A Bright Weekend

We spent the last few days having a long weekend in Bright (north-eastern Victoria). It obviously wasn't the best time to go (we had to drive through water on the road to get in), but despite some fears we actually only had one really rainy day, and didn't end up trapped by floodwaters.

The girls watching the ducks in Bright.

The swollen Ovens River.

The autumn colours were just starting to appear.

We stayed in a cabin at a caravan park in Porepunkah, and took day trips to Bright, Beechworth, Yackandandah and other local places.

One of the most enjoyable things we did was visit a deer and emu farm, which had beautiful views across a valley. We all enjoyed looking at the animals (from the car!), but didn't attempt to feed them as apparently the deer are aggressive at this time of year. And when are emus not?

Some of the animals at the farm.

The view across the valley.

There was plenty of water lying around everywhere we looked.

One of the red deer at the farm.

Curious young emus.

Come any closer and I'll peck you!

I didn't end up taking as many photos as I thought I might, but here is a lovely shot of the girls playing together on the deck of the cabin.

It's been a long time since we had a trip away, and although the girls got a little bit sick of the car travel at times, it did us all good. Only three more weeks until our next holiday - hooray!