Acheron

On boxing day we were invited up to Larraine and Pauls holiday house out in Acheron, just outside the town of Alexandra. I was very pleased we got the chance to go up there as I had heard so much about the place and it was great to see it.

We decided as we were driving through it we would go to the Healesville sanctuary and see some of Australia's wildlife that unluckily or in some cases luckily had not see on our trip so far! We also got to spend more time with Fiona and Reini which was really nice.

An hours drive later we turned onto a dirt road and drove a bit before turning up a long driveway up to the house, which was in a setting much better than i could have expected.

Alex and Ben brave the dam! (it was actually warm but Jen wimped out)

The couple of days we spent at Acheron were great, it was so nice to just relax, swim in the dam and spend time with the family, Ben even took his boat up so one morning Reini, Ben and myself went for a tour of Lake Eildon with Ben making a great tour guide!

It capped off perfectly our time in Melbourne and I know we were both sad to have been leaving the family but we will be back down mid Februrary for a couple of days before heading to NZ.

Thanks again to all the family for Christmas and especially to Larraine and Paul for being so good to us.

Then it was 12 hours on a bus...........Sydney...just like that really!