Old coalmines - Lallal Vic

We have finally picked up our Rental car and can start making the Australia roads unsafe with our driving. LOL For those of you reading this - we come from Switzerland, where we drive on the right side.... lets hope we remember which side is our LEFT....lol
Our rental is a Toyota Kruger. Great car.... especially for those inbetween naps when B. (my husbands) forgets I have shorter legs then him, and get tired while trying to keep up with him all day.. :)

As usual, we decided to go Geocaching, as this is the best way to find spots of interest, that one as a common tourist usually doesn't find. On our first trip we went to visit old Coalmines in a quaint little town called Lallal. This picture does NOT do the steep walk downhill justice. Not sure what was worse, walking down or back up, but I can tell you, my knees are still shaking..

Think I am gonna hurt tomorrow :(

The cache was hidden inside that mine. I think the picture speaks more then words. Please note though, that is NOT MY BACKSIDE..... LOL

I sat guard outside, and entertained myself by taking pictures of hugh horseflies with scary looking eyes. Even though they were constantly landing on me, I was truly lucky not to get bitten, as their bites can be very painful. This one was sitting on my knee when I took the pic :)

This is one of those *I don't know what it's called..* trees, that got caught in a fire. Amazing how these plants recover from the fires.

This thistle was very interesting looking. This is one plant, but has all the stages of growth from green, to flowering, to dried up.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures of todays trip :)