24 September 2024 - Geelong to Ballarat

Up betimes (5.30 am to be precise) to make preparations to disembark. Got away surprisingly early but had difficulty finding a "Macca's" to partake of the now traditional egg and bacon McMuffin and hash brown. (Mrs P prefers the pancakes and maple syrup.)

After refuelling ourselves (and the Tadpole) we took a look around Ballarat.

.      Mrs P and the Ballarat Town Hall

                    Ballarat Hospital

.               Ballarat Streetscape

.            Ballarat Railway Station

                       George Hotel

                  Lake Wendouree 

"The indigenous Wathaurang and  Borneghurk people, used to rest here, and called it "Balla-arat" meaning "Resting - Place"

Having leaned this useful piece of information, the Prop and Mrs P retired to their "resting place" in the Ballarat suburb of Sebastopol - presumably named to commemorate the far away siege/battle of Sebastopol in 1855.