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A Trip Back in Time – Father’s Day at Belgenny Farm (The Birthplace of the Australian Merino)

If you know anything about Australian history you will know that John and Elizabeth Macarthur are considered the pioneers of agriculture. Australia is the largest wool producing country in the world thanks to the foundation the Macarthur family created with their herd of Merino sheep. By 1803, through sheer hard work, Elizabeth and John grew their herd …

The signal posts were something that also intrigued both kidlets. How are they used? What did they do when they were operational? Which led to further questions around field of site and whether the train driver used binoculars. Obviously we need to go on a trip to a working train museum!!!

An abandoned train station begs to be explored, don’t you think? When we spotted a Sunday market on the grounds of the Trentham Train Station we diverted our course to have a look. Trentham is a little town nestled between Woodend and Daylesford, Victoria. It is approximately an hour from Melbourne, so perfect for a …

This year we have only travelled interstate a couple of times. There was the Perth trip back in January and today we flew to Melbourne for a surprise birthday party (happy birthday mum!). On both trips we have flown Virgin Australia and have been incredibly impressed with the service. Virgin is an airline that doesn’t …