GOLD RUSH BRIDGES

Dylan and the old rail way bridge in Malmsbury, Australia

Orange fungi on a log in the Botanical Gardens in Malmsbury, Australia

The lake at the Malmsbury Botanical Gardens, Australia

Dylan in front of the old railway bridge in Malmsbury, Australia

The Mechanics Institute on the main street in Malmsbury, Australia

Close-up of a horse in Malmsbury, Australia

Old railway bridge in Taradale, Australia

House by a brook in Taradale, Australia

Cherry tree in the woods in Taradale, Australia

Lichen on a branch in the woods in Taradale, Australia

The old railway station in Taradale, Australia

Shadows of lichen covered branches on a fence in Taradale, Australia

Wattle flowers in the bush near Elphinstone, Australia

Ruin near Fryers Town, Australia

Purple Hardenbergia creeping over rocks near Malmsbury, Australia

Yellow flowering broom bush near Malmsbury, Australia

White blossoms near Malmsbury, Australia

Today went for a lovely day trip to Malmsbury and Taradale. Sweet little Gold Rush towns under the shadow of some stunning old stone bridges. Is there anything dreamier than a little cottage perched on a hill looking down to a little brook bumbling through a silver forest? Perhaps one at the foot of an old gold rush bridge with cows lazing in its shade?

The whole countryside has awoken and begun to bloom.

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KINGOONYA

The morning we took our day trip to Kingoonya we got kicked out of the caravan park . We’re still not quite sure why, something to do with us being “filthy pigs” (i.e. leaving our painting out to dry) and one of the girls using the upstairs bathroom. I think it all came down to the caravan park owner being a hard-on. He used to work at the Detention Centre, everyone in the town despised him. Luckily the town seemed to love us and set us up in the school gym for the night.

Kingoonya was amazing , we all loved it, the slow ruin of the place. We’re not really sure how those cars ended up on the roof of the sheds. It looked as if there had been a flood that gently floated them up there.

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