Despite it's lack of anything to do, we spent quite a bit of time Sunday morning in Bendigo. We peaked into the Cathedral during the 11:00am mass, and then found Uta a new jacket at an outdoor store which was having a sale. We followed that with a second breakfast at McCafe - a common feature of McDonalds here in Australia. McCafe is just a little kiosk in a McDonalds where you can buy a cappuccino and pastries. It was about 1:00pm before we headed out of town. We opted to continue driving north to the town of Echuca on the Murray River.
The drive there was quite uneventful: dirt, rocks, sheep, cows, dirt, rocks, sheep, cows, etc. But we were quite surprised to find Echuca packed full of people all running to and fro doing tourist stuff. It took us a few minutes simply to find a place to park. We grabbed lunch - Uta had fish and chips, I had a hamburger (my first since the states) with "the works" (which included carrot salad, a fried egg, a slice of beet, lettuce, bacon, mushrooms, onions, cheese, etc.). We then attempted to walk that off with a stroll along the river (a bit muddy and about a meter below normal by the looks of things), and the various Ye Olde craft shops. We were quite impressed by Echuca, not expecting such a bustle of activity in what was essentially the middle of nowhere.
We then scratched our heads attempting to decide where to head next. We had a range of possibilities, but not much information to go on. So ultimately, we decided just to head back to Melbourne and spend our remaining day on the Mornington Peninsula.
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