The first stop

Early off the ship/ferry in Melbourne, Victoria and headed north to a place called Euroa, Victoria.
Last year we stayed there on the way north, this year we didn't but stayed there for a few nights on the way back.

Last year at Euroa and another post at Euroa

We stopped for a rest as we hadn't had one since leaving Melbourne, so out came the camera and I took a couple of photos which are not the same as the year before.

Date palms above.

Below the creek called Seven Creeks. 

Major Mitchell camped on the banks of the Seven Creeks at Euroa in 1836. The Major was an explorer.

That's the way to the main shopping centre and that is a grocery shop on the right where I bought a pretty scarf  on the way home. The grocery shop is a lovely one, and there is a hardware shop and a clothing shop all under one roof owned by the grandson of the original owner.  A nice man as he knew we were not local and made us welcome in his shop.

More Euroa, Victoria

Up Mt. Wombat in the High Country at Strathbogie (population about 309 people) to see the view, trees are nice but cloud the view.

The North Eastern Hotel was once a beautiful building.  The owner who lives in the building refuses to maintain it.  Apparently on the corner of the building is the Pub which is beautiful inside so we were told.

Below photo is the back of the Hotel.

The RSL Have several statues of their late towns men who fought in the War.

This tree below is near by in the park.

The bridge that goes over the Seven Creeks.

The Weir down the other end.

The weir across Seven Creeks at Euroa formed the pre-Olympic swimming pool for the town. Pre-Olympic swimming pools in Victoria are those that were replaced by standard 8-lane, chlorinated 50 metre Olympic swimming pools in the swimming pool funding spree leading up to the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. 

Euroa, Victoria.

Continuing Euroa - yes there is a lot to see.

The pathway to the Train Station plus the station.

The above is Australian Coat of Arms.  These are on the brick wall as one walks through the tunnel to the train station.

Don't know what this building was used for, maybe a bank in years gone by but now it appears someone lives there, probably divided into flats.

The Post Office of Euroa.

Euroa, Victoria

We so liked Euroa in Victoria where we stayed for a couple of nights.
Walking down the street with camera in hand a man stopped us it turned out he was one of the Councillors of the town.  Great talking to him with all his knowledge of the town.

Major T.L. Mitchell camped on the banks of the Seven Creeks at Euroa during his 1836 "Australia Felix" expedition.  The Major Mitchell Parrots are named after him.

Euroa's claim to fame is that the National Bank was robbed by Ned Kelly (notorious bush ranger) in 1878. Much of the region's wealth once came from sheep but now it comes from horse studs.

The Euroa Hotel was built without the verandah by George Sutherland in 1884 in Railway Street. The style is an adaptation of Queen Anne work suitable for a country hotel, the architects being the then well-known to Euroa Tappin, Gilbert and Dennehy. C.L. Boos’s weatherboard North Eastern Hotel was previously on the same site. The new brick building was claimed to be the best of its kind outside Melbourne. It is an important part of the group of red-brick building facing the railways in this part of the town. Taken from Heritage - Euroa

This building was the residence of the Pharmacist years ago with his Chemist shop attached.

Part of the main street.

The above building is a Nursery, one would think they would fix the old building.

The sign on the Heritage walk and the newer building below where the old bank was that was robbed by Ned Kelly.

First night!

Stayed at Euroa in Victoria for 1st night after having a good sail on the Spirit of Tasmania.
We had to get the chassis checked in Camperwell in Victoria not far out of Melbourne. This took 6 hours waiting time so Euroa was fine for the night.
We parked in a Caravan Park by the Seven Creeks temperature in the evening was 2 degC.
It is here that we discovered one of the pipes underneath the caravan was leaking! Next morning husband was under the caravan to find out the problem - which he fixed after making a trip to the hardware pluming department. Problem was cause by the hoisted when the chassis was serviced.

Sevens Creek at Euroa, Victoria.

Both photos, looking one way then the other way.

There we are after a tiring day.

Sorry the photo is blurred of these two people - I was some distance away on the bridge looking across the River.  I took the photo to show how some people keep warm in Caravan Parks when permitted to have a firepot.

One could walk to the town of Euroa via this bridge.