Beechworth - 2014

Another long weekend, another get away. This time we took the van

We went back to Beechworth however this time we did not plan to do any fossicking. Whilst there we stayed in a new caravan park, or at least one we had not been to before, the Beechworth Holiday Park. The park turned out to be as good choice and we enjoyed our stay there.

Whilst doing the normal Beechworth type things (bakery) we also went along to the Ghost Tours run at the local Lunatic Asylum. Wow, what a great night we had. I would highly recommend it. We also visited a local Strawberry farm returning to the van to eat them.

The Lunatic Asylum

 

Local Scenic Spots

ANZAC day weekend - Eldorado 2013

ANZAC long weekend saw us take the van out for possibly the last time before winter. We decided a short trip to Eldorado would be a nice break from the hustle and bustle

We have been to the Gemstone Caravan Park in Eldorado a few times now and every time the park is the same, Clean, well maintained and quiet. We really love that its only 10 mins from the Hume Highway yet seems to be virtually unknown and therefore relaxing.

From Eldorado its only a short 30min drive to either Beachworth or Wangaratta, both of which we visited over the weekend. Brown Brothers Winery is also only a short drive away and stock a great Tokay only available at the cellar door.

Right behind the caravan park is the Reedy Creek where alluvial gold can be found along with various gemstones. With my renewed miners right and my pans and sieves i did manage to spend some time fossicking however not much was found other than some well worn glass and a couple of flakes of Gold. The gold did not photograph to well so you will have to trust me the stones i found did but no cutters like last time

Also Nearby to the caravan park is the Swinging Bridge and the Eldorado Dredge. Looking at the photos around the town and in the pub its amazing what this dredge did to the valley in the search for Gold

Sara’s parents, who also came along, have just purchased a Minelab Xterra 705 metal detector and they were keen to have a look around also however there was no real expectation of finding a nugget here. They did have fun learning the machine and digging up other peoples waste

Mostly the weekend was about relaxing and we did plenty of that with the park providing firewood and portable camp fires, one of which found a permanent spot outside our van.

We also spent one afternoon taking the parents out to the old Chinese gardens in search of relics we got to play with the car in 4WD but no relics were found

That will probably be it for a while with the van now due to a good clean and then the covers will go on.