Amy and I headed down to Melbourne at the end of October/early November. Wanted to catch up with my family at the annual Melbourne Cup Day get together and Amy was catching up with her friend Steph. We stayed with Rob and Louise Vinck, who were so good to us and made us very much at home.
We had an overnight stop at Rutherglen at our favourite B&B- Amberesque and had a lovely time as usual.
Enjoyed a morning walk around Lake King
Always love a coloured door!
Enjoyed our meat and cheese platter for dinner, out on the balcony.
Took Amy for a walk to see the Silo Art
In the morning Amy and made some terrariums at the garden shop. One for Amy, one for Louise and one for Amy's friends Ada and Steph.
We finally managed to be in town when the gelato shop was open, they were yum.
We arrived in Melbourne, and after dinner we went for a walk in one of the parks nearby. It was a lovely park.
Amy, Louise and I
Amy has been crocheting and finally finished this shawl- pretty impressive
On the Friday the three of us went up to the Sassafras in the Dandenongs. We went to Juet, were I used some of the money I got from mum to purchase this sculpture. I thought it would be a lovely thing to have in my garden to remind me of mum. She would have loved it.
Being spring, we found this mother duck and her little ducklings looking very cute.
Sunday afternoon after church, Louise and I headed up to the Dandenongs Botanical Gardens also known as the Rhododendron Gardens. Hard to get a park but once we got into the gardens the people were pretty spread out.
They had an Australian section with some lovely Waratahs
Amy and I went to Berwick, had a quick visit to the Berwick Cemetery to see the bronze plaques for mum and Simon. It was pouring rain so it was a rather quick visit, but it really is a lovely spot.
On Tuesday afternoon we had a lovely time catching up with my brothers and their families and Kim and Fil's. We headed home from their place later that afternoon and stayed the night at Benalla. Went for a walk and found this lovely door so couldn't resist a photo. We will be heading back down to Melbourne in a couple of weeks for Mia and Noah's wedding, it has been a busy time.
