The day started off well with a call from Paul saying he was pretty sure he had left his man bag in the Immigration Museum. Fraser had already gone down to Henty House as he was awaiting delivery of all the IKEA furniture that he had ordered for his fathers bedroom make over. The flat … More Good News and Assembly Day – 20th January 2019

Today commenced with about an eight kilometre bike ride from Elwood to Brighton Beach along the foreshore and back. Gail and Paul met us at our place on their bikes which were provided by the AirBnB that they had booked in, down the road from us. It was a cool morning at 21c which made … More Bikes and Immigration- 19th January 2019

Woke up after 8+ hours of sleep to very tired and heavy bodies. Putting one foot in front of the other after yesterday was challenging. We had a date to pick up Paul and Gail from their accomodation in the city at 11.00am and only just made it. Mike and Cheryl had to be out … More Calm after the Storm – 18th January 2019

Whoa – huge walking day!! What was planned as a Guided Tour around the center of Melbourne turned into a huge day. We were the designated tour guides for Paul and Gail who we stayed with in Perth and Paul’s brother Mike and his wife Cheryl who live in Golden Colorado. They had just been … More Stumps for Legs – 17th January 2019

A day spent on preliminaries for the big IKEA purchase. Fraser has been given permission by his father to do a bedroom makeover in their apartment. His parents are off to Adelaide tomorrow for a friends 90th birthday celebrations and will not be back until the 23rd January. This gives us time to purchase the … More IKEA – 16th January 2019

Spent most of the day at the flat doing domestic chores and catching up on paperwork. Also have Henry lots of company who was only interested in sleeping but at least he likes to be in the same room as us. Gave him a great groom which he loves but had to be on his … More Catch Up – 15th January 2019

Start of a new week, so having run the train back through the stations on Sunday evening it is time to go back through them again but in a forward direction. Some of you will say, what on earth are they talking about. We having fallen for this guy called Stuart McLean who had a … More 🎾🎾🎾🎾 – 14th January 2019

We had a few jobs to do this morning such as fill up the pantry again. It is hard to compare apples to apples when shopping but we would say the price of groceries here as compared to Canada is roughly the same. Unfortunately the fruit is not cheaper and when you think about it, … More Ocean Swimming – 13th January 2019

Today was catch up for housework, washing, emails etc. Di’s neice Anna and her two children Taylor and Hunter popped over to go through some family tree sharing of information. Taylor who just turned 18 has a very good investigative quirk plus the supple young mind that can put people and time into order. Makes … More Day of Rest – 12th January 2019

Today consisted of breakfast down at the Elwood shopping precinct with Barb and then a trip into town as B1 and B2 and Di were off to the Windsor Hotel for an afternoon tea. Trevor and Fras meantime had to do some manly stuff like retrieve Suzy the Suzuki from the mechanic that they had … More Afternoon Tea at its Best – 11th January 2019