Our Beechworth Trip November 2009

Our Beechworth trip in our Jayco Westport.

Day one - Saturday 28 November - left Sydney and headed south to Canberra stopping at Sutton Forest for lunch and a break. Arrived Canberra Country Caravan Park mid afternoon and set up on site. We are thrilled at the ease of towing our new Westport, went like a dream behind the Outback. Amazing! Country very dry and brown. Drove to Watson to pick up supplies and checked out the local coffee shop for our coffee fix. Beautiful barramundi and salad for dinner at caravan park.

Day two - Sunday 29th November - Visit to Charnwood today for lunch with friends Pat Wood, Janet Scrivens (Pat's mum) and Janet Mayes (Pat's daughter). On the way we visited a Magnet Mart - a Bunnings type hardware, amazing, could have spent the whole day here. However lunch called and we had a great time catching up with friends. An afternoon drive to check out Janet's new flat meant that we headed back to Pat's for dinner as well. Terrific day.

Day three - Monday 30th Nov. packed up and headed out to Murrumbateman on the Barton Highway to visit our friends from Sydney, Bron and Dave Mason have built a new home in a new estate at Murrumbateman. They have moved down with their daughter, Naomi and Adam and three kids. Their home is lovely with views to the mountains in the distance and is up to the painting stage - they have to move in this week as their rented property in Canberra's lease is up. The house is built in two parts with a common kitchen and living room, great sheds for storage. Dave has built the house and has done a wonderful job, There is much to do but they are so enthusiastic, they will get there. We enjoy hearing all their plans for the house and property and look forward to seeing them come to fruition. We are watching a storm heading our way, huge black clouds heading across from Canberra so we decide to head out to Yass and onto Gundagai to meet up with Jenny and Doug at Riverside Caravan Park. Luckily the storm is behind us but off to the left of the Hume as we head south so we just keep an eye on it but it never reaches us. The Great Divide rolls on, the undulating hills brown but beautiful in their creation. Green trees dot the countryside in clumps and singles. The freeway system continues to evolve, most of it 2 lane divided road. We arrive in Gundagai and book into the Caravan Park, set up and head into town for some shopping. Jenny and Doug arrive about 6.30pm and set up alongside us. Dinner, chat and catch up time and bed.

Day four - Tuesday 1st Dec. pack up again and head out south to Beechworth- turned off the highway at Wodonga and headed through a lovely country drive to Sambell Lake Caravan Park. A beautiful spot, a helpful owner/manager and we set up. Roger the manager gives us lots of ideas for our time in Beechworth. There is so much to see and do we could stay here for a month. Check out the town, fantastic old heritage buildings, lots of sandstone and everything in terrific condition. Food shopping and back to van park for dinner. Nice pork chops and salad tonight.

Day five - Wednesday 2nd Dec. Plan our day - town and information centre in morning and afternoon drive. Watched history of Beechworth at Information centre, very interesting, old gold mining area, 1850's 6000 men, women looking to find gold. Lots of difficulties as Chinese miners move into area. Burke of Burke and Wills fame becomes Chief of Police in area. Lunch in Caravan then head out to Woolshed Falls just out of town, lovely waterfall flowing well, then drove along the gold mine creek area of Sestapol and El Dorado visiting a huge gold dredge, no longer working but amazing to see. Continued our drive around area and back to Beechworth via the Wangaratta road. Fish and prawns for dinner on the BBQ thanks to a fresh seafood van in town this morning. Great dinner and chat around some nice wine and port. Some nice port glasses bought today at Salvos op shop $1 each. Roger, the owner of the park, visits for more info and to see how we are doing and report on our days activities. With all the caravan parks we have visited, we have never had the owner come and check us out and see if all ok until now.

