Southern Australia Homestead

Six years in Tassie bestowed us with some good friends and friends often mean connections in Australia. We were invited to a friend’s parent’s cattle farm just outside of Mt.Gambier. We drove down the long, tree lined drive. On both sides were flat paddocks with distant trees and wheat coloured grasses from fence to fence. There was a shed in the back and a veranda out the front. It was obviously built with a intended simplicity. Limestone walls adored the outside and high ceilings with rustic wooden beams in the kitchen. Mr. B and Mrs. L greeted us as we drove up. They had raised seven kids in this house and we could see it was still a welcoming place for all the grandkids as well as our kids. We were treated to a roast beef dinner, beautiful bottle of red, and a perfect desert of ice cream with stewed rubarb. It was a magical place. We regret leaving so soon however we had a whole country to see and only a year. Thanks again Mr. and Mrs. L. It was a memorable evening. Hope we meet again.

Blue Pools Mt. Gambier SA. It almost glows blue