BACK IN MELBOURNE

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Well here we are back in Melbourne, we have been on a house sit for the last ten days looking after a dog, cat and a rabbit.
We decided to have a go, its working out good so far,  Since we have been on this house sit we have had so many offers for morehousesitting. Looking for some thing for Easter, it will more than likely we will be in NSW.

We both love Melbourne and thankfully we are getting some hot weather.

 

CHRISTMAS DAY

Christmas day with Chris and Jaz, we got spoiled rotten and had a lovely day.
Thanks Chris

BENDIGO VIC

Just a view shots from aroung Bendigo at the Botanical gardens, the weather was beautful this day. 

BALLARAT

Went for a drive around the lake at Ballarat

This is Sovereign Hill in Ballarat, its very interesting you could spend the whole day here,
a historical gold mining village with people dressed up in costumes.

CHRISTMAS IN MELBOURNE.

Well here we are in Mebourne for christmas and the new year.
We both love Melbourne, there is so much to do here and whatever time it is there are always people around.

This one of the alleyways that you find here, its the place to have some thing to eat or just to sit back and do a bit of people watching. You shouldn't miss this area, its a hive of activity, we always have a visit here.

Melbourne would be a great place to live if you can put up this horrible weather. I would hate to come here in the winter if this is the summer is like.

Well here we are at the MCG at the Boxing Day test, so many people (91.000), thats a lot of people for a game of cricket.

As you can see Andreas is very happy to be here, I went along to keep him company but it is not my idea of fun.
It turned out that the days play wasn't the best so by the time 3.00pm  came I left him to it.
Boxing day I went to the shops but stayed away from the big shops, they were so busy and would you believe it the game got exciting after I had left.
Oh dear would I sleep knowing i missed the most exciting part of the days play. Unfortunely there is plenty more cricket to come.

Christmas lights on the town hall in Melbourne city center.
We had a wander around the city on christmas Eve and came across this light show that was running on the town hall.
Christmas Day was spent with Chris and his girlfriend Jaz, he cooked us a lovely roast dinner, it was a lovely day.
Plenty to eat and drink, then we caught the tram home afterwards.
Public transport in Melbourne is the best, and it was free on Christmas day and is also free on New Years Eve, we both love the tram system here.

HEADING TO THE COAST IN VICTORIA

 Its been a couple of weeks since i have put anything on the blog but we are having problems with our internet server, dont think it is sorted yet but we will see.
Heading along the Great Ocean road in Victoria, lots to see, the weather is still grotty this is not helped by listening to the weather back in Perth.
Very tempted to turn around and go back to the west but if you dont come to Victoria in summer when do you!
Will be in Melbourne for christmas and the new year and from there who knows where,

Hope you like the photo of the sunset, Andreas is very proud of it. We have so many great photos it is hard to pick out just a few to put on the blog.

Went for a walk along the beach and found this kangaroo, it looks very strange to see one not in the bush next to the ocean.
We are staying in a camp site for the weekend and there must be 50 kangaroos outside, got up very early this morning to find two kangaroos boxing right outside our front window. We have seen kangaroos before but never this many os so close.
Will put some photos next time.
Merry christmas to everyone who maybe reading this blog

RENMARK AND MILDURA

 We have spent the last three weeks travelling along the murray river now we are going to leave in the morning and head back to the ocean.
Lets hope the weather is a bit more kind than it was three weeks ago but who knows what we can expect seeing as we have now entered into Victoria and as everybody knos the weather here can be very unpredictable.

We went for a trip on this steam paddle boat (The Melbourne ) down the river going through a lock which was good fun and very interesting.
Thought we should have a trip on the river before we get to the coast.

Andreas was having a go at steering the boat, think he has found a new job, he really enjoyed it and they gave him a certificate which made him very happy.
He is planning to post it on his facebook page,

Three weeks to go to Christmas which we are spending in Melbourne, its about 550k , we both looking forward to it.

Trying to get Andreas tickets for the Ashes test but they are not easy to come by, he does love his cricket.