Day six - Thursday 3rd December - slow morning around the caravan this morning, Geoff off on his usual morning walk, Doug and Jenny head off on their bikes for a ride and Heath watches Sunrise. Breakfast and planning our day and options which are many are next. Decide on a trip to Bright via Myrtleford and back across country t hrough mountains. We set out and before we knew it we were in Myrtleford. Check out the local bakery, the op shop, target country and the camping shop. Then head down south to Bright, Mt Buffalo on our right rises out of the valley and is a magnificent sight, rocky and huge, just like a buffalo in shape and size, the surrounding mountains dwarfed by its size. Bright is such a pretty little town, surrounded by mountains, lots of trees, we head into the information centre and get lots of help with local info. Lunch at the cafe behind the info centre looks out over a park and river and we enjoy a light lunch of sandwiches, foccacia, toasted sandwiches and coffee. All delicious. Short walk down to check out the river and then head back to the car. Another small town, Wandiligong,a short drive from Bright becomes our focus as we have discovered a Maze to explore. This is the largest cypress pine maze in Australia. We explore, get lost and confused, get lost and confused, meet and lose one another, finally finding the exit but not the roses and the tower in the middle of the maze that we were supposed to find. Next to explore this area of goldmining history, the royal bridge, the buildings in the town, the Chinese bridge, where we were able to read the history of the chinese miners working in this area around the 1860s-1870s and the swinging bridge, which we suitably rocked. Great little town, next back through Bright on the Myrtleford road until we reached the turnoff at Ovens and climbed the mountains, the bush fire had been through this area, everything blackened, small farmhouses dotted the area, the new growth starting on the trees climbing the blackened trunks and sprouting out all over. Amazing to see creation at its renewal and survival. Reached the small town of Stanley and turned off on the Beechworth Road, back through Silver Creek and home. Tired after a great day, all we needed to do now is have dinner and bed. Chicken on the menu tonight with salad, fresh strawberries and icecream. Jenny and Heath catching up on blogs with the boys enjoying a nice glass of port!

Day 7 - Friday 4th December - what an amazing day - todays plan is to visit Yakandandah, north east of Beechworth. Geoff, Jenny and Doug do their usual morning exercise, we breakfast then check out our tourist books for things to do in Yakandandah. Set off via the Forest drive which takes us up through the mountains, pine forest surrounds us and signs warn of trucks on the dirt road carrying logs, we encounter two of these and manage to get off the road to allow them to pass in a cloud of dirt and dust. We turn onto Twist Creek Road which is narrow and heads down from the mountain, thank goodness for Dougs 4 x 4 wheel drive, it is a steep drive with a long drop on one side, road is rough and we all enjoy the experience of 4 wheel driving. The GPS is helpful as there are small narrow tracks heading off in all directions but at the bottom of the mountain and back on bitumen we drive into Yakandandah. Visit to the Info centre where helpful staff give us ideas and book us on an afternoon mine tour. First a wander through the town centre which is one street checking out the shops as we go. A very quaint town with lots of old buildings, we visit the Museum and are fascinated with the history within. Like all this area, mining for gold played a huge part in its history and pubs and banks are plentiful, beautiful old buildings in good condition. Lunch is at a cafe in a nursery as suggested by the info centre and we are not disappointed. Good country hospitality and lovely food - melts all around with salad and nothing left on the plates. We head back into town to meet our tour guide at the info centre who will take us to his mine.
We head back out of town to Twist Creek Road with Greg, our guide stopping every now and then to give us snapshots of life in the 1860s, fascinating stuff that he is so passionate about, Twist Creek was named after a local couple who set up a small town in the middle of no where to service the needs of the miners who could not leave their lease to travel over the mountain into town, Jesse and ? Twist were enterprising and soon a school, a pub and shop were established, very little evidence is seen today except for a fruit tree and daffodils which are out of place in this area, mark the spot. 20,000 miners worked this creek in its heyday and shaved gold was collected from the creek bed, no nuggets in this area. We head off up into the mountains and arrive in a clearing where Greg points out a huge piece of machinery and stops the car. We don hard hats over hair nets and pick up our torches and head towards a gate which is locked in the middle of a mountain. Inside is a long tunnel with two steel carriage tracks heading into the darkness beyond. This tunnel has been cut out by hand with short picks and we see evidence of pick marks as we head into the tunnel. The geology of the rock changes as we move forward to a much harder rock and Greg explains that a days work would only cut away about .5 of a metre. The tunnel takes us 150 metres to a junction where the quartz containing the gold would have been found and as we look around us we are amazed at the amount of quartz that has been taken from here. The seam was huge and would have netted the miners quite a lot of money. Greg explains that this is only one tunnel of many in this mountain with levels above it but this is the main one. Evidence of the miners and their day to day life is seen around, an old billy, a pick, candle holders still stuck in the wall, a steel marker showing the end of a tunnel and a wagon that carried the rock out of the mine still on the track. Greg's team had to clear the tunnel of a build up of debris which took 8 months of back breaking work to clear before they could uncover the length of tunnel. Part of the tunnel which was used for back fill took 2 1/2 years to cut and was about 10 - 15 metres in length with no gold found at the end of it. Gregs information and research was amazing and he gave us so much information, he is writing a book about this mine and it will be worth the read when completed. He is trying to get heritage listing for the mine as it contains so much history of that time, he has a 20 year lease on the area and as mentioned before, he is passionate about it. The machinery outside the mine was built and brought in from Bendigo by road and is a rock crusher so they could extract the gold from the quartz and it was found in the gully just below the mine and now lies at the entrance. Fantastic tour, 2 1/2 hours of Australian history which we really enjoyed. Greg dropped us back at the info centre and we headed back to Beechworth via the main road. Picked up some pizza for dinner, had a beer at the local pub and back to the caravan park.
A Swiss couple who have been touring Australia for 3 1/2 years came and joined us for a chat, Heinz and Yolanda have worked their way around the country travelling in a Winnebago and have had some wonderful adventures, picking fruit, working in hospitality, hairdressing or whatever work they can get and plan to settle in Mareeba in North Qld in about 6 months. They are heading to Melbourne for Christmas with people they have met whilst travelling. It has been a great night chatting and exchanging stories, Doug takes the spot for the night by sitting on his chair, the canvas totally gives way and he ends up sitting on the ground in the middle of his chair, very funny! Wow what a day!

