Bendigo Post Office, Victoria
Bendigo Post Office, Victoria
Bendigo is a beautiful regional city in a lovely rural setting in the central north of Victoria. It is situated about an hour and a half drive from Melbourne along a modern freeway.
Bendigo has a rich and colourful history, built initially on the gold mining which brought great wealth to the area. Now it is a regional centre, tourist destination and boats many beautiful old buildings of the Victorian era.
One of those beautiful buildings is the historic old Bendigo Post Office, shown in the photos on this page. For more details of this building click here.
Bendigo Post Office, Victoria
Bendigo Post Office, Victoria
Bendigo trams, Victoria
Bendigo, Victoria
Bendigo is well known for its historic trams running through the streets of this beautiful central Victorian city. Many of them are still actively used by commuters, while several are set aside especially as tourist trams. These take tourists on guided tours of the city complete with running commentary on the historic features of the city.
Bendigo, Victoria
Historic tourist tram, Bendigo, Victoria
Bendigo, Victoria
Bendigo, Victoria
The central Victorian city of Bendigo, built on the wealth gained from the gold mines in the area, boasts many fine historic buildings from the Victorian era. One can also find many modern buildings mixed in with the old, gracious structures of that bygone era.
Soldiers Memorial Institute Museum, Bendigo, Victoria
Buildings such as the one shown above, the Soldiers Memorial Institute Museum, stand out out as fine examples of architecture of the Victorian age. The statue of Queen Victoria herself looks out over several of them. I almost cut off all of her head in the photo below. No doubt she would not have been amused.
Statue of Queen Victoria, Bendigo, Victoria
Bendigo, Victoria
Bendigo, Victoria
After leaving Castlemaine we travelled to the historic city of Bendigo. The ladies wanted to see an art exhibition but John and I weren’t all that keen on that. I took the opportunity to get some photos of this historic old city. The wealth of the city was built on gold. One of the mining poppet heads is shown above. It is now used as a lookout over the city.
Bendigo, Victoria
Bendigo, Victoria
Bendigo, Victoria
Central Tilba, south coast, New South Wales
Central Tilba, south coast of New South Wales
Central Tilba near the south coast of New South Wales is a very historic little town in this part of Australia. It consists of many old and beautiful buildings from a by-gone era. We have pleasant memories of several hours spent there many years ago.
On this trip, however, we had very little time to stop and savour the delights of the town as we had a long journey ahead of us. Instead we just drove up the main street – it’s about the only street there – and then turned around and drove back down the main street. We couldn’t have found a safe parking spot anyway as the place was crawling with tourists. Like ourselves.
Shown in the photo above is the historic ABC Cheese Factory. We remember tasting their lovely cheese many years ago.
Central Tilba, south coast of New South Wales
Central Tilba, south coast of New South Wales
Central Tilba, south coast of New South Wales
Central Tilba, south coast of New South Wales