GT and his famous Bonnie Doon trip.
We all remember that.
Well, folks, it's only Round 6 but the traditional annual "Saints-get-your-heads-right" trip needs some planning pronto.
I happend to accidently pass through Bacchus Marsh today and it's not a bad little town - a bit a space to kick a footy around, good fresh produce and some nice looking pubs.
So there you go.
It's very Victorian, a bit dull, but not too far from Melbourne.......kinda like a Bonnie Doon of the West!
Anyone else got some suggestions for the "Annual Mid-season Trip"??
How about Bacchus Marsh for a team getaway?
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How about Bacchus Marsh for a team getaway?
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Got relo's in"The Marsh" as the locals like to call it.
Nice little town with about 4 pubs. Also has two footy teams, Bacchus Marsh and Darley, not bad for a town of 25,000.
Lovely entrance to the town from the Western Highway through the Avenue of Honour to commemorate the sons of the Marsh who perished in WWI. Goes on forever and the full grown elms (I think) are magnificent.
Nice until you realise that every single one of them means a young life lost from a town of probably no more than 5,000 at the time.
There are hundreds of the trees on the avenue.
Actually the boys could learn a thing or two about real sacrifice by taking a stroll and having a look at the names at the base of each tree.
Sobering reminder that they dont throw snowballs in Wars.
Nice little town with about 4 pubs. Also has two footy teams, Bacchus Marsh and Darley, not bad for a town of 25,000.
Lovely entrance to the town from the Western Highway through the Avenue of Honour to commemorate the sons of the Marsh who perished in WWI. Goes on forever and the full grown elms (I think) are magnificent.
Nice until you realise that every single one of them means a young life lost from a town of probably no more than 5,000 at the time.
There are hundreds of the trees on the avenue.
Actually the boys could learn a thing or two about real sacrifice by taking a stroll and having a look at the names at the base of each tree.
Sobering reminder that they dont throw snowballs in Wars.
Lance or James??
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There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say, "Enough is enough." For me, that time is now. I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in <redacted>. Over the past three years, I have been subjected to a <redacted>investigation followed by <redacted> witch hunt. The toll this has taken on my family, and my work for <redacted>and on me leads me to where I am today – finished with this nonsense. (Oops just got a spontaneous errection <unredacted>)
How did you accidentally end up there?
Back road from Geelong maybe?
Lovely little place with a lot of friendly locals, great meals at the Court House Hotel.
Is the commando style fitness camp still there, out near the Pentlands? I have a feeling the Saints may have gone there a few years back for a pre-season "harden- the f-up".
Also Joffa I found this gem :
Avenue of Honour
The main entry to Bacchus Marsh, for those coming from the east, is The Avenue of Honour. With the advent of Dutch Elm disease in Europe it is now regarded as the finest elm avenue in the world. The trees were planted to honour those men and women from the district who had fought and died in World War I. It consists of 281 North American elms. The other elms, oaks and plane trees which line Main St were planted in 1884.
And :
Border Inn
The Tudor-style Border Inn (1850), at 139 Main St, was essentially the means by which the town came into existence. In 1851 it became the first coach stop on the road to the Ballarat gold diggings (and thus the first coach-stop in the state) and Bacchus Marsh essentially developed around this traffic.
Is now an Irish pub and had great atmosphere last time I was there.
Back road from Geelong maybe?
Lovely little place with a lot of friendly locals, great meals at the Court House Hotel.
Is the commando style fitness camp still there, out near the Pentlands? I have a feeling the Saints may have gone there a few years back for a pre-season "harden- the f-up".
Also Joffa I found this gem :
Avenue of Honour
The main entry to Bacchus Marsh, for those coming from the east, is The Avenue of Honour. With the advent of Dutch Elm disease in Europe it is now regarded as the finest elm avenue in the world. The trees were planted to honour those men and women from the district who had fought and died in World War I. It consists of 281 North American elms. The other elms, oaks and plane trees which line Main St were planted in 1884.
And :
Border Inn
The Tudor-style Border Inn (1850), at 139 Main St, was essentially the means by which the town came into existence. In 1851 it became the first coach stop on the road to the Ballarat gold diggings (and thus the first coach-stop in the state) and Bacchus Marsh essentially developed around this traffic.
Is now an Irish pub and had great atmosphere last time I was there.
