Boort, Boort, Boort!

We stayed in a motel on the outskirts of Bendigo, preparing ourselves for an early-ish departure to Boort (about an hour and a half away). I knew about the "spanner man" but hadn't expected we'd visit this road-trip.  It was a most marvelous detour!

As much as I enjoyed viewing all the wonderful works, I really liked John and hearing his stories.  His spanner collection was amazing!

If you are anywhere sort-of close to Boort, we highly recommend you visit! (We paid $10 each and it was definitely money well spent).

We lingered for a couple of hours before driving back to Bendigo.  After lunch we made our way to Redesdale to see another painted water tank. 

There was some GPS silliness along the way, with our lady delivering us to a dirt road adjacent a sheep paddock and announcing that we'd arrived at our destination!  Er, no - try again.

We had a quick look and then continued to Melbourne so as to check into our flash apartment, clear the car and collect our friends from the airport!