🇦🇺 Shepparton: A Sleepy Aussie Town That Surprises

Escaped Melbourne's "summer-that-wasn't" to this 60k-population university town (yes, La Trobe has a campus here!). Spent 36 hours eating my way through its quirky charm. 🌳 Chill Like a Local 📍 Victoria Park Became one with the grass under ancient gum trees Morning well spent: Bird WWE matches over crumbs 🐦⬛ 🎨 Artsy Unexpected 📍 Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) Tiny but mighty 4-floor indigenous art showcase Showstopper: "Can You Peel the Love Tonight" (a giant banana-themed love story 🍌❤️) 📍 Elsewhere at SAM Japanese food in an Aussie museum? Hell yes! Okonomiyaki + salmon tartare with river views = perfection 🍣 🍽️ Foodie Wins 📍 Cellar 47 Steak cooked in "secret cellar method" = bizarrely tasted like Chinese crayfish?! 🦞 📍 Little Lipari Shakshuka’s Italian cousin (pork meatballs swimming in mama-style tomato sauce) - needed RICE! 🍚 📍 Butcher's Prime Chain steakhouse saving hangry travelers since forever Roasted potatoes deserved their own Google review 🌟 😭 FOMO Alert No car = missed: Cactus World 🌵 Apple Chocolate Factory 🍏🍫 Car Museum 🚗 (how Aussie is that?!) "Next time I’m renting a ute!" #Shepparton #HiddenVictoria #EscapeMelbourne