Leonie Dukes
In the afternoon I headed back to Castlemaine to visit the art gallery and museum. I did not find the gallery very intersesting, but the museum had a good collection of items, including china, glasswear and metalwork. After that I went to a number of interesting sights in the area.
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I started the day with a visit to Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park. I visited a few old mining sites, then spent about an hour lost in plantation tracks – anyone who played the game Pyramid and can recognise the phrase “you are in a maze of twisting passages, all
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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
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