Day 3. Gold !!
Up there is a map of Bendigo underground, the gold reefs and the mines. The deepest dived down to 1400 m underground. Underneath every street and building lays probably a mineshaft.
We visited the upper levels of the central Deborah gold mine, in Golden Square. The mine operated for 15 years, from 1939 to 1954. During which miners dug 17 different levels reaching down 400 meters deep, extracting 929 kg of gold.
I still do not understand what is the use of gold and how it became so precious that such a business model could be profitable. It is a strange heritage to build upon.