Happy New Year to my fellow bloggers and followers. May health, love and happiness be overflowing in 2017. For my first resolution I plan on catching up with our Victorian trip blogs! I feel as if we are leaving Bendigo without having properly explained the history and cultural context of this city, but on the … Continue reading Day 5 of our Victorian Road Trip: Bendigo to Ballarat
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Day 4 of our Victorian Road Trip: More of Bendigo
This morning we set off for Bendigo Pottery which was first established in 1858 by a thirty-year-old Scottish settler, George Duncan Guthrie, who originally came to Sandhurst (Bendigo) to try his hand at gold-mining. According to legend, he was apprenticed at thirteen, and was prompted to leave Scotland when a promised partnership did not eventuate. In the … Continue reading Day 4 of our Victorian Road Trip: More of Bendigo
Day 3 of our Victorian Road Trip: Exploring Bendigo
Source: http://www.mapsofworld.com/australia/states/victoria/ Okay, here we go with a few fast facts about Bendigo. The first is that our accommodation is extremely comfortable and commodious, but the internet connection is extremely dodgy! Okay . . . moving on . . . if I can . . . Okely, dokely. Bendigo is about two hours from the capital … Continue reading Day 3 of our Victorian Road Trip: Exploring Bendigo
The Reluctant Retiree 