for departure to Ballarat on Saturday morning.
Hello to Olivia and Jamie, talk/see you soon on Skype.
p.s. change to travel plan: After Ballarat we are now cutting across the top of Melbourne to Sale (camp overnight) and then on to Lake Jindabyne NSW before parking up in Queanbeyan ACT for Christmas and New Year.
