By Fiona Blick
LARA and Esteban hail from Argentina and arrived in the Shepparton area six months ago after backpacking around Australia.
Lara scored a Quality Assurance role with the Provincial Food Group and Esteban has two of his brothers working a few hours away from Shepparton.
“The weather is similar to where we come from and we really like the city,” Lara said.
“What we were most worried about was accommodation, trying to sort out a rental as soon as possible so we could start to settle in.
“I believe that we solved it getting in touch with the right people; I think that always helps.
“We have friends here from our last job and a big help came from my employers at the Provincial Food Group.
“They put us in touch with many real estate agents and also with Fiona from the Community Connector Program who gave us a big hand to get this done as soon as possible.”
Lara said they were most surprised by the multicultural nature of the city.
“Luckily, it hasn’t taken us long to adapt because of that reason, and probably because we’ve been travelling a lot over the last three years, and we’ve learned to adapt quickly.
“So, we haven’t felt many obstacles in settling in; keeping in touch with the right people I feel is the key to making everything much easier.”
For more information on the Committee for Greater Shepparton Community Connector Program please phone Fiona Blick on 0499 351 441.
