Cavendish- Bendigo

Well I slept well-I didn't even hear the girls get up this morning! That may have had something to do with my early night becoming midnight. Pat got home about nine and the four of us sat up talking. As a result, it was after eight before I woke up today and Lauren and Pat had already left for work.
Once I left Lauren's, I headed north east towards Bendigo. I stopped off at Ararat to go look at the jail, but I had missed the our, and didn't have an hour to wait for the next one, so I grabbed some lunch and hit the road again.

Ararat Goal

 The country is very pretty out here, not very different to Sheffield. I passed acres and acres of canola crops- yellow as far as the eye could see. There were lots of lakes and waterways everywhere, with wet lands full of birds. I also drove through the Pyrenees Ranges.

Canola and the mountains

 The speed limit here is driving me mad! I'm having to be really careful not to speed. A week ago, I was able to drive 130km/h, so 100km/h feels really slow... The trucks suddenly seem really small down here too. I was driving past trucks with 3 or 4 trailers- none of these are bigger than two. I keep expecting them to keep going and they just stop!
I think the cats on the fence Sunday may have been foxes. The fence I saw today definitely had foxes on it. I haven't been able to confirm or reject my ideas as to why they were there yet though.

Foxes

I also found another novelty mailbox too...

Mailbox

I got to Bendigo a bit after lunch time. I have been back a couple of times since we came through in 2006, so I remember it pretty well. My favourite thing here then, was the dragon museum, which was really interesting. It freaked Ellie out a bit though...
We spent the afternoon talking and catching up, then Adam cooked us tea.
I'm going to give this 'early night' thing another go now...

Distance travelled: 300km
Time driving: 3.5hours
Total distance travelled: 12,000km