These holidays have given me a wonderful chance to establish connections with fellow teachers all over the world. In reading and commenting upon other blogs I am increasingly realising how valuable blogging can be  in promoting understanding between people. I am now keen to update the blog more often, even during the break from school.Today’s contributions are from my collection taken on travels within my state in Bendigo, Central  Victoria and the other in Oslo, Norway. The ceramic candle holder by Camilla Halvorsen was in a shop window in central Oslo and the dog based on a chair was made by a student at my old school, Girton Grammar in Bendigo.