A friend of ours has leant us his mum's car, as she is in London for a few weeks. As Oz is so damn big, a car is so handy! We can both drive it and they drive on the same side here so all is good. We are particularly fond of the furry seats. :-)

We went to the food and drink festival " A Taste of Melbourne" last night, which is basically just an exhibition of various foods, with lots of things to taste, nom nom nom! Carl and Lucy got a cosmopolitan cocktail making lesson, we tried all sorts of oils and chutneys and cheese and wine and an espresso martini! Also tried Wasabi leaf which will be hitting the shops in Melbourne soon, and it was delicious - a real after kick. They have blended rocket with easa...

All packed and ready to go to the airport to go to Kate's Lake Como Wedding! Our stop off is Hong Kong, then direct to Milan Malpensa airport Thursday 1st Septemeber. We have booked into an hotel by the airport, to get some rest! Then we will pick up our hire car the next day and drive to Lake Como to meet the wedding planner, who will take us by boat to the villa where the wedding is. We will spend a day relaxing at the villa with a private chef, then its the w...

All packed and ready to go to the airport to go to Kate's Lake Como Wedding! Our stop off is Hong Kong, then direct to Milan Malpensa airport Thirsday 1st Septemeber. We have booked into an airport by the airport, to get some rest! Then we will pick up our hire car the next day and drive to Lake Como to meet the wedding planner, who will take us by boat to the villa where the wedding is. We will spend a day relaxing at the villa with a private chef, then its th...

We haven't watched a whole lot of TV since we have been here, but there are a couple of programmes we have taken a shine to. One is called The Gruen Transfer, a panel show of Advertising industry experts that analyse advertising from around the world, in a light hearted, amusing way. Each week the show challenges two advertising agencies to sell the impossible, such as global warming, holidays in Baghdad, lowering the drinking age etc! Each agency creates an adv...