Beechworth to Bendigo, Victoria

Glenrowan was the scene of the 'Final Shootout' between Law Enforcement and the Kelly Gang. Ned and the crew had devised a plan to derail a train carrying Police Officers. The cops found out and foiled their attempt, but not before an epic gun battle ensued at the Glenrowan Inn. During the seven hour siege, Dan Kelly, Joe Byrne and Steve Hart died. Ned was shot several times, but fought right to the end, eventually being detained by the cops and was later hanged in the Melbourne Gaol on 11 November 1880.

After a fascinating day learning about Australia's most infamous criminal, Ned Kelly in Beechworth, we took a detour to Glenrowan on our 245 kilometre journey to Bendigo.

The township of Glenrowan boasts an animatronic reenactment of Ned Kelly's final stand, which was closed on the day we visited town and a massive sculpture of Ned in his trademark homemade armour. Shovel seized the opportunity to have a photo with the original hipster himself.

The road from Glenrowan towards Bendigo called the C345 was horrendously bumpy and narrow with barely a shoulder. Had we had known we would have looked into going through Shepparton instead. During the ordeal we heard a thud. We pulled off to the side where we could to discover the door to the front side compartment had broken off. Further back along the road we found the door in multiple pieces, one larger piece baring the marks of tyre tread from a truck.  We picked up the pieces and made our way into Bendigo, thankful no other damaged was done or no one was injured.