We had been looking so forward to coming to Swan Hill to see Bens Aunty Sandra so when we arrived there were huge hugs and lots of conversations and laughs to be had! It was lovely to meet Aunty Sandra's partner "Licky" and her niece Katie who was a flower girl when Ben was a page boy many years ago. We had a delicious roast lamb dinner and pavlova dessert and it was fantastic to catch up. The next morning we went along to the pioneer settlement with Aunty Sandra...

We found a camp right on the bank where we could easily fish and the kids had some great bush to play in. We also had enough of a clearing to play cricket. For the 3 days we stayed we had no other campers come in so we had the spot to ourselves, it was fantastic. We spent the days doing whatever we felt like and had a fire every night, enjoying watching the moon get bigger each night. We felt like we could have stayed forever, hidden in our own little world, but ...