Today we start the slow trek home.
Morning tea stop in Ballarat at a park outside the Eureka center.
Delicious baby cake from yesterday.
Navy battle cannons at the Eureka memorial.
Eureka flags at the center .
The more people working together made this display into an electronic chorus. It was beautiful despite the silly photo .
We decided not to go to Sovereign Hill as it was $45 each and we didn't really have enough time to do it justice. Instead we went to the gold museum and spent a couple of hours there.
The view in the gold rush days ⬆
and the view today ⬇
19th century entertainment ⬆
Good thing we don't have to wear that many layers any more!
Modeling a Victorian bonnet.
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Women wore mourning jewelry made from gold, sometimes with a photo of their deceased loved ones.
English migrants to the gold fields brought cricket to the colonies. ⬆
Mayoral chain ⬆
Gas lights used on the tricycles ⬆
We wandered through part of the town, looking at the old buildings .
We are camped beside the Smythes creek in Haddon, a small town about 20 kms south west of Ballarat. Reception is not great but the surroundings make up for that.
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