Stage VI of my road trip takes us further north east a few kilometres from the lovely gold rush town of Dunolly to the much smaller gold rush town of Tarnagulla.

This quaint little town is well worth a visit with its old buildings and cottages and seemingly on the verge of becoming a ghost town.

These photos were taken with the wonderful Olympus OM-D E-M5 Micro Four Thirds camera.

Main street and former bank building (Olympus mZD 12mm f/2 lens at f/3.2):

The old church with pink flamingos – unfortunately the church burnt down around 10 years ago and was sold into private hands.

Cottage window:

Heading north from Tarnagulla takes one through some pleasant pastoral regions with old farm cottages such as these:

Then tracking to the north-west towards Wedderburn, there is a very nice granite outcrop hill where Captain Melville, a bushranger of the gold rush days hid from the police – hence its name – Melville Caves – a great spot to explore and there is a camping site at the top of the hill as well as a picnic ground at the base – here is a shot from within Melville’s cave:

Heading back to Melbourne from Maryborough, you cross cairn Curran Reservoir and pass through Newstead before reaching Castlemaine, and on the way you will see sites such as these:

Old farm gates with water pump (my version of solarisation in Lightroom):

Cairn Curran Reservoir with a low pressure weather system crossing Victoria bringing storms: