Country Fire Department

Saturday Nov 22 – Smythesdale Fire Department



Watch for the Kangaroos, Wombats and Echidnas.

We are heading to Melbourne today.



Is this a gold nugget?

Many of the churches in the area are made of blue stone.  They are beautiful.

 


 Smythesdale is a Champion Fire Department!

4 wheel drive heavy duty bush fire trucks.

We drive through Smythesdale where a fellow is working at the local fire hall.  We turn around to take pictures and he invites us in for a tour.  We climb all over the new truck (only 3 months old) and he explains all the functions.  We take many pictures inside the truck and out and he is very happy to show us.  He also provides some good history material on the fire service which we will take back to Andrew Petrie.



Woodside Park - Amazing Horse Farm!

Ballarat is a large city and we stop at the “i”, here the attendants say it is a good thing you are not looking for accommodation here this weekend as we have a horse race event (Ballarat Cup) and all the town is fully booked.  It is a beautiful gold mining town and had we know what was here we might have stayed for a few days.  We take a few quick pictures and move on.  Maybe next time we will stop here again.

We carry on to the ladies suggestion and drive to Woodend, again no accommodation. Eventually after a lovely drive through the countryside and seeing elaborate horse farms we end up at the airport as we cannot find anywhere to stay.