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BENDIGO AND MARVEL AT THE GREAT STUPA & SILO ART

DAY ONE SOLO ROADTRIP

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Drive from the Wimmera in Victoria to Bendigo. A city in Victoria. About one hundred and fifty kilometres north-west of Melbourne. Founded on the discovery of gold and developed into a large central Victorian city.

Bendigo

With a population of over one hundred thousand people. The morning calls for a coffee stop at Lake Weeroona, Bendigo. A man made lake set on eighteen hectares beside the Midland Highway. It's a popular rest area. Motels are opposite the green watered parkland and lake. The area is a water bird habitat.

Great Stupa of Universal Compassion

Visit the Great Stupa on the edge of Bendigo surrounded by bushland. A free attraction. All are welcome to visit. There is a visitor centre and cafe on site. The exterior stupa structure was completed in 2020. Intricate interior detail is said will take eighty years to complete along with outside infrastructure, gardens etc much of which is already done on the two hundred acres of surrounding grounds.

A stupa, in Buddhism, is a building with a bell like shape atop. The stupa is a commemorative monument. Temple like in appearance but not used as a temple.

The Bendigo stupa is the largest Buddhist stupa in the western world. Height of 48 metres (157 feet) and 50 metres wide at its base. Almost pyramid like around the base. The stupa is a place of holy objects. The Bendigo stupa is designed to last many centuries.

Jade Buddha

The foremost holy object inside the Bendigo stupa is a jade Buddha. Carved from a single boulder of jade found in Canada. The Jade Buddha stands 2.5 metres high and sits on an alabaster throne of 1.6 metres. The priceless buddha weights about four tonne. Carving took five years and was consecrated by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 2009. It's said purpose is "really about inspiring people" and a symbol of peace.

Silo Art Colbinabbin

Drive from Bendigo to the small town of Colbinabbin. A distance of 55 km. View the popular silo art as seen from the Bendigo-Murchison Road passing through the town. Artwork depicts a train, a train station, early model cars and local people from days gone by. An in use railway is behind the silo's. Very large parking area for all types of vehicles.

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DRIVE BENDIGO - GREAT STUPA

- COLBINABBIN SILO ART