http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Bendigo/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , Victoria , Bendigo en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:44:27 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:44:27 UTC This is our last blog entry for this trip so we hope you have enjoyed our entries.29th June. Today we left early to catch our train to the Rockies on the Rocky Mountaineer train. Some of these carriages are double deckers with the dining area on the lower level and on the top you have great seating with windows in the roof so you have a fantastic view all the way. These carriages also have an http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Bendigo/blog-300788.html It sort of seems silly to begin a travel diary before I even begin traveling but right about now its getting me so pumped I want to crap my pants. So more for my benefit than that of anyone reading I'm going to give the back story for this whole trip so you can see how I got to this point. So here I go.The year is 2007....late 2007 I don't know exactly when because at the time the event didn't re http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Bendigo/blog-298342.html Well its a sad day today. We left our little Jakey at school in Melbourne. He is happy to be their and the school is fantastic. He does his football training 4 times a week and the school football team is associated with the Western Bulldogs. They train at Victoria University and the school itself has great facilities. A 50 metre indoor pool huge gym Tennis courts and being built this year indo http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Bendigo/blog-241228.html Cann River to Bendigo via Melbourne I am afraid somehow I have lost the pics I took I think it was because I was being hassled out of a Libary .sorry peoples there was some interesting pics you will just have to use your imagination This is the 26th January Australia Day a Public holiday and creates the ldquoLong WeekendrdquoIt commemorates the landing of the First Fleet in Sydney Cove on t http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Bendigo/blog-123466.html We got up early today about 77.30 and I spent some time trying to find out wether we are alllowed to bring seashells with us or not. Lonely Planet has nothing to say on the matter so I guess we are. Our breakfast arrived around ten minutes to eight and fourty minutes later we were off. First stop was at Otway Fly Tree Top Walk a very beatiful place where metal pathways allow you to walk among http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Bendigo/blog-24801.html Wonderful breakfastPancakes ice cream and syrup.Yummy for tummyWe had an entertaining time last night. The five of us piled into Yasmine's car and headed into town. Our first stop was at the pub where Han's friend was having a going away bash and also her friend's band was playing for the event. We got there before the band was up so we grabbed some drinks and headed to the second floor to si http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Bendigo/blog-12448.html Bus to BendigoWalkabout town and bakingGoldmines in Han's YardI didn't have the best sleep last night since there were a couple of coughers in my room and next door talk about paper thin walls Plus the door to the wing where my room is situated was super squeaky and creaking all night and it kept slamming when people passed through. So when my alarm went off around 715 it took a while for http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Bendigo/blog-12447.html