Historic Bendigo
  Mal Rowe

Bendigo is a city which celebrates its history - and with good reason.

Pall Mall is probably one of the best Victorian / Edwardian streetscapes
anywhere.

The attached pic shows Bendigo's ESCo Vic toastrack out on the occasion
of the ARHS VR car tour back in August.
http://tdu.to/17_CharingCross_26Aug2006.jpg

Perhaps this pic fits even into Peter B's "through the windscreen"
series as it was taken through the windscreen of 53!

The war memorial to the left is a scaled down replica of the Cenotaph in
London. Behind the lamps associated with the fountain stands the
Victorian grandeur of "The Shamrock" hotel. The former National Bank
and the Beehive Buildings are further to the right and an Indian
Restaurant occupies the shop with the two story verandah. I recall that
shop being "Favaloros Cafe" in tramway times ... all a testimony to the
waves of exotic cuisine brought to Australia by waves of migration.
--
Mal Rowe in Melbourne



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