nucopia said:
Very nice finds Gully,
thats whats so interesting with specimens , they all have a different and unique character no two are ever the same.
i have been doing some research on Bendigo, interesting place much of the city is built on old working and many of the rest seem to be on privare property or closed off .. Still its a challenge to find some where that might be worth a look.
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Welcome to Victoria's Golden Triangle! Ballarat's just as bad as Bendigo in that respect and Maryborough's more of the same.
Back in the 1850's gold rush days, miners with rich alluvial claims didn't want to leave them unattended (unguarded), so their tents and shacks were put up alongside the workings and shops, pubs, banks, etc., sprang up in close proximity, to service the diggers' needs. When the alluvial rush dwindled, more shops, houses and streets filled in the gaps, as the population stabilised, with big underground gold mines needing plenty of labour and supplies for decades more. There's got to be some amazing riches buried underneath all the bitumen, lawns, shops, houses and factories that today cover those old diggings.