Bendigo Bound...

Rain... rain.. and more rain as we drove to Bendigo on Wednesday. It continued to rain lightly all night and then pretty much most of Thursday too! After a visit to the Visitors Centre and the old Post Office Museum next door on Thursday morning, we went and looked inside the impressive Sacred Heart Cathedral.

 

 

Then we met our good friends the Jacksons - they were on their way to visit their Great Nanna in Echuca and were in Bendigo around lunch time. We all tucked into yummy burgers at 'Grilld'. Continued the 'burger crawl' to McDonalds for coffee and a chance for the kids to play on the playground.

 

After lunch we said goodbye as they continued on their journey. We drove out to the famous Bendigo Pottery as the rain continued to steadily fall. We arrived just in time for the afternoon pottery wheel sessions and signed the kids up for a new experience! They had a ball and kept surprisingly clean... meal times are sometimes messier!

 

They were able to make two items on the wheel and with a little bit of help from the instructor they made vases and bowls, which we can pick up later in the week. We looked around the museum part of the pottery as it was included in our 'Experience' Pass we'd bought in the morning. Interesting history of Bendigo Pottery and exploring through the old sheds, old kilns etc.

 

On Friday morning the weather had cleared and looked a lot more promising. We drove up to Echuca for the day, the main reason being to visit Jeanette's Great Aunt Evelyn.

 

'Measured' Zac alongside the old barge 'Alison' in Echuca - something we first did when he was just a few months old.

 

Had lunch down by the river watching and listening to the paddle steamers tootle by, before returning to Bendigo Marong Caravan Park where we are staying for the week. The kids had fun on the jumping pillow and at the playground.

 

The flying fox was a hit...