We arrived in Melbourne on Wednesday evening, after a very good flight with a two night stopover in Hong Kong. We were making very good time when Brian mislaid his passport at immigration and after twenty minutes of panic found it in his camera case! It was so good to see Zoë again. The car ride back to Glen Waverley took over an hour and when we got home the children were fast asleep. We had a rude, but very welcome, awakening at 6am. We walked them the 6 minute walk to school. Zoë then took us by bus and train into the city to sort various bits of business including bank and medicare registration. It was fortunate that Zoë was able to take a day off from school. Friday we spent locally, unpacking etc. After school we went along to Ashleigh's clarinet lesson, followed by watching her play in a tennis match.
The weekend showed us just how much the children are taking advantage of being in Australia. The local sports facilities are amazing. Brian went with Mike to watch Matthew play Milo Cricket and Valerie went with Zoë to watch Ashleigh first play netball and then play softball. She was all togged up in the softball gear and first did well as "catcher"or backstop as in rounders. Softball is the girls equivalent of baseball . Ashleigh then went on to score a home run or rounder. It was great to see so many kids taking part all with their parents vocal support
It is so hard to think that Christmas is nearly here. The shops are full of