After breakfast we drove straight for Ballarat.
The Avenue of Honour is a boulevard in Ballarat which commemorates local soldiers who fought in the First World War. It is a 22 kilometer boulevard that extends westwards, lined with over 3,000 trees, each with a bronze memorial plaque listing the name of a soldier.
Arraving a Ballarat we dorve stright to Sovereign Hill, an recreation of what life was like in the town during the gold rush.
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| Sovereign Hill |
It is a sort of outdoor museum presenting the story of Australia’s goldrush history. Its particular focus is the impact of the great 19th century gold discoveries on the growth of Ballarat, which was a small pastoral settlement when gold was discovered in 1851.
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| Searching for gold. |
There are lots of activities to choose from, we were down a mine to see the ordeals of a gold digger.
We timed our stay at Sovereign Hill so we could be back at our hotel in order to see Caroline play quarterfinals.
What a disappointment.
:-(
In the evening we saw: “Blood on the Southern Cross”.
Ja det var sq surt Caroline faldt i svinget. Men mon ikke det bliver fedt at se et par kampe trodsalt :-)
ReplyDeleteEllers tak for en lækker blog!
/NKQ