An Impossible Dream
Scotland
Scotland. The land of my forefathers (and mothers) birth ...
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In mid 1853 my great, great grandfather Matthew Campbell, a young man of only 33 years, and his young son James, aged just 8, left his home in Greenock, Scotland, possessed, I assume by "gold fever". They arrived in Ballarat, Australia to join our Victorian gold rush, less than 18 months before the infamous Eureka Stockade rebellion; an event at the very heart of Australian culture. Indeed, history recalls they they were amongst the first people to enter the stockade the day after the massacre.
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Over 160 years later I make my first trip to Scotland, accompanied by my daughter Natalie, a 5th generation Australian and great, great, great granddaughter of Matthew.
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These pages document this journey. Click on the blue hyperlinks below to see each day's post.



Reflections


Marvellous, Magical Mysore


Intense


Questions and Observations


Enigmatic India


Highways, Byways and Lazy Days


A Composite Tale


Exploring


Expectations ... exceeded.


Oooooh, only 2 weeks ...


In the footsteps of James


Penultimate Ultimate II


Yin-Yang


Wanderin'


The End??


Penultimate Ultimate


Enchanted


Spectacular


One


And on the 13th day ...


Meanderings II


Highways and byways


Easy/Hard - a problem to be solved??


Sensations


Meanderings I


Inspirations


In Reverse


Here Comes The Sun


Crestfallen **


Monsters and Beasts


Down, down ...


In Spirit


Country roads ...
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All the light we [almost did not] see...


72


T minus 100


In photos


90 Days


20 days


Day 55 - Same Same But Different


Day 54 - In Spirit


Day 53 - 2,382,084
Day 53 - 2,382,084 (Part II)


Day 52 - "With Wings"


Day 51 - What if??


Day 50 - The Camino Provides (or does it?)


Day 49 - One day we'll laugh about this, maybe ...


Day 48 - The Battle


Day 47 - Enigmatic Fiesta

