Maldon 12 Dec 2005

In the morning, we drove down to Chewton to visit Aunty Joan, Trudy and her children – Devon and Jessica. Joan lives in a lovely little cottage in an old mining village and has a delightful garden, which she manages in spite of the severe water restrictions. After lunch, we went onto Castlemaine, another old gold mining town. Castlemaine had a number of interesting Victorian buildings, as well as an amazing restoration centre. Peter had never seen so many bits and pieces for our home – he only wished it were closer to us! Drove onto Maldon and camped at Butt Reserve – went up to the lookout and had a remarkable 360o view of the surrounding area.