Showing posts with label old building. Show all posts
Showing posts with label old building. Show all posts

Friday, March 13, 2015

Bendigo, Victoria {Caravan Park}

A short drive and we arrived in Bendigo.

Our first stop was the vet clinic to get Lillie her next injection, really important to ensure she didn't pick up any nasties give we have a moving home.  So off the vet I went with Lillie while Justin and the kids explored the park right opposite {can anyone say fluke}.



All vet checked, we went to meet the rest of the family and had a lovely walk around Lake Weeroona.  What a lovely space so close to town, they even have a dog friendly cafĂ© right on the edge of it.  After a coffee and some morning tea we loaded back into the car and headed to our next camping spot.

We picked Park Lane Holiday Park because it was a Top Tourist Park but also because they had something that my two would think of a treat {an indoor play centre}. It was a nice big park, which I imagine would be very full at certain times of the year but thankfully was lovely and quiet after the long weekend.  Set up happened quickly, we made ourselves some lunch and then decided to head back into town for a drive around.

Wednesday saw us spending the morning doing some schoolwork before heading in for a walk around town to get up close and personal with the old buildings.  There is HEAPS of old buildings that are still in an amazing condition, even better was the walk around Rosalind Park which is right in the centre of town {the only downside to that part was the smelly bats in one part of the park}.  Kaleb and I walked to the top of the observation tower which looked out over the city.
 

 




Thursday saw morning school work before the boys headed off to take a mine tour at Central Deborah Goldmine.  They had a great time in Australia's biggest 'tourist mine'.  Kyla and I headed to the park for a little while before going back to the caravan park while we waiting to pick them up again.




Friday arrived before we knew it and it was time to pack down and make our way to Albury/Wodonga.

Friday, February 20, 2015

Kingston SE & Robe SA {Travelling}

Leaving our over night spot relatively early for this trip, our planned spot for the night was Mount Gambier.

We drove through some lovely little towns on our way, some with only a handful of houses and some, surprisingly larger than I expected them to be.  We headed into Kingston SE to have a look around, of course at the giant lobster but also for a walk out on the jetty {what is a sea side town without a jetty}.  It was a pretty impressive 'BIG LOBSTER' and was surrounded by people taking pictures.  That said I have heard of people who travel the country specifically to look at all of the 'BIG' things.
 

Our next bigger location to checkout was Robe, which was much larger than I expected it was going to be.  What a beautiful place filled with lovely old buildings, I'm glad we decided to detour to check it out.

We explored the coastline, had a quick look in town and looked at the ruins of the old goal.
 
 


 
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