The Rotary Club of Mudgee has welcomed Rotary Youth Exchange Student Sydney Fritch to Mudgee.
Sydney comes from the town of Butler, Indiana, in the United States.
As a Rotary Youth Exchange student she will spend a year living in Mudgee and attending Mudgee High School.
While in Mudgee, Sydney will be hosted by local families.
She is looking forward to seeing Australia and learning more about the country in her year here.
(Story & illustration courtesy of Mudgee Guardian)