DAY 28: Sunday, December 10. GOLD FIELDS


Today we rented a car and began a two-day visit to the historic gold fields region not far from Melbourne.  A gold rush took place here in the 1850s similar to the one in California.  On the way to the town of Bendigo, where gold is still being mined, we stopped off for a walk at Hanging Rock.  This area was made famous by the movie "Picnic at Hanging Rock."

                                 Hanging Rock.

In Bendigo we took a get-on, get-off tour of the town by trolley car.  One of the trolley cars came in a "flat pack" from California in 1913 and was locally re-assembled. We listened to a recorded history of the town and gold mining there on the trolley.  

                  Trolley car from California.
                    Inside 1940s era trolley car.
                   Inside 1940s era trolley car.

We stayed at a B&B in Castlemaine, another gold fields town, for the night.  The B&B had a nice garden.

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