Stags, Hens and Wedding Bells In the run up to Amy and Ben's wedding we were both invited to the stag and hen dos.The boys trip was a house boat for the weekend at Lake Eildon which is a man made lake made by the flooding of 3 townships about 60 years ago.As we meandered through the lake you could see all the old trees sticking up through the water and when the water level is really low you can see old chimneys poking through the surface.We moored the boat for...

Kangaroos, Emus and Cheese o'clock With the Wilkins having arrived and settled in we all travelled to Loch Sport for a week's holiday (the daily routine here is pretty tough otherwise!) Loch Sport is a tiny town (mainly holiday houses) on an enormous lake. The back garden goes straight onto the lakeside beach with beautiful views from the 1st floor decking. Every night up to 10 kangaroos hopped into the garden while we watched from the deck. It was so peace...

BLOODY BIG SWIM AND THE WILKINS ARRIVAL On 30th Jan Ben's brother, Jeremy, was in an event called the Bloody Big Swim meaning he had to swim 11.2KM across the bay in Mornington along with nearly 200 others. Having run quite long distances before but never having swam any distance we had so much respect for what he had taken on so as eager supporters we thought it only right to get up early and to give ourselves the stressful job of sitting on the boat in the su...

The Monday before Australia day we took a trip into Melbourne for the afternoon (while Amy & Ben went to work). After wandering through St Kilda, savouring falafel for lunch on the beach and very successful shoe shopping we caught a tram into the city. A spot of sight seeing then we met the workers and headed out of town, to the sticks, to stay with friends of Ben. After a funfilled night of Fish n chips, local beer sampling and 'Hey Gary' at the local cou...

Wombats, Waves, Wallabies and Wine all at Wilsons Prom There is a place called Wilsons Prom in Victoria that is the southern most tip of Australia that Amy and Ben have visited and have told us about. Ben managed to find out that Ben's family had a camping spot that wasn't being used so we packed up the camping stuff in to the 4x4 and went down for the night. We stocked up on snacks for the journey consisting of chewy snakes, DCs and crisps followed by 4 Toaste...