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November 15th 2008

Published: November 24th 2008

Ballarat meant a short visit to Sovereign Hill a working Gold mining town complete with people dressed in period costume, gold mine, red coat troupers and horse drawn coach. You can pan for gold get dressed up for a old photo, get your name printed on a wanted poster or be entertained by Ballarats equivalent of Willy Wonka in the Victoria Theatre. It was a great day and the kids really enjoyed the fact that it was like being in the 1800’s.

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The Nixon Family

Where is the Watergate Hotel

Hello from Steve,Julie, Stephanie, Dannielle and Samuel. We have decided to sell the house, take 7 months off work (and School) and travel around Australia. We would love for you to tap into our travel journal from time to time to find out where we are and what we have been doing on our family adventure. Our journal begins more than 12 months before we head off, with the initial planning, picking out the van we have affectionately nicknamed the Watergate Hotel (We are no relation to Ex President Richard Nixon,we think), buying a vehicle strong enough to tow "The Watergate" the 20000 plus ... full info

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25th November 2008

PETE
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Hi Julie/Steve and kids I can see by your blogs you are having a great time and seeing some interesting towns and places. Good to see the great Ocean Rd. blog as I was only there a few weeks ago and recognised everything. Call you soon. Have fun. Not much news from this end.

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