GO PIES !!!!

Collingwood supporters are fanatical. Sticky and Milli went to the Grand Final mark one... the Pies drew with St Kilda, so they had to go back the next week! Undaunted, the Pies supporters strut their stuff...

Federation Square showed live footage of the game. Too exciting for me to watch.

Melbourne with Maggie

Great fun times with Maggie in Melbourne, whilst Sticky and Milli are at the Grand Final... First Crown Casino and its hanging fish...

Weird statuesMaggie emulates them.
On to the Yarra... Too good not to take lots of happy snaps

To the laneways for a coffee and some delicous cake
I think I like this shop. Yup. This is the one.
Now off to the Melbourne Museum. On a gorgeous spring day.

A Wonderful Free Camp Site

Check this out! Green Hill Lake Reserve. We stayed here overnight on our way back to Melbourne. Such an incredible spot! Cost us $5 for the night. Of course, Sticky and Denis had to check out the fishing situation. This lake was completely dry this time last year, so it has now been stocked with over 3,000 rainbow and brown trout. Tragically, the boys did not see any evidence of this. But, we consoled ourselves with a big camp fire, red wine and spaghetti marinara. Superb.

the Taj is happy to be here.

A Walk in the Botanical Gardens of Adelaide

I spent a couple of days, just hanging out with Malgosia and the girls. It was fantastic. Very relaxing. Walks, cafe lattes, cakes and Malgosia's delicious cooking. What more could you want?

Adelaide. Catching Up With Malgosia and the Girls

Our favourite eating venue... The Central Market food hall... so much variety and incredibly cheap. Great fun.

And then... The best chocolate shop in the whole of South Australia.
The girls shouted Malgosia and I to sample these delights... Yum.

A Sterling Example of Australian Taste

The Big Koala. Speaks for itself.

A Sleep Over at Lizzie and Tim's House

We dropped in to see Liz and Tim. Took the dogs for a run in the park behind their new house. Lots of fun, and charging around. Zeus is a horse in disguise...

Annex and Carport is a Bit of a Mess

The floods could have been a lot worse... apparently the water only got to the first step up to the house. But my stuff, stored in the annex got a bit of a soaking. Still. It meant having a good clean out!

Driving To Bright

You see odd things in the middle of Australia... one of these is a couple of submarines in Holbrook...

And then there is a horse, rearing in celebration.

Australia -v- Australian Defence Force

And the winner is ... Australia! Steve played in the team and was successful in two of his three matches. The final match was against a young crack SAS soldier who was very strong, very powerful, and scary! But Steve just kept wearing him down. Was great fun to see and I'm very proud...

Practise Day. I was allowed to play in the practice round with Russell Rogers, Bob Angus and Steve.

Big Dave Morrison won all his matches and towered over everyone.

Steve walking towards the 17th green. His putt ensured a 1 up lead.
Jason Ray... not a bad putt. But not good enough!
Good putt!
The 18th... Jason needed to hole this putt to win the hole and end the competition all square. Sadly (hmm)... he missed.

Steve, with another of the ADF team ... Conan. Very nice lad.

Tony Mazzone creating magic. He won his match as well.

The Australian Defence Team... Close, but no cigar.

Some of the victorious Seniors

Me'n'Tony Mazzone ...

Pat Giles. Very happy with the outcome.

Steve with Bob Angus, Dave Morrison... Part of The Dream Team