Day 8 - Saturday 5th December. Lovely quiet day today - washing this morning and tidy up the van. We are experiencing beautiful weather, great warm days and cool to cold nights but the van is warm and comfortable.
Took a drive to check out the Powder Magazine which was used during the gold rush days to store kegs of explosives. Very interesting and amazingly restored for tourists to enjoy. The building is made of huge thick blocks of rock and looks like a small church, around the outside of the building is a huge thick wall with a large thick double door the only entrance. The building is designed so that if there was an explosion it would blow the roof off and not blow out the walls so that no one would be injured, thankfully the explosion never happened it is truly an amazing design for its time. Empty kegs and glass display tables show tools of the miners and newspaper articles, books recording the movement of kegs of powder, all over 140 years old. Took a drive also along the gorge to where a stone bridge has been built with a small waterfall cascading down into the valley, right on the edge of town. Back to town for shopping and to caravan park for late lunch. Afternoon nap and then a drive back to the stone bridge to photograph it in a good light also some of the town buildings - then a drive to a tree we had seen in an ad, the ButBut tree which is amazing, 400 years old and hard to explain, massive circumference, bulging out all around with big bumps, obviously gets lopped regularly as not very tall but the bottom part of the tree amazing. A little boys dream to climb. We took some photos but plan to go back when the light on the tree is good.
Geoff, Jenny and Doug are booked into a Ghost tour tonight at the La Trobe Assylum - we have been told there is lots of stairs up and down and Heath not good on stairs so decides not to join them. The Ghost tour starts at 11pm, guess I will be asleep by then, they won't be back until after 1am.

Day 9 - Sunday 6th December - Another amazing day - breakfast is our planning the day time, first things first - The Ghost tour at La Trobe last night - an interesting and disturbing tour, many people put away in this terrible place for no reason at all, misbehavour, soliciting - that is, standing on a street corner two nights in a row, etc. La Trobe ran from 1867 - 1995 and was still treating patients inhumanely up to 1970. Such a terrible history.
Today we decided to do the Milawa good food and wine trail - anyone who knows Jenny will know that she is a country kid born and bred and she does not like highways so all our trips have been via back roads, dirt trails, over mountains suitable only for 4 wheels drives and today was no exception. We set out with map in hand to discover the nearest dirt track that would take us to Milawa. First the Cheese factory, where samples were available, yum, some great cheeses including goat cheeses which were very nice, chutneys, olive oils etc all on display and available to taste, wandered around the chocolate and pottery, wood, artifacts shop and then headed off the Milawa Mustards. Across the road, a market so a quick visit to that before sampling the various delightful mustards, we make our purchases and then drive down the road to Brown Brothers Winery. So much for the rest of the afternoon, samples abound as we make our way through the list of wines available to taste and drool over the really nice ones, the expensive ones and the reasonly priced wines. Our order taken and paid for and we get chatting to one of the staff - Karen discovers we are staying in Beechworth and tells us that she is singing at one of the local pubs tonight and would we like to come, of course we would love to. We set off home via as many back roads as Jenny can find stopping every now and then to check we can actually get to Beechworth via that route, up over the mountains again, great fun and of course we make it home. Dinner at the van then we head into town to the Nicholas Hotel where we are entertained by a number of singers and guitarists including Karen, her husband David and a friend. Great night, great entertainment. Karen drops over every now and then to update us on the current act and at the end spends some time with us chatting about music. We make a date for them to join us at the caravans for dinner and head off home stopping at a house lit up with christmas lights of all shapes and sizes just around the corner from the caravan park.

