Ballarat - part deux

When we came home from Ballarat we decided to take the long and winding road so that we could see a bit of the country side. We went through some great little towns and found some interesting places to stop. We found some sights that we considered truly Australian and some that we just went "huh?



Beautiful old building in downtown Ballarat.




Old church in the middle of nowhere.

Fence around a grave at the cemetary.

Cemetary beside the old church. There were headstones dating from the late 1870's up to the 1990's. Fabulous history!!

We stopped to have a picnic lunch at a park along the way.

In a moment of weakness at Sovereign Hill I bought Alex and Rhiannon harmonicas, so we had entertainment during lunch.

The rest of the family listening with great intent and trying to figure out what song Alex is playing on her harmonica.

A tired child after a full day.

There is a haze in the distance over the hills. That's the fire from Black Saturday still burning a month later. We were actually rerouted due to road closures.

A wayward echidna being escorted off the road by a policeman. Traffic was actually stopped while they did this. And no, they are not the speediest creatures on four legs!