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| Original Myer store and apparently Bendigo is the home of the chiko roll.... |
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| Inside the town hall they had a free performance of circ de soleil |
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| Coffee in a laneway after the performance |
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| Sat night at the basketball and the team that Sam plays for Bendigo Braves win |
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| Okay so we are short |
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| Motorcycle statue on the way to Numurkah to see my cousin Bob |
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| At Glenrowan |
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| Everything is Ned Kelly! |
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| Over the Alpine Highway and we cannot believe it snow! |
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| Its not warm but I cannot resist throwing the snowballs at him and visa versa |
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| The scene we were driving through, they had bright orange markers that told us to keep right otherwise we would be off the cliff.... |
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| Like a kid at a candy store at the snowfields |
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| Mt Hotham snow machines |
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| Chairlift but its not the season yet 10th of June it starts |
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| The boarder crossing from SA to Vic, Colm thought it was a gateway to a racing track and got rather excited but it was just an advert :( |
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| The YHA at Echuca cabins made from old railway carriages nice but cold... we did not know how to pronounce the town so we found out it is pronounced Achoo - Car! |
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| Nice gardens |
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| The mighty Murray was going to go on a houseboat but the only one we could get for a few days were for 12 people and cost a little over a thousand a day so instead a ride on the paddlesteamer did |
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| Beautiful river |
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| Nice rainbow in the background after shopping at Echuca (achoo -car) |
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| Got the photo of the rainbow |
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| On the paddlesteamer |
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| He loved the engines |
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| Picture of the other paddlesteamer working that day |
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| This was the paddle steamer used in the äll the rivers run"tv series and the one we went on |
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| The engine again |
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| The docks |
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| Other paddle steamers |
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| Went on the winery cruise and had a great lunch and bottle of wine |
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| At the winery I heard a bang and it was this kingfisher who crashed into the window |
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| It recuperated enough to fly off eventually but was stunned |
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| Beautiful day for a ride on the river |
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| Inside of the cabin |
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| Captain at the wheel |
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| Talking to a crew on the boat telling me the history of Echuca (achoo -car) |
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| Now we are in bendigo and went for a walk to the Observatory at the Park, here is Dad and daughter Colm and Dee |
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| Beautiful flowers in the Observatory with Beautiful people as well |
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| Went to Daylesford and Hepburn Springs for the day where they have natural spring water and its sparkling too, great to taste |
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| Great to be in a area where they have Autumn season went for a walk down along the track |
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| Photo from the chinese museum at Bendigo |
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| Dee at the chinese Museum |
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| Colm striking a pose at the museum |
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| Gardens at the museum |
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| Family photos at the entrance |
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| Fountain at the middle of Bendigo a lot of the architecture has a European feel about it very nice |
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| Went on a tram tour with a talking history of Bendigo |
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| Sam, Dee and Colm with the chook that was won in the raffle |
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| I had a feeling I would win something down the local pub but did not get to enjoy the spoils as we were off the next day |
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