29th December 2012
Suzy and Paul Natasha’s parents invited us to spend
the night with them at their new home in Bendigo a good 2 hour drive away from
Melbourne. Bendigo is a very
interesting town with many grand old buildings. It was established in the 19th century as a
result of rich find of gold here during the Australian Gold Rush. There are many open-caste mines
as well as a network of deep shaft mines some of which are still
operational. I had been down one
of the underground mines to 90 metres on a previous occasion, which gave me a
real insight to the horrors of working in such conditions with only a candle to
see by!
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| Suzy and Paul's house |
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| Garden view to the lake |
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| Alan and Paul at the lake now very low in water |
Suzy and Paul’s house, a 1970 architectural designed
house, is a little way out of Bendigo in the bush, and is situated on a large
plot with many gum trees and a lake, although they are trying to establish a
more Mediterranean garden against all the odds of the extreme temperatures of
40+C in the summer and lack of rain.
But if they are successful it should be a beautiful place.
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| BBQ breakfast at Paul and Suzy's house |
We enjoyed a meal at an
Italian restaurant in the evening and Paul cooked us a great, true to form,
Aussie breakfast on the BBQ the next morning.
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