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Post  neo__04 Sun May 24, 2015 8:21 pm

Hey all,

Thinking of heading to castlemaine area for 4 days over the june long weekend.

Never been up that way but going to give it a shot.

Not knowing the area, does anyone have any recommendations on where a good stop to camp would be?

Taking a couple of mates who will just be there for the camping and ill wonder off and do some detecting.

So was hoping for some guidance on a good spot to camp, that i can then walk off from and head out prospecting.
(Not worried about an actual campground, dont need facilities)

Any help would be great. PM me if you like.

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Post  Guest Mon May 25, 2015 12:08 am

Hi Neo,

Welcome to the forum.

Here you might red few things and find useful about area.
https://golddetecting.forumotion.net/search?search_keywords=CASTLEMAINE

http://www.visitmelbourne.com/Regions/Goldfields/Destinations/Castlemaine.aspx


Please read here about Castlemaine Heritage Park:

http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/castlemaine-diggings-national-heritage-park

There are some places where law prohibit us to do certain activities ( detecting,camping ) so make sure you always check with Park Victoria or Local Park Rangers before you go into unknown area.

You also need a Miners Right licence to enjoy this hobby in Victoria.

If you need any question please ask and i am sure someone will be able to help you.

You can find many old newspaper articles from gold rush:

http://trove.nla.gov.au/result?q=castlemaine




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Post  Detrackozi Mon May 25, 2015 6:49 pm

One spot came to mine that is south of Chewton.

From Chewton drive down the Chewton-Vaughan rd as you come to the top of the first raise there is a track on your right Jacobs track turn in there and drive about 1k and the only track on your left turn there and follow that to the end and you will come to a nice flat camp spot with lot of area to explorer.

I am working a area not that far away so keep the noise down Very Happy
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Post  neo__04 Mon May 25, 2015 8:34 pm

Never Been to Chewton, so it sounds like a plan.

Will be spending 4-5 days there over next weekend.

Looking forward to it.

Need to find my first bit of yellow!

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Post  Digginerup Mon May 25, 2015 8:43 pm

neo__04 wrote:Never Been to Chewton, so it sounds like a plan.

Will be spending 4-5 days there over next weekend.

Looking forward to it.

Need to find my first bit of yellow!

I have no clue where any of this is really scratch  or am I likely to ever be in the vicinity, but if Detrackozi suggests you go there I would take a punt on that Wink   good luck,  keep us posted.


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Post  Guest Tue May 26, 2015 12:25 am

Maybe you never heard of Chewton but its quite a place.Just few sentences and you can find the rest if you like to read about gold discovery:



Gold discovered in 1851 changed Chewton forever. The Forest Creek diggings became the world’s richest shallow alluvial goldfield. The attraction of gold at Forest Creek led to the world's largest migration in the 19th Century.

15th December 1851. The Monster Meeting attracted over 12,000 diggers protesting the increased mining licence fee. Predating the Red Ribbon Rebellion in Bendigo (1853) and Eureka in Ballarat (1854) was a key step towards democracy in the State of Victoria.


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its one of my favorite place to go (and is closest)

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