After packing up our belongings, which seem to be ever-growing in size, we met up with our new Warragul host families while saying goodbye to our Mornington hosts. The hour and a bit drive was beautiful as we travelled along long winding roads with rolling landscapes and farm fields and....the sun even came out this afternoon to pay us a long-overdue visit. As we meandered our way though the country hillside and did enter areas that were destroyed by the bushfires. Spot fires and massive areas of extensive, if not total devastation, of trees and brush, fences and some smaller buildings. It was incredible to see how the winds of the brush fires from Black Saturday affected vast areas, while leaving other nearby areas completely unscathed. No rhyme or reason behind it. Hard to wrap your head around the devastation. Many people in this area have stories of friends and families that were touched in some way by the destruction of the fire. It was humbling for us to see as a group.
However, the day certainly took on a lighter note as we met for lunch and got a chance to know each other a little better. After lunch we split up into our Vocational visits. Which took us to the Warragul Special School, Flavourite Hydroponic Tomatoes, Spec and the Warragul Art Gallery. Very interesting afternoon for all of us as yet again, we took away new lessons, ideas and valuable information to return home with.
From there we had a leisurely night with our host families...that was until an earthquake tremor rumbled through our homes around 9:00 p.m. at night. Apparently the epicenter was in Traralagon about 45 km away (and a place we'll be visiting later in our travels). Certainly something our group is not accustomed to. Let's hope that is the end of the earthquake rumblings for the next while.
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