4 Pines Brewing Company
March 11, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 26 °C
A quick drink after shopping at the 4 Pines Brewing Company just around the corner from the apartment.
Leaving Noosa for Melbourne
March 12, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
At the airport
March 12, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Back in Melbourne
March 12, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Trip to Blairgowrie Pier
March 13, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
A walk down the Blairgowrie pier today. Saw a scuba divers in the water and a fake penguin! We thought it was one, but on closer inspection saw that it was a cormorant.
Stopover in PM Next stop Les’s
March 13, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Only experienced two fire alarms tonight. One at 9.30 and then again at 11.15. Urgh
Alexandra. Just met Les
March 14, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Maintongoon
March 14, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Dad and Paul had a day trip to see Les today on his farm in Maintongoon near Lake Eildon. Arrived in great time after a 2 hour drive and had breakfast with Les and Lisa.
Arrived at Les’s
March 14, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Had a walk around Les’s farm, plus a drive on one of the utes. Saw all of the farm sheds, machinery and his cows.
Rye
March 14, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 19 °C
A chilling day in Rye, doing all the domestics today, washing and ironing ready to go back to Port Melbourne.
Rye beach, then Montalto Winery lunch
March 15, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Whilst Lee was working we had a walk to the beach, then got ready to head to the winery for lunch.
Montalto
March 15, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
A late decision to head to a local winery, Montalto for lunch. It was too nice a day to stay inside today.
The winery was much busier than we anticipated, but we managed to find a table and had aRead more
Williams Family catchup
March 16, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Family catch up day today with people coming for lunch. Sheila and Neil were the first to arrive, followed by Linda and Mike, Shelley, Rob and Sophie and then Nick, Allison, Liam, Alicia andRead more
Rest day in Rye then back to Melbourne.
March 17, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Off to the city by tram
March 18, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Caught the 109 tram to meet Lee in the city
Enjoying Dinner (Lunch) at The Arbory
March 18, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Lee worked this morning and we caught the tram into town to meet up for lunch.
It was very hot today, reaching up to around 28 degrees. There was very little wind and it was very humid. We wentRead more
Day trip to Melbourne
March 18, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Had a walk around Melbourne City following lunch. Saw some of the sights including Flinders Street Station, the Arts Centre and the Yarra River.
Dinner at the Stokehouse Beach Cafe
March 18, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
A lovely evening at the Stokehouse in St. Kilda. We originally booked to sit inside, but it was such a great night we decided to sit outside, which was a good choice as the sunset was stunning.Read more
We are all ready for the special event
March 19, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 27 °C
Married
March 19, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 28 °C
After 23 years together, Lee and Paul decided to surprise everyone by getting married. We knew 2 Weeks ago, but were sworn to secrecy. It was a very small, private ceremony held on their roof deck atRead more
Dinner at Bistro Guillaume
March 19, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 29 °C
Wedding lunch at Bistro Guillaume within the Crown Casino complex on Southbank. We had a great table out on the terrace overlooking the promenade. Great weather too!
South Melbourne Markets
March 20, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
A walk around South Melbourne market this morning. We’ve been before on the last trip, and it still has the buzz it had last time with lots of stalls, etc. we even bought some of the famous SouthRead more
DFO
March 20, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
A trip to DFO today. More luggage needed to fit in all of the bits and pieces collected over the last four weeks.
Clare Hotel for dinner
March 20, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Dinner at the Clare Hotel tonight, we were going to have take away, but decide to go out instead. You can’t go wrong with the food at the Clare and we all had great meals, with Mum and Laura havingRead more
Middle Park Pier
March 21, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Time for a quick walk along the Middle Park pier on Beaconsfield Parade to fill in some time and to take advantage of the great weather.



























































































