20180323 VIC Girgarre, Newstead to Ballarat

20180323 There’s certainly not much to tell about Girgarre, Des and I went in search of a pub and there wasn’t one, now that’s a first, a town with no pub.

The supermarket is closed down but there is a Post Office that sells the basic needs.
The Giant Theremin
How to Play the Giant Theremin Step inside the activation Zone in front of the Theremin and listen to your movements create a sound.  Experiment with moving in different direction, at different speeds and in different shapes.  It can be played by up to 8 people at any one time with each player having their own unique instrument, sound or effect, pity it didn’t work.











 The batteries in the van don’t seem to be holding there charge so we stop just before Bendigo to have them checked and the news isn’t good so we are sent to a battery joint for a further diagnosis and yep there stuffed.

Des talked up a storm waiting for the new batteries to be installed while I checked out the spunk and his cool van next to us, well his arse at least.
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Thirteen hundred dollars later we are back on the road leaving for historical Maldon, walking down the street Des said we’ve been here before, no that was Tassie but then we walked passed a bar, we sat in there and had a drink Des said, Jesus we have to, I really need to check my blog for places we’ve been.

The old News Paper Display’s in Historical Maldon they certainly play the part in this old town.









     
 LOST DOG
3 LEGS, BLIND IN ONE EYE, MISSING ONE EAR, TAIL BROKEN, RECENTLY CASTRATED… AN’SWERS TO THE NAME OF “LUCKY”
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We defiantly haven’t been to Newstead, we pull up across the road from the pub, what better place to park, off we toddle to check out the menu, boring pizza night so we opted for a couple of drinks instead.

The Railway Hotel, they only had one cold XXXX and some other shit beer they brew up the road and guess who owns the pub, the guy who brews the beer of course.
24-03-2018 We woke with a sprinkle of rain so we quickly moved to solid ground finding an unused bitumen road where we hopped back into bed for a cosy day of reading and watching TV, we just love days like this.

With the rain easing we strolled to town but its Saturday and nothing’s open, not that there’s many shops to open so back to the van for some more relaxation.
Another storm is rolling in and the sky dances with a flashing lights display and every time I tried to snap one it would shoot off in a new direction, I give up.
25-03-2018 With the rain gone it’s time to move on plus Des needs more beer and there’s a Dan Murphy’s in Ballarat.
Nothing but wide open space in the middle of nowhere, it kind of calming.
A fly by shoot as we pass through Smeaton.
Back in the old days these town’s had churches popping up all over the town, now they are being sold as homes, I can just see Des and I living in a Christian house with our fowl mouths.
We found Dan Murphy's and for some reason, in there stupid wisdom, have decided not to carry cans in HAHAN Premium Light or XXXX any more, not happy Jan.

After we eventually find a bottle shop we head to Haden to camp passing 
The Avenue of Honour Arch

Grieving Mother
The statue stands as a memorial to the mothers and families at home who experienced the grief and deep anxiety that is the consequence of war, irrespective of the colour or style of the uniform being worn at the battle front.
 ‘Bring Him Home’
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Bloody Cold Ballarat
Location: Girgarre VIC 3624, Australia

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