Yesterday we transferred to Wangaratta from Albury. We loaded our gear in a van, and headed south
on the Motorway to Wangaratta, a town of 18,000. We met at a cheese factory & winery where
we had a nice lunch with Rotarians of the Appin Park Wangaratta (RCAPW) Club. After lunch we went to Milawa where we
stopped at Milawa Mustard (homemade flavored mustards) and Brown Brothers
Winery. This is an old family winery. They
had some great wines.
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| Milawa Mustard |
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| Tasting Mustard |
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| Milawa Mustard |
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| Brown Brothers Winery |
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| A Game of Chess at the Winery |
We arrived at our host families so we can relax and change
before going to a Rotary dinner. Our host is a dairy distributor, delivering diary product to small retailors It was
a special dinner with the Chief Police Commissioner from Melbourne as the guest
speaker. He was excellent, talking about
the future of policing and changes in the way we think of policing. We had an excellent meal.
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| Dinning Dairy - Business of our Host |
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| Dinning Dairy trucks |
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| Dinning Dairy Cool Room |
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| Rotary Dinner |
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| Dinner with the current District Governor and Wife |
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| Dinner with our Host |
Friday morning – We all met at the Rotary Park in the middle
of town. They have a tree planted for
every exchange student they have hosted or sent out. After that we went to see their recreational
center. What a wonderful facility. We hiked part of the Kaluna bushwalk with one
of the urban land care volunteers. He was so knowledgeable!
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| Rotary Park |
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| Rotary Park |
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| Trees Planted for Exchange Students |
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| Rotary Park - Exchange Student Trees |
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| Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral |
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| Inside the Cathedral |
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| Cathedral Alter |
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| Stained Glass Window |
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| Picnic in the Park with Rotarians |
For lunch we had a great picnic in a park, after which we
visited the cathedral, convention center and walked around the downtown area. We
returned to our host by midafternoon for time to relax. Cal & I stopped by friends
of our hosts who are artist. She works
with fabrics while he works with water color.
They do unbelievable creative work.
Simply unique and beautiful!
Our dear team member who was in the hospital in Melbourne has
now returned to the hospital this afternoon, as he was not feeling comfortable. Also this afternoon his wife said she was not
feeling herself, so they are both in the hospital overnight! Tomorrow is his birthday!! The hospital CEO is the Rotary President. They are in good hands. Hopefully by tomorrow they will be back with
us again.
This evening our host couple had a delightful dinner meal for
the whole team and their hosts at the home of our hosts. We had a wonderful
visit with everyone.
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