ST. ARNAUD VICTORIA

A trip through some lovely farming country was what we decided to do today.
The sun was shining, and there was a chill in the air as usual for this time of the year in Victoria. It was lovely seeing all the new born lambs wobbling along next to Mum.🐑🐑
You don’t get to see any of these things when you live in Tweed, and its even nice to feel the crisp air…. as opposed to the humidity that we have. And as I’ve said….we don’t get the autumn leaves or spring bulbs. 🍁🍂🌷🌞🌞🌻🌻

St Arnaud began its life in the 1850’s gold rush, becoming well settled as the town moved from mining into a varied range of farming practices.

The town and district of approx 2300 people is serviced not just by farming, but also by agriculture based industries. 

We arrived at St Arnaud and parked up next to the Queen Mary Botanic Gardens, at a place that we would always stop at so the kids could feed the ducks on our many trips from Mildura to Geelong, or visa versa, which now feels like a lifetime ago. 
My Mum and Dad always stopped here too, so it’s a special stop for all of us.❤️










We thought this duck was an ornament till it moved 😂





There was a few Wall Art to see, as well as Silo Art.



This is called “Hope”
It’s in the gold rush time when families were suffering…..there’s always “hope” when you pan for gold. 



This art is on the shed opposite the Silo.
His name is Ron Reyne. Ron worked in the shed the majority of his life, starting at the bottom and ended up running his own trucking business from here.

His shed became a drop in for ‘smoko’ for the tradies, in particular in Winter where tradies could swing by for coffee and chat around the pot belly stove.



This is Andrea Hicks. 
Andrea grew up in St. Arnaud and later became a teacher at the local secondary College. She taught the artist, Kyle, in year 12,  who painted all of the Art works. 



This one here is titled …..Not All Hero’s Wear Capes. This features long time country fire authority member Trevor Baldock, cradling a baby Koala that was saved during the terrible bushfires in Victoria.  It is also a tribute to all the wildlife that tragically died. 

We had another lovely day.

Stay safe❤️❤️

*****forgot to add….someone obviously likes Mick Jagger in the country…😂




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