Fun at Shepparton

So it would seem that our journey out of the Great Ocean Road has turned out how it begaun 5 weeks ago, with road closures and detours.  With all the rain yesterday the mountain has become unstable and the road through to Lorne and beyond is closed due to potential landslides.  We have had a nice detour up and over the Otways through Forest to Winchelsea and on the freeway to detour around Geelong and Melbourne and arrive in Shepparton.  The Otways are truely beautiful, The mountains and valleys are steep and lush and green.  It really is a lovely part of the world to travel in.  For those reading this back at school.  The town Forest has a tiny little school with 36 students.  Thirty six students from different grades kindy through to year12.  Can you imagine that?  Probably one or two teachers , teaching to all age groups.

Shepparton is a inland city.  We have found  the SPC Kidstown playground.  A big playground with mazes, giant slides and metres and metres of monkey bars.  After a day spent in the car it was just what the junior Red Elephants needed.  We took some snags , bread and a salad and had a barbie down at teh playground.  The Junior Red Elelphants liked the slides the best and the big swing.  They rated it a 9/10.

Afterwards we relocated to park in the middle of a crossroad.  Enjoying the park was a herd of crazy cows.  What a fun way to brighten up a crossroads!

Our park here is on the Goulburn River.  Kids looked up the Goulburn River. We are squashed between the river and the train tracks.  It would seem it is a busy line, with trains rumbling past at all hours. honking their horns to let us know they are coming through.  We can feel the trains rumble coming up through our beds.  Quite peaceful really!