Today we went for a drive through Yackandandah, Myrtleford (where we had a "fish and chip" lunch) and Everton to a village called "El Dorado". On the left you can see the place where Everton Railway Station used to be. This is because the railway does not exist in our area any more. They have turned the track into bicycle tracks, which is very nice for bike riders as they can cycle all around the area. Keith didn't notice that this toilet and information building is supposed to be an train engine, but I thought it was great.
El Dorado gets its name from a legend, I read on Wikipedia, because of the gold that was found during the 1850's. The area was first settled in the 1840's for farming. Eldorado Post Office opened on 1 August 1861. It is a quaint little place and we will probably take our next visitors there. Unlike historic places in Japan, there is very little history to see. However, we saw where the old post office used to be and where the gold dredge was, and we saw the original bakery ( now a B & B) and the original police station building. We didn't get to Keith's favourite spot - the cemetery. We will do that next time.
These two houses would have been there a long time and are typical Australian mining village houses.
We drove from El Dorado along a dirt or gravel road called Woolshed Road. It went through beautiful national forest and came out near Beechworth. I tried to do a Google map for you, but Google doesn't recognise Woolshed Road as a way to go. It is there if you zoom right in, but it won't let you have it in your route. 
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