Bendigo

Bendigo was a lot bigger than we were expecting. We headed for the Central Deborah Mine to jump on the Talking Tram. Lucky we got on when we did, it was absolutely chockers for a bit there, lucky we made good time too, we'd planned to get the last tram, but they'd cancelled it today, so we jumped on the 2:30pm with no dramas. It was a 45 minute loop through to 6 stops and back. It was hard to hear at times, partly because of the traffic and people talking, but they should've just turned the speakers up. The two gentlemen conducting and driving were lovely and very knowledgeable, giving us extra facts along the way. The tickets were cheap, pup was free and it included entry to the self guided surface tour of the mine when we returned, very good value. The rain was on and off, but it didn't stop us looking around. They have a beneath the surface tour too, apparently the deepest in Australia. We headed out just before they shut at 4pm and it absolutely flogged down. We ran to the car and sat for a while waiting to see what the weather was going to do. Being so late, I was looking up cabin and airbnb options so we didn't have to potentially set up in the rain and in the dark. We headed for the caravan park anyway and the rain cleared right up. Typical Victorian weather! The tasman park at Bendigo is one of the nicest we've stayed at, so many facilities and it had a good feel to it. It's their second birthday, so I got a bonus goodie bag when we checked in, we got a coffee mug, some Lollies, a travel guide and a few other bits. I was feeling a bit off and we'd spotted a schnitz back in town, so I had a lay down with Pup, while Ben ducked out to get an early dinner for us. We had wifi too, so I watched the block before the usual, shower, netflix routine.Read more