Day 10 - Monday 7th December - quiet morning - breakfast planning as usual. There are a few things in town we still haven't seen so plan to catch up on a couple of these today. First the Old School built in 1868, a quaint old building which now houses local craft group wares, paintings, framed photographs, knitting, jewellery, hand painted articles like scarves and pottery, picture frames and books. A delightful array of amazing talent, we spend some time here and take in the varied crafts produced by talented people. Next The Old Brewery and Carriage Museum, built during the early days of the goldrush 1865 and owned by George Billson - changed its name to Murray Breweries in 1916. Built on this site because it was close to a natural spring which is still used to make the cordials that it specialises in today - due to the interference of a temperance group in the 1920s, beer was no longer able to be made on site. A fabulous range of cordials is produced here, like lemon and ginger, ginger beer, sarsaparilla, mint julep, spiced apple, chilli punch to name a few but many more. We spent the next couple of hours looking over the old building and its wares, machinery used to make the beer and cordials, a machine that no one knows what it was used for and Geoff and Doug poked and prodded and moved bits and pieces and put their input into how it worked and what it was for, they spent more time on that machine than on the rest of the building whilst Jenny and I worked our way around the old wares and amazing old carriages from bygone eras on two building levels. At one stage I decided to sit down on a bench to look around however the end of the bench was not there and I landed on the concrete floor banging my head and elbow as I went down. One could say that was not good for my back either. However I am ok, no concussion thank goodness, not even a headache, just a sore elbow and back, thank goodness I brought the wheat pack with me. We went back to the front desk where we could try various cordials, made our purchases and headed into town to a nice little deli and had lunch. After lunch we took a drive out of town to visit Mt Pilot Lookout and try to find the Aboriginal cultural site which was on our map. Yes, those 4 wheel drive tracks were located and we headed into the National Park, parked and climbed up to the Mt Pilot Lookout, well, Geoff, Jenny and Doug did make it to the Summit, well I did make it half way up before giving up but the view at both places spectactular, 360 degrees up the top and worth the climb. Back down the hill and back to the 4 wheel drive to look for the cultural site, more dusty, bumpy roads and a special find, the Aboriginal cultural site marked out to give the white man an understanding and education on Aboriginal life way back before white feller took over his country. More time needs to be spent here so we read some of the info and headed back to the town noting that we have to come back and climb Mt Pilot again but on the Cultural site path up to the cave paintings and info stops which tell their story. Dinner back a caravan park and Geoff and Jenny are playing scrabble, Doug and I are computing!!!! Another great day with unexpected delights and surprises.

Day 11 - Tuesday 8th December - Today we plan to visit Stanley, a small town near Yakandandah with a goldmining history. It is very small and consists of a store, a pub, a community hall and surrounding farms. We head up the rough dirt track towards Mt Stanley which stands 1060 metres and is surrounded by blackened trees from the fires in early 2009. The scenery is amazing, the new growth on the trees flourishing, the landscape around eerie but beautiful in its own way. The fires, selective in this area, blackened in one area and green/brown in another, spared by the flames as they rushed through the countryside. The view up on the mountain is fantastic, rolling hills and mountains tower over the valleys below, small groups of native wildflowers bloom between rocks, trees unable to mend themselves creak in the wind, they no doubt will tumble in the not too distant future. After spending some time taking in the view we head back down the mountain and stop to check out a billabong beside the road, a nice place for a cuppa and some photos then head off to Yakandandah for some lunch. We arrive at the Gum Tree Cafe where we had lunch on Friday last week and decide to check out their award winning pies. Yum they live up to their reputation, the salad makes it all legal and we get back to the dirt tracks to take us onto the next stop. A Strawberry winery is found and we sample the various wines they produce. The semi sweet is the favourite, well up until we tasted the liqueur, yum. We make our purchases, sadly the strawberries are sold out but we are happy! We continue to explore the dirt roads around and visit small towns dotted around the countryside, taking the longest way back to Beechworth. Back through the mountains and pine forests that were destroyed by the fire, that eerie feeling again, farms for sale, their livelyhood destroyed and spirits down some feel it is time to move on. Others rebuilding or building on a new part of the property. We are staggered at the distance the fires travelled destroying everything in its path. Back in Beechworth we head up the hill to visit the Beechworth Honey Shop. A wonderful marketing series of videos tell us about this family who have been the owners of Beechworth honey for generations and also about the various trees, which supply the different honeys available today. How honey is collected and processed and a live hive working in the shop amazes us as we watch the bees going about their normal day. There must be about 20 varieties available also a fantastic array of goods promoting the business. We make our purchases here as well and head back to the caravan to prepare for dinner. Light rain is falling and it is a cool evening so we watch tv in our own vans tonight.

Day 12 - Wednesday 9th December - To town first - the fresh fish van is in town and we want to have fish and prawns for dinner again - great selection. Rutherglen in our sights today - via main roads it takes us no time at all - through Chiltern and we are amazed again at the dates on the buildings as we go through this town 1870's and in fantastic condition, the buildings in all these areas have survived amazingly, obviously with people who have cared for them or renovated and restored them, we would love to spend some time here but we want to check out a couple of wineries in Rutherglen and stock up our fortifieds and taste some whites as well. We arrive in Rutherglen and stop in at the Information centre. A helpful woman points us in the right direction and advises us of the wineries that are closed today. Thankfully the ones we wish to visit are all open, she suggests we visit the Vintara Winery as it is situated on a hill and overlooks the vines. The Vintara winery is on our way to Morris Winery so we drop in there first, great suggestion, the reds are delightful, very light and a terrific range including a sparkling red which is very popular with all of us. This winery also makes a beer and we sample that as well and are suitably impressed. The winemaker is friendly, informative and we have enjoyed our first winery of the day, needless to say, we made some purchases! Then onto Morris, we taste a range of wines, port and muscat which are Morris's signature wines and they are delightful, we make our purchases and return to town for lunch at a small cafe. The afternoon drive takes us out to Campbells, another winery renown for its fortifieds. The wine barrels on display here are enormous and some are over a hundred years old. Another selection and the whites and muscats are a hit. This area is close to the mighty Murray River so we head down some dirt tracks in search of it and are not disappointed, The Murray although muddy is wide and flowing and the area is so picturesque with huge gums growing along its banks, we are delighted with our find and continue to follow the tracks alongside the river as far as we can arriving at the Moodemere Lake, we follow the lake trail and eventually make our way back to the main road and back to Beechworth.

Day 13 - Thursday 10th December - lovely easy morning - washing and looking at what we still need to see, still way to much!
Into town to the Info centre and book a Gold Rush walking tour, Heath & Geoff check out the Beechworth Gold shop where an array of beautiful jewelery is on display, lots of specials available but far too much out of our price range, however we do find a couple of special pieces at just the right price. Lovely staff, helpful and don't mind us just wandering around. Back to info centre to meet our walking tour guide, Cameron. He is full of information and is in his element sharing it with us, the Sandstone buildings opposite the info centre are not sandstone after all, they are sandy coloured granite and are magnificent. One houses the Telegraph office, the next the Courthouse where Ned Kelly was convicted to be hanged, the next was the building where the gold was kept until it was transported to Melbourne, and later became the Police Station, next to that the Chinese warden who interpreted for the Chinese miners in the court and looked after them. It is a Chinese museum today. The last one in the row was the wardens cottage. All beautifully restored.
A couple of notable snapshots - the first woman convicted and sentenced to be hanged in the court here was Elizabeth Scott, for killing her husband, 11th Nov 1863. The police escort (16 officers) who were responsible for taking the gold to Melbourne where given permission to shoot to kill anyone who tried to hold up the carriage - no one ever tried.
The walking tour continues down to the rail trail which is now a bike trail, to the But But tree where the Blacksmith had his business, church services were held and where miners would leave messages for one another or would pick up their mail, nailed to the tree! Up Camp Street where the buildings on one side of the street were destroyed by fire in late 1800's, some of these buildings were only partially damaged and rebuilt. First bank in Victoria was Bank of NSW and still stands today on the corner, on top of the building is the Australian Coat of Arms which includes the lions head and rising sun which depicts the dominance of the British Empire with the Emu and Kangaroo. The tour took 1 1/2 hours and covered too much information to be included here. Great tour - enjoyed by all. Lunch at a delightful little cafe where an array of delectable goodies covered the shelves, mostly local goods.
It is raining so we head back to the caravan.

