Napoloens!This place is about 16kms south of Ballarat. Intirguing name - anecdotally named after a miner who wore his hat like Napoleon. Having made this deviaition we took the Mt Mercer Rd across and down to Shelford. There was a bit of wind but it was a delightful route, no trucks and sunshine. We lunched at a CFA shed on the side of the road and continued on a back road into Winchelsea. 97 kms. At first we were told there nowhere to camp but eventually we found a very small van park - we were the only tourists- but the facilties were good and we ate at the pub. Hard to know what drives the town. Surrounding area is rich looking but the town has not much in the way of services. The pub has been restored ( and very well done), land is cheap and there are new houses. Maybe there are growth expectations as its not really that far from Geelong . Early night - we were done in !
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