Old gold dredge beside the road, somewhere in Victoria?

[bundyjd]

Back in the 90's we did a family trip from Canberra to Bendigo, to visit my wife's old home town and to Sovereign Hill. I can't recall where we went first or the route we took, but somewhere along a back road we rounded a bend and there was an old gold dredge sitting in a pond right beside the road. With a couple of very young kids in the car we didn't stop and have a decent look at the time, and for the life of me I can't now remember where it was.

It definitely wasn't the well known dredge at Eldorado, as I've been there since.

Just wondering if any Victorian members might have a clue where it might have been, and if it's still there?

Cheers,
JD

 

[BigWave]

It's probably the one at Maldon. There is also a Drag Line there as well.

 

[BigWave]

Try this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI3dIbZKI8w

 

[bundyjd]

Thanks BigWave, that's most likely it given that we probably would have passed through Maldon on the way from Bendigo to Ballarat or vice versa.

 

[LC76]

Isnt there one at Marong?I cant remember.

 

[user 4386]

Didn't think there was one at Marong. The one at Maldon is in the trees and right next to the road in a small pond and has a dragline - it hits you in the face driving the road. Near the Bendigo turnoff, just south of the Porcupine Flat gold mill for Maldon mine.

 

[LC76]

Maldon is the one I was thinking of sorry.

 

[HarryHoudini]

Maldon.

Non in Marong

 

[LC76]

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