A quiet week spent with Family and checking out the sites of Melbourne
16th of January = Today was going to be a quiet day at the van for the girls to catch up on some energy so I decided to head out to Geelong to check out the Ford Museum since I am a ford man. Once I returned we got some dinner up the road and had dinner with Kate’s Family.
17th of January = Went up to the shops so the girls could use some of their Christmas money for some toys and headed into town so Kate could get a check-up at the doctors for her pregnancy. Spent the afternoon picking up Kate’s Cousin after his car broke down.
18th of January = Today we caught a train and tram into the Melbourne Museum where the girls watched a play about aboriginal Dream time and then spent the day looking at dinosaurs, whales, animals and bugs. The Museum was great with the kids interested in everything including the making and the birth of a baby on a big screen where Jessica and Megan watched a real birth of a baby, resulting in Jessica going yuck I am not watching you mum have your baby. We then proceeded to walk back through town and caught the train home.
19th of January =Today we packed up our van and moved to Kate’s Auntie and Uncle’s House out at Altona. Kates cousin and I did an oil change on the truck and just relaxed with Kate’s Family with a nice roast dinner.
20th of January = today was a rest day did some shopping early in the morning. With Kate going with her Auntie and cousin for a manicure and pedicure while Jess, Megan and I watched a movie. For Dinner we all went down and had fish and chips by the water and watched the kite surfers .
21st of January = Was overcast today so we stayed back one more day so we weren’t doing the great ocean road in poor weather. I was just resting around when Kate’s Uncle returned with a Rs focus (very fast hatchback) of his mates. We went down the road for a cappuccino and pretending it was ours and I even got a drive very nice indeed, would have been great to do something like the great ocean road but I probably would have lost my license. We dropped the focus off and picked up the uncle’s pride and joy his eh holden which while a cool street cruiser ain’t no focus to drive lol. After our morning of mucking around we returned to his house with my girls hassling me to take them for a ride on their bikes. Mum was due for a catch up sleep so the girls and I headed up to the nearest park for some bike riding and swing action which then lead to some strawberry milkshakes down by the water to cement in father of the day award. Lol We finished of the day with another great home cooked meal on the back deck and I am now addicted to scrabble on the ipod/iphone and we were playing each other in the lounge room with 4 games running at once.
22nd of January = Back onto the adventure with a plan to head down the great ocean rd and do some free camping. We drove via bells beach and had a look from the top Kate or I didn’t want to have to carry the girls back up. We called in a Lorne where the only parking spot that didn’t involve driving half a kilometre out of town was one made for a vehicle 7.5metres or longer and it was empty I just fitted in we had some lunch and a swim down at the beach. I had read a magazine only 2 days ago that someone suggested as a great free camp spot as Johanna beach so put it into the gps and headed straight to it. This place is Heaven with a beach and some natural rock pools was going to be great.
Cost for 3rd week
Fuel = $165
Food = $200.20
Camping= $0
Tourist stuff and others = $516.20
ford Museum
No comments:
Post a Comment