We had a family wedding in Melbourne so it was time to shake off COVID anxiety and head to Melbourne. It was a bit of a logistic nightmare as we had to drag Bill away from his birds and find someone to feed the dogs and the birds. Amy and I drove down on Thursday, stopping off overnight at our favourite bed and breakfast, Amberesque, in Rutherglen then heading on to Belgrave in the Dandenongs, where we had hired a house to stay. Bill flew down on Saturday afternoon and flew back Sunday night. We organised friends of ours, Emma, Noah and Adele Stuart, who love birds and were happy to come over Saturday night and then Sunday morning and Sunday night and look after the rest of our family.
Main street of Rutherglen- it is a lovely town with beautiful buildings
Lovely walk around the local waterhole
Our favourite B&B in the main street
Amy enjoying her kiwi fruit parfait with hokey pokey ice-cream for breakfast
We got to revist more favourite haunts including The Yarra Valley Chocolaterie!
We picked up Amy's friend Steph from Belgrave Railway Station who came out to stay with us for the night, it was lovely to catch up with her. Dinner was a grazing platter from stuff we picked up along the way down.
Chocolate Dessert Platter
On our way out to the airport on Saturday afternoon we called into a plant shop called Collectors Corner in Braeside. Amy was in plant heaven.
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