Monday, 8 June 2015

Beechworth, Queen's Birthday weekend

We had a great weekend in historic Beechworth with our friends Lisa and Dave, Kirsten and Derm, Helen and Rodrigo and their kids and Bob and Shirley (Lisa's Mum and Dad). 9 kids in all. We stayed in cabins on a camp site and did some lovely walks in the bush, explored historic Beechworth and had campfires with expert marshmallow toasting each night.

The Love Tree

Tasting Honey in the Honey Emporium
Keeping warm by the camp fire 

Kids on the log, from the front: Connor, Sam, Emma, Sofia, Caitlin, Pat, James, Charlie and Alex
Lisa 

Woolshed Falls, in the Gold Rush they diverted the water from the Falls and recovered 57kg of gold from the plunge pool.
Alex, Charlie and Sam send a telegram to school from the Telegraph Office in Beechworth
Charlie with a bucket on her head
Outside the Museum having completed their treasure hunts
The Telegraph Office and Ned Kelly's Vaults
Trip in a horse and carriage around Beechworth
Panning for gold, I'll never have to work again
Dave swims across the lake to retrieve football and survives hypothermia