Creswick and Castlemaine

The first stop of the day was at the Creswick Woolen Mills.   They have a display showing how they make their products – I know a lot about how it is produced at a craft level, and seeing the way the same techniques are used in the industrial machines was really interesting.  As a bonus, there were baby goats!

After the Woolen Mills I headed to St Georges lake.  It was a very nice spot, with a great picnic area, and I did a circuit walk of the whole lake.

After the lake I headed in to town and had a bit of a walk around, then headed towards Castlemaine.  I stopped on the way at the historic site of Andersons Mill.

After arriving in Castlemaine I headed to the Botanical Gardens, then followed a sign promising coffee.  I ended up at “Das Kaffeehaus” where, in addition to a very nice coffee, I had a double-smoked pork sausage with sauerkraut.

 

After lunch I had a walk around the Botanical Gardens.  It is a nice area with a great variety of trees, but lacked the herbaceous and floral displays I have seen at a lot of other gardens.