Bendigo Catholic Cathedral, sadly there were many faded ribbons on the fence.

Statue in the Our Lady of Lourdes garden

Another view of his magnificent building

I was taken with the beautiful architectural features on the buildings everywhere

A pair of Insurance Buildings from a bygone era

The decorations in the park and the city generally were great.

The War Memorial on Monday. Note the flag at half mast for Bondi

A water fountain designed in 1881. Gorgeous isn't it?

Queen Vicky in white marble while poor George V gets bronze in the shade!

There's a man in this triffid, can you see him?

The fountain at the start of Pall Mall, Bendigo

Wow Bendigo is Fantastic!

Dec 12–15, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

Three nights in Bendigo were simply not enough. The city, once the richest city in the world, has magnificent public and private buildings, is an internationally recognised centre of gastronomy, and has several museums, art galleries and theatres. I mean, wow! We booked into the Cathedral Motel, having a comfortable and very roomy ground floor studio. A bonus was the free laundry provided by the motel. We knew one of our two days would need to be given to washing our clothes, and that was Sunday.
And then the world intruded big time and not in a good way. In fact the terrible events at Bondi where a father and son took 16 lives, wounded countless others, and left us all shaken because our beautiful Australian peacefulness once again had been fractured by madmen and their murderous madness. It certainly took the wind out of sightseeing sails. This was probably just as well because all the attractions of Bendigo shut down on Mondays. So we walked in the beautiful central gardens, did some shopping and admired the architecture. We will return to this amazing place.Read more