Day 14 - Friday 11th December - our last full day here in Beechworth - still so much to see and do, however we will do what we can. Into town to check out the sandy granite buildings that we were told about yesterday. They contain so much history, the Telegraph office is fascinating, still working today and we sent a couple of telegrams via morse code, Norm the operator is amazing with his skills, the morse goes to Yass and is transcribed by a guy there who never gets it wrong, Norm says he is fantastic, he then prints it the same as the Telegrams we used to get years ago and sends it to the person it is for. We spend quite a lot of time here and get to check out the museum behind the office as well. Next is the Court House, this court covered over 20,000 trials, the famous ones being Elizabeth Scott, first of five women to be hanged in Victoria - 1863. Ellen Kelly, the mother of Ned was also tried here, 18 months later, her son Ned Kelly was convicted at trial here and sentenced to be hanged. Both Elizabeth and Ned were transported to Melbourne and hanged in Melbourne Goal. There were a number of death sentences handed down here and men were hanged in the goal just at the end of the street. We have fun in the courtroom, standing in the dock where Ned was standing back in 1880, sat in the Judges seat, and the witness box, visited the Jury room where they contemplated the outcome of trials, sat in the cells of where Ned and his mother would have waited for trial, and listened to their stories.
The Chinese museum is closed so we did not get a chance to have a look at that, the wardens cottage open and is only two rooms so not much to see. Altogether all very interesting and historical.
The only town close to here that we haven't visited is Chiltern, we drove through there on the way to Rutherglen and decided to head back out there to have a look. The old buildings still stand today from 1868, the little town is very quiet today, not many buildings open except for the bakery on the corner where we have lunch, the museum across the road where the town history is displayed, memorials to the young men of the district who fought in the first world war and many who lost their lives at Gallipoli, also second world war. A couple of buildings housing collectable old wares are open as well and we wander around but are so disappointed with the whole feeling of the town and theorise on how we would create an atmosphere to liven things up here. We leave Chiltern and drive back along the road to be met by the local police breath testing, thank goodness it wasn't Wednesday when we were coming back from Rutherglen, not that we had had too much to drink. Doug is cleared and we head back to visit the little town of El Dorardo. We turn off onto a dirt road and twist and turn through the bush as we love to do finally arriving at El Dorardo and realise we have been here before and didn't realise it. Another dirt track leads us over creek beds, through private property gates and up a steep mountain drive. We reach the plateau at the top and are awestruck at the size of this plateau sitting on top of this mountain, way way up in the high country of Victoria, cows and sheep up here and acres of open land, we stop at a gate where a farmer is going through and check we can get to where we want to go, he tells us we will end up where we started if we continue down the track, one big circle. He tells us to follow him through the gate and past his property and also tells us of a flat rock lookout which is worth seeing further on down the road, also a open cut quarry. As we pass through the next gate he stops and tells us that he drives through the area every day but today he was seeing it through our eyes and realised how beautiful it was, we assured him that we also thought it was fantastic, views over the valleys below, the expanse of the fields, the amazing rocks, we head off after him and wave bye as he turns off to his property and we continue to Flat Rock road which takes us up to this huge flat rock formation, we can see the view from the road so take it all in and continue back to the main road, past the quarry which is locked and back into Beechworth.
Our last dinner together tonight, we enjoy a great meal of Chicken Mignon cooked on our BBQ with salad, some really nice wine and reminise over the past two weeks, how could it have gone so fast. Next is a bit of pack up time, putting away things in our vans, folding up the awnings, and getting ready to leave in the morning. Jenny and Doug are heading to Melbourne to spend Christmas with their son Chris, his wife, Sarah and their two boys, David and Jed and we are heading for Sydney, we will probably stop somewhere overnight, we will see!
We would recommend this area to anyone who gets a chance to visit, Beechworth is certainly the place to stay and use as a base, it is so central, everything you need is here, the people are friendly and we have had a wonderful time. We hope you have enjoyed our adventures and have accessed the photos in the album.