Mar 13. Albury

We moved on to Albury today from Beechworth. The change over was made in the pretty little town of Yackandandah. It was a gold mining town with many interesting old buildings. This meant saying goodbye to our hosts and new friends Jim and Jocelyn.

After a coffee break our new hosts David and Ginny Dow took us to there home to get settled before going out for the afternoon. 

Coffee in Yackandandah. Lots of interesting stores but not a lot of time. 

We visited Lake Hume dam and took in the view from the Kurrajong Gap Lookoff. Great views. The dam was built in 1919 and is one of the last great packed earth dams. Lake Hume provides water for irrigation as well as drinking. While the levels were down everyone was confident it would refill.

We had lunch at the Boat Shed on the lake Hume resort. The group was treated to an excellent meal but some of us forgot our hats and got a bit too much sun. 

 We visited a project support by Rotary that provided accommodation for families of hospital patients. They had 20 rooms to rent our at a very nominal fee and were building 10 more.

Then it was on to the Fruit Fly circus school where we learned about the schools special programs.

Finally we had supper with area Rotarians at a member's home overlooking the golf course. The hospitality could not have been better.

A group went to look for kangaroos on the golf course. While they saw a mob, those that went got caught in the rain and were wet when they returned.