Goldfields & Wineries

These are a little scattered...

Sometimes even the Human Tripod

uses a Tripod....

Alan trying the 120~400mm

Me trying his 24~70mm

The Family Home

Just off the Bank in the 

Caravan Park.

I went up to Hepburn Springs...

to take some of the waters !

But found this...

And this was really cute !

And these 3 Holiday Units 

were superb...

The owners were just cleaning them ,

but let me have a quick look in one

$350 to $500 a night !

Stopped in Daylesford at the Butcher

this tickled my funny bone !

Heading up on the Daylesford Rd...

Erected in 1883...

Fabulous !

Crossing the bridge over the Campaspie River

was a bit of tight !!!!

More of the Family

Happy Hour the first day at Nagambie

on the Bank of The Goulburn River...

Doesn't get any better !

The afore mentioned Bank !

Further into the Caravan Park

the permanents area has a beaut 

Monet Bridge....

Black Caviar 

still magnificent !

A Dawn Ramble..

Superb reflections !

We headed back to Heathcote

to check out the Pink Cliffs...

This is an old mining site 

Are they Kidding ?

Pressure washing out the alluvial soil..

And they're concerned about erosion !

We also went to Shepparton to catch up with 

OBF's

Bill & Pat 

great to catch up...all to brief !

Back at Camp 

Master Chefs !!

One skill Alys doesn't possess 

is the ability to swirl a wine glass !

Robert & Mark came up to Tahbilk

to join us for lunch as we were going to miss his Birthday.

Out of Order 

but Great Minds doing battle...

Maryborough and Colonial Splendour

I hadn't been to Maryborough for 44 years

Some of the Architecture is Magnificent.

So between the rain here is a few Beauties.

The Pick of the Bunch !

What I remembered was this Magnificent Station .

The Main Hall has been turned into a Cafe / Restaurant,

with Gallery.

This 3 Dimensional Painting

caught my eye.

Even the Ceiling was spiccie !

A Fireplace in the Main Hall...

You don't see that too often!

More Signs ....

The Platform is just as Spiccie !

This is how I remembered it !

And in Town this Great Hotel

And then on the way back, we called into Talbot

A bit of a sad sight , this looks like 

someone was doing it up - but ?

Ballarat and The Archibald

Last year we came through Ballarat only to discover

that the Archibald Prize paintings were in Town.

They are trying to make this a regular thing in Ballarat.

So off we went,

This is the winner...

Barry Humphries.

I thought this was Brilliant

This of a well known Sudanese Lawyer

you had to get very close to believe it was a painting!

Rhys a Redheaded Comedian.

This fellow fascinated JJ when he saw it

He is entirely painted in straight lines !!

Peoples Choice,

George Columbaris.

Only small but beautifully painted

Brett Whiteley's Widow.

I loved this...

Introduced Pests 

Double Click and see the detail.

A very powerful portrait.

One of my favourites

Gary McDonald

As Creswick is the Birthplace of Norman Lindsay

and the family home was demolished.

They have reproduced the Sitting Room in the Ballarat Art Gallery.

This is the street where the Family Home was.

What an unbelievably Artistic Family !

Just because I love clever signs !

Looking up towards the Art Gallery

on Lydiard Street.

From there a lovely lunch,

followed by a trip to Lake Wendouree

This is The Prisoner of War Wall...

WOW !

Are you looking at me !

A Musk Duck 

up close and personal !

And the Wendouree Monster ?

And then the rain came....