Christmas in Echuca

Robert and I are on a road trip and Christmas Day finds us in Echuca on the Victorian/NSW border. We decided not to make any bookings for Christmas lunch but rather enjoy a quiet picnic somewhere about the town. No traditional food, just light summery fare which makes a lot more sense than European style wintery Christmas meals.

We discovered that while Echuca has a lot of really charming spots there aren't a lot of places for a picnic. The river bank is very dry and gravelly and not really inviting for a picnic and we found only one nice park where there was good shade from trees. Notwithstanding our picnic was all I hoped it would be - quiet, good food, relaxing and not too hot out of doors.

As you can see Christmas lunch was a very un-traditional informal affair.

Santa was very good to me this year with some Pandora beads and two great new books. The photo above is actually a shot of me with my head in one of my new books. Robert also received a new book and his spot on the blanket next to me was where he was laying back reading his book.

Its a hot day today - maximum temperature about 33C but we didn't really feel uncomfortable as the humidity was very low. The morning was nice and cool and crisp and we hope that it stays that way as we plan to continue our trip in the morning.

We plan to enjoy dinner out tonight at one of the local RSL club at Moama which is just over the border.