A family affair

In 1891 Senator Lougheed organized the construction of a sandstone house and matching carriage house that was a mishmash of styles. Six Lougheed children filled the residence until one of the sons took over the family home decades later. But once hard times fell on the family, the home was taken over by different organizations until the 1990s when it was restored as one of the prairies’ earliest surviving residences.

Port Fairy

The small coastal town of Port Fairy in western Victoria, offered two beaches: one rocky where surfers gliding in on perfect surf; the other with a sandy beach and tiny waves.