My husband's family are very fortunate as his great grandfather, Jacob Scheef travelled on holiday to Germany from Armidale, NSW from May to September 1885. While visiting remaining members of his family he sent many letters back to Australia and kept a diary of his time away from home. Jacob Scheef John Elder Melbourne the 14 May 1885 Dear Wife and Children! I am in receipt of your letter which I received in Sydney just half an hour before we started from which I see that you are all well except David and I trust you will take good care of him with his cold and am glad that you had some rain the white bullock you can either kill or sell him if you can get £5 - 10s for him and break the Strawberry or roan bullock in with Glover. We left Sydney on the 12 this month at 1 1/2 clock and the Sydney Harbour I can give you no idea for his beauty and grandeur every half hour of steaming it presents a fresh panorama after coming outside on th...