Category: Mount Alexander Shire Council

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  April 20, 2026

  Castlemaine & Bendigo — a loop through Victoria’s most opulent landscape

  Route Guide: Melbourne – Calder Fwy – Harcourt – Castlemaine – Chewton – Maldon – Newstead – Bendigo – Return via Calder or Midland In 1851 alluvial gold was discovered in Forest Creek at what would become Castlemaine, and within weeks tens of thousands of people had transformed a wilderness into the most densely populated…