Saturday, April 5, 2014

Ararat and Ballarat

On our way to the wine country in the Yarra Valley we passed through some beautiful western Victorian countryside and some very interesting and historical towns.

Tiny Moysten - home of AFL : Moyston, Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ararat - Australia's Biggest Loser target town:


Ararat Town Hall and gardens
A beautiful town oozing charm with its grape-vine draped shop awnings, historic buildings and immaculate gardens and parks


and Ballarat - a town with a colourful history linked to the discovery of gold in Australia in the 1850's.



The Welcome Nugget found by a company of Cornish miners at Bakery Hill, 9th June,1858.
Weight 2217 ounces


The museum has excellent displays, paintings, etchings and artefacts relating to the gold era in Ballarat.













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