Hi folks,
Christy and I had another surreal weekend in Australia, this time taking a trip to French Island and camping at a place called Mcleod Eco Farm. French Island is about 60 km SE from Melbourne and we got there by taking the train as far as it would go and hopping on a ferry. The people who run the eco (organic) farm picked us up at the ferry drop-off and took us the last 20km to the farm.
The farm is a former prison, originally used by the state of Victoria to grow and provide food to other prisons. The current owners bought it about 12 years ago, and at that time the builings were so run down that they bought the whole thing for the price of the land only. After 2 years of repairs they opened up the place for guests, which can stay in the guest house or the prison cells that have been renovated (as they pictures show, many have not been, and these are probably the ones that are the most haunted :)
The folks that run the place were super friendly and let us utilize their kitchen and living room area although we were only camping out front. This was more than appreciated as the mosquitos and flies were both quite intense (understatement, anyone?). The main farmer had an interesting view of Americans - he basically said, "Who else do you want running a bunch of the world - the Germans? the Japenese? All things considered, I think the US is not doing a bad job at it." I had never thought of things quite like that, but I guess different perspectives are par for the course when you move 10,000 miles away :)
Here is my attempt at using the new slideshow funtionality.
If you want to see descriptions for the French Island pics and other great shots (if I do say so myself) from our trip to wine country and my 'work' trip (if you can call it that) to the tropical paradise of Townsville, click here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8437412@N03/
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!
--Andy and Christy
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