After four days in Bright in early May 2023 we went to Beechworth for a couple of nights. Travelling through Myrtleford where we wanted to but some wine from the Ferraro Vineyard from which Billy Button sourced the grapes for their Vermentino, Nebbiolo and Barbera wines. We were going to collect a few more bottles but the vignerons were away … [Read more...] about Beechworth
Living in Melbourne
Bright Open Gardens
As part of the Autumn festival in Bright there were a number of gardens open to the public. We spent an enjoyable day seeing two of them. This first one is called Elm Haven and described thus in the Open Gardens pamphlet: Private town garden, framed by heritage listed 100 year old trees ... a collection of traditional and cottage plants and trees. … [Read more...] about Bright Open Gardens
Bright
In the first week of May 2023, we went to Bright for a little getaway to celebrate the end of my treatment for lung cancer - four rounds of chemotherapy the last of which was awful. I was a bit disappointed to find that I was still very tired and not up to much walking, or staying up late. But it was nice to get out of the house where we have been … [Read more...] about Bright
Castlemaine
While in Bendigo in April we went to Castlemaine a couple of times. Here's a view of the township from the hill on which the old prison is located - like cathedrals, prisons often command the best places in towns. The number of prisons built in Victoria in the early days of the colony is amazing. My mother went to high school here but we … [Read more...] about Castlemaine
Bendigo Highlights
We were in Bendigo to see Melbourne Opera's wonderful Ring Cycle which I will blog about elsewhere. But in the meantime here are a couple of other places of interest. First the Chinese Museum, proper title Golden Dragon Museum Yi Yuan Gardens and Guan Yin Temple. It is a community run place and local Chinese people give talks to groups of visitors … [Read more...] about Bendigo Highlights
Australiana: Designing a Nation
In Bendigo to see Melbourne Opera's Ring Cycle we dropped into the Bendigo Art Gallery to check out this exhibition which was on between 18 March to 23 June 2023. According to the gallery website it promised to survey the iconography of Australiana in art and design through key chapters in our history through to the present day. This painting by … [Read more...] about Australiana: Designing a Nation