Life as gypsies continued to Ballarat

Our life as gypsies continued from Port Campbell. The next stop was Ballarat.

But uh oh, JD has developed a nasty dry cough overnight in Port Campbell. He was a grumpy bum as we drove off and was crying on and off in the car while on our way there. He coughed so hard at one stage that he brought up lots of phlegm and some gooey looking stuff. I didn't feel right then and really wanted to find a chemist. An hour later, we got to Warnambool and saw a big Amcal Chemist sign and quickly took a turn there. May I say Amcal Chemist became my best friend then! The chemist recommended an Infant Decongestant that helped to break up the phelgm and allowed him to breath easier. That cough syrup worked wonders. An hour after taking it, he not only fell asleep but his cough started to subside. That night he slept like an angel and was definitely back to his happy self the next day.

Day 5 - Ballarat

After a good night sleep, we planned what to do in Ballarat. There were 2 places we wanted to visit - The Sovereign Hill and Eureka Centre. Our first stop was Soverign Hill. This place was a lot of fun and you need at least 2-3 hours there. We spent almost half a day there and had fun trying to pan for gold. Well, gold, maybe not, but lots of sand and rocks that JD was more interested in. Well, who cares about gold when sand and rocks were more fun for a 2.5yo! Ha! Hubby and I tried but with not much luck at all :) We took our time to read and learn about the goldrush history and enjoying the atmosphere of seeing people dressing up just like the old days. There were the old style lolly shops of which JD just marvelled at, old style bakeries that sold some delicious apple and custard pie, candles shop and demonstration of how people made candles in the old days, a blacksmith shop and we got JD a horse shoe for good luck.

On this trip, I came up with a nice "treasure bag" idea of which JD was given an opportunity to collect something special from each of the destinations he visited. In Ballarat, it was a horseshoe and a little wooden black spider. Why spider you may ask? Well, boys being boys, JD is totally fascinated with spider!