Albury, Wangaratta and Shepparton ... then on to Tasmania

We're in Wangaratta!  We arrived yesterday afternoon after a lovely drive through the Victorian high country. We called in at Yackandandah and Bright, both beautiful small towns with foliage turning a hundred shades of yellow and red. We don't see those splashes of vivid autumn colour where we live so it's a real treat driving through the landscape.  Along the way we are getting messages and phone calls from family and friends so even though we're out among the English, as Matty put it in her comment yesterday, we're still connected with our loved ones.

From left: Toni, Elle and Alison, with yours truly at the front.

Last night we met up with about 50 eager people at the Wangaratta Library. AlisonS, Elle and Toni from the forum were there and as I was signing books a number of the ladies told me they'd been following the blog for many years. I'm always surprised that so many people, far and wide, read here so it's lovely to talk to some of them face to face.  The evening before that we were in Albury with about 60 people at the local library. We didn't get away from Canberra until much later than we should have so, unfortunately, we arrived 45 minutes late.  Everyone who knows me well knows I am never late, so it was unsettling that we arrived far beyond our scheduled time. However, we did have a lovely time there and all the people who attended graciouly accepted my apology.

We're about to set off on the drive to Shepparton, where we'll visit a book shop, and then drive on to Melbourne. This evening we'll board the Spirit of Tasmania and sail to Devonport overnight. Tricia will fly to Hobart tomorrow and then the three of us will relax and spend some time sightseeing and enjoying island life.

Here is a very small weekend reading - a link to an article written by our good friend Megan at the Odgers and McClelland Nundle store: Moving to the country.