Hi Everyone! It is official we only have two weeks left in Melbourne eeek! Things have been extremely hectic here the last couple of weeks! After sending Mum back to Yorkshire we then picked Maggie & Pete up from the airport the next morning..so it has been non-stop visitors! Joey is part of the furniture now here and is refusing to leave because she is having such a good time not being at work! After the Lewis family arrived we spent the first few days rel...

P P P P P P Pick up a Penguin!! Today's special event was a day trip to the Mornington Peninsula and Phillip Island! After setting off early doors we headed down to the Mornington Peninsula, it turns out my calculations of Australian distances was once again completely wrong and so it took quite a while to found our first destination (which was in the middle of nowhere!). We stopped off at Chapmans Point lookout which was beautiful and then eventually found Su...

Hi Everyone! A visit to Australia wouldn't have been complete without taking Mum and Joey to the Dandenongs to enjoy a ride on the famous steam train Puffing Billy! We took the train all the way to Emerald Lake and had our picnic sat in on the grass relaxing! After an ice cream and a walk around we headed back on the train and began picking tiny pieces of coal out of our hair and eyebrows for the remainder of the journey! After getting back to Melbourne we dec...

Hi Everyone! Here is the long awaited blog from our travels to Geelong! After catching the train at Southern Cross we headed for a light breakfast at Sailors Rest and then took a ride on the famous Geelong Carousel which was beautiful! We then started the Bay Walk Bollards tour which took absolutely ages as it is a very long walk..but was really fun! Artist Jan Mitchell has designed and created 104 painted wooden sculptures around the arc of Corio Bay, from Ri...

Ladies and Gentlemen...the Icehouse is now officially...Open!!!!! After a long awaited few months the day finally arrived for the Icehouse to open its doors to the public and we went along as VIP's to the grand opening! What a fantastic event! As we entered the building there was a huge ice sculpture to greet us! We then headed through to the rink where hundreds of school kids were putting on skates and being entertained by stilt wearing fairies! We found a gr...