7 October, 2017 - First Stop - Castlemaine

We left just before 9 am this morning and all went well. Our route took us up the Calder Highway past Woodend and Mt Macedon. We arrived in Castlemaine at 1pm and quickly set up camp in the Big 4 Caravan Park here which is located right next to the Castlemaine Botanical Garden.
Castlemaine is a beautiful city full of grand buildings and beautiful houses, a legacy of the gold mining era. There are many disused factories and some are being redeveloped into restaurant and cafe precincts.

We're here for two nights and will probably visit Bendigo tomorrow. Then, on Monday we continue on to Mildura with our eventual destination Adelaide via the Barossa Valley.