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20121104 – St Kilda & Goodbye Oz

Sunday – hot (32C) and sunny. How variable the weather can be. One minute 16C the next 32C, such massive variations. After a morning cleaning up, well to be honest Wendy doing most of the work and me battling with … Continue reading

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20121102 – An Apple a Day and Melbourne Again

Friday – warm and sunny. New iPad mini and iPad 4 goes on sale today. Don’t we live in exciting times! We’ve decided to pass on the mini. iPhone for mobile / on the go and traditional iPad for home, … Continue reading

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20121031 – The Great Ocean Road

Wednesday – warm, cloudy and some showers in the afternoon. Up at crack of sparrows. Drive through Melbourne traffic to the great Ocean Road. Actually built by survivors of World War 1 as a memorial to their fallen comrades. One … Continue reading

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20121030 – Gaol and the Scrots

Tuesday – hot and sunny in the 30’s. Wow Philips today launch a web-enabled LED light bulb, capable of interacting with smartphones and tablets to automate lighting in the home using integrated wireless technology. Don’t we live in exciting times. … Continue reading

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20121028 – Ned Kelly Country and the Great Alpine Road

Sunday – hot and sunny. Up early for the long drive up to the Ned Kelly country and our tour along the great Alpine road. To relieve the boredom and keep me awake a kangaroo bounces out. If we’d have … Continue reading

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20121026 – Sovereign Hill

Friday – grey, miserable and rainy. Lazy day. Wendy gets her weekly treat and goes to the supermarket whilst I spend the morning checking the accounts, credit cards and statements. By lunch time I’m ready to stick every bankers bum … Continue reading

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20121025 – An Apple A Day

Thursday – warm, sun and cool, rain. Yes typical Melbourne mixture. At least we see the sun. Lazy day after all our tourism. After lunch we nip into the large Chadstone Mall. Wendy wants a pair of black leggings and … Continue reading

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20121023 – Mornington Peninsula and Melbourne

Tuesday – warm and cloudy. The forecast was warm and sunny so we set off to enjoy the Mornington Peninsula. Alas, like weather forecasts the World over, they were wrong. It turned out very cloudy. Drove down to Point Nepean … Continue reading

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20121022 – Phillip Island

Monday – sunny but cool, just nice. Up early to drive down to St Kilda to pick Simon and Hayley up. Then it’s a two hour drive out to Phillip Island. Fortunately it’s motorway most of the way. Motorway, with … Continue reading

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20121020 – Brighton, Beaumauris, St Kilda

Saturday – warm and sunny. Drove down to Brighton and explored the coast down as far as Mordialloc for a coffee. Learnt a new word Tisane – apparently it means any herbal drink to distinguish it from tea. How sophisticated. … Continue reading

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