Tim Carruthers joins us as we attempt to read a very long account of a journey from Melbourne to the Victorian goldfields in 1852. Tim tells us about the time he tried to walk from Melbourne to Castlemaine for a bet. Two ambitious goals. One outcome.

Trove
'A Sailor's Trip from Melbourne to Mount Alexander', The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 May 1952
Hams' Map of the Routes to the Mt. Alexander and Ballarat Goldfields

Other
Gold miners and mining research guide, State Library Victoria
'Castlemaine', Visit Victoria
'The Significance of the First Anti-Chinese Legislation in Australia', by Pamie Fung, Peril, 12 June 2015
'Gold Rush Brings More People to Victoria', Deadly Story
'Jo's Mo Show: The 1850s to the 1880s', National Portrait Gallery
'Bounce', Etymology Online Dictionary
'About Gisborne', Gisborne Old Time Market
Sketch of Bush Inn from 1854, State Library Victoria