Picnicking at Point Cook

The purple scenery of Point Cook

The 2nd of Jan was Mum and Dad's Ruby Wedding anniversary, so since this was the last day that we were all together, we went for a picnic at Point Cook - a state park in Melbourne's south west on Port Phillip Bay.

Mum and Dad celebrating their Ruby Anniversary

We had a great day - in spite of the heat, and Tom gave us all a crash course in "frisbeeing". We slowly improved over the course of the day...

Left: Justine, Right: Rachelle and Tom

Following that, we took a nice walk along the beach, which due to all the seaweed and sea urchins etc washed up, had turned a pretty shade of purple.

It was a lovely day, and was enjoyed by all, as you can see from the photos.

Retail therapy in Melbourne

Left: The Block Arcade, Right: Rachelle and I with our day's

purchases (includes some of Justine's too!)

While down in Melbourne at Christmas, one of the things to do is go to the Melbourne sales... Rachelle, Justine and I set out for a "Girls' Day Out hitting the shops of the Melbourne CBD".

Those who know me well will know that I have a slight shoe addiction, so will take any opportunity to buy some new ones. Rachelle and Justine did well too - each of us found two new pairs during the course of the day. We all picked up a number of bargains for the day - nothing at full price!

Now just need to hold out till I get to New York!

Boxing Day at the "G"

We had already won the Ashes... but we were yet to whitewash... the series was at a tense moment.

Aah... I'd been to the Boxing Day cricket test before, but never on Boxing Day itself, nor to the Ashes... So after pestering Rachelle and Tom for a while, they gave me one of the coveted tickets that would also hopefully see Warnie's 700th wicket.

It happened late in the day.... After we were partially frozen from the football-type temperatures. We watched Warnie get not only his 700th wicket, but he scored a 5 wicket innings, in his second last game before retirement...

Go Warnie!!!

Special mention should also go to "Cousin Glenn" - Glenn McGrath who Mum suggests is likely to be some distant relation of ours, who is also soon to retire from cricket.

Stunning sunsets

While we were driving home from our trip to Barwon Heads on the Bellarine Peninsula, we came across this stunning sunset, and just had to stop off and take a photograph.

A day for a Seachange - Barwon Heads

Views around the point at Barwon Heads

Not long after arriving home from my trip, I spent a weekend in Melbourne with Rachelle and Tom. Over the weekend we took a drive down to Barwon Heads, a little past Geelong on the Bellarine Peninsula. For those not in the know, Barwon Heads is one of the main sites for the filming of one of my favourite television series, Seachange.

Under the bridge that caused so much drama
in the Pearl Bay of Seachange

Barwon Heads is a small village to the south west of Melbourne on the Bass Strait. We enjoyed a great meal of fish and chips in the boat shed, and then took a walk around the point. It was a beautiful winter's day, and a great day out.

The Boat Shed - Diver Dan's place