Where it all began

Well we are at Lawrence,stayed last night at Gabriels gully right in the heart of the gold country,problem is it is raining relentlessly and I cant get out for a look around so spending the day in the van and going to the museum etc,we have been to some great old places full of history with names like Bendigo,Carricktown,Bannockburn,Logantown,Welshtown etc and there are lots more we would like to see but the roads are just a bit to mean on the old camper,I tend to forget we are not in a 4WD.

 We had a good poke around alot of the old brick buildings some dating back to the 1860'S,The old Bendigo school was interestingTony found a nice 1884 sixpence and an old silver thimble,I must of found 300 .22 cartridges as they all have a tid similar to a small nugget,they had to dug up.But alas no hidden caches of gold or sovereigns.This may be my last post for a while as we have sold the camper and are heading to the Gold Coast,the plan is to work there for the next 6-8 months knuckle down and save some $ then come back and start over where we left off .In saying that I am taking the Etrac with me and intend to haunt the local beaches,so I will post any finds etc