Victoria Park Lake

I am very lucky that I met some lovely Australian people when I was living in London. Krystal is one of them. She used to teach at the school I was working at.
She's been kind enough to invite me to celebrate Christmas with her and her family in Shepparton. It is about two hours driving north of Melbourne.
I spend a couple of days with her and her family, get to see the town, and even make a day trip to Echuca, where we have a ride on an old fashioned paddle steamer on the Yara river and have lunch at a winery.
Christmas has all the traditions in it. It was very ozie as it involved barbecues, pavlova and a pool, but was also traditional (British), in the sense that there was roast turkey, roast ham and a plum pudding to finish it all off.
I had an amazing time, and although I missed my family at home, being able to join another family celebration made it a lot better!Read more