An amble through Victoria’s Goldfields region Day 2 Thursday 9/10/2025 Riddells Creek to Redesdale, sunny, strong winds, 20. We’re certainly not going far this morning, so we make a nice slow start. While Mrs. Doubtfire puts on a load of … Continue reading Old Gold – Four tourists, a one-legged man, and a dog walk into a bar
Day 13 Friday 27/12/2024 Wedderburn to Home, 17 – low 20’s At last, a refreshingly cool morning. This little town is quite interesting and it’s such a shame that yesterday was too hot to explore. And today, well we just … Continue reading A Merry Mildura Xmas – Cricket on the Calder
Apr 2019, Kyneton, Vic A chill in the air that’s enough to make you gasp. Bluestone gutters littered with autumn leaves, old brick pubs, slate footpaths, stone buildings repurposed to become trendy stores, Bed and Breafasts tucked behind hedges and … Continue reading Kyneton in autumn
May 2018 By the time we arrive in Kyneton,Vic the temperature has dropped to a chilly 11 degrees. The town is busy with puffer jacketed families out celebrating Mother’s Day. We buy a coffee and a particularly good curry pie from Grist Bakery while we wait for our mates to catch up. The pie is so good that we buy one for Elaine and keep it warm on the dashboard using the windscreen demister, as they drive through town Woody stands on Piper Street and passes the pie through the window to Elaine with a perfect relay pass. That would … Continue reading The Kyneton Pie Relay
We’re in Piper Street, Kyneton, Vic. It’s winter and 11 degrees here in the Macedon Ranges region. It is cold, wet and miserable and we stop for a warming coffee at Grist Artisan Bakery. Woody is soon grinning behind a big glazed fruit bun. He says that it is the best that he’s ever had and he’s an expert. The bakery is in an old wooden mill building with big solid beams. It feels rather …well, English. The ceiling is low and the floor uneven and patched. Leaving Woody to his bun I wander off to find the toilet and … Continue reading Nice Buns!
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