St Arnaud was settled during the gold rush of 1855 as 'New Bendigo', but was soon renamed St Arnaud to honour the Commander of the French forces Jacques le Roy de Saint Arnaud. It is an impressive historic town full of old pubs, shops and elegant two storey buildings. Local artist Kyle Torney used images of a gold prospector and his wife and son to tell the gold mining story of the past.
On the way out of town we visited The Stick Shed in Murtoa. It was the first emergency bulk wheat storage shed built in Victoria and is the only remaining shed of this type in Australia. The Stick Shed covers 16,000m2 under roof and measures 265 metres long, 60 metres wide and almost 20 metres high at its apex.Read more