Off to Charlton

 Claire had arranged to meet her (remaining) cousins in Rochester so we decided to take a few days prior to have a tour of a few townships.  First stop was Charlton that we had passed through in the van but not looked around.

The town is old and tired with many closed shops, situated on the banks of the Avoca River - a very attractive setting.

The town is dominated by a huge, closed, flour mill.

However it maintains three pubs.  We chose the Cricket Club Hotel for the evening meal.  It was interesting that the publican (born in Charlton) was renovating the pub but had no idea how the name arose.