FAMILY & A COMFY BED

Woo Hoo! We hit beautiful Melbourne and haul the caravan through the city which was a bit of a challenge in the traffic. I must admit we get a bit freaked out now when we hit traffic,how are we going to cope when we get home??????

We arrived to a big smiley face and warm open arms of Aunty Jenny, so nice to see family, we are really missing everyone at the moment and we were so excited to catch up with familiar faces. I can't tell you how lovely it is after nearly 6 months to stay in a warm house and sleep in a proper bed!!!!

For us Melbourne is about catching up with family but we did manage to fit in some shopping time at the amazing Chadstone. If you are a shopper this is the place to be, even Michael liked it here. We thought we better do some touristy stuff and went into town for the day and hit the Melbourne Museum. Wow, what an incredible museum and we have been to a few but this one by far was the best.  Phar Lap was so much bigger than what I thought!! The kids got a kick out of catching the tram and it was a really nice day.

We were so lucky, Jenny and Peter gave us the day off, the first day off in 6 months, you didn't have to ask us twice. We had the best day and wondered through Sorrento and had lunch at Portsea and got back after dinner. We hit the Brighton bathing boxes at sunset and had a great day out. I think the kids had a great day as well, Jenny took them to a wave pool and the park and they had so much fun, I think they needed a break as well from mum and dad.

I just wanted to quickly mention some great places before we got to Melbourne, I think Michael had a few drinks on the last blog!!!!!

Apollo Bay is worth a mention we managed to go to the Surf Museum and loved it, check out the photos!!! And Geelong, what a great town much bigger than what I thought. There are these lovely statues dotted all around the city along the foreshore. They were created by a great local lady whos name escapes me but had cancer a few years a go and they were made in her honour.

There is so much to see and do in Victoria and we did plan to go to Ballarat but with the recent floods that kind of put our plans out. It is just so nice to actually stop for awhile and be with Michael's lovely family and see all the kids with their cousins and meet all the little bubs that were born this year.So we thank Jenny and Peter so much for our stay which we will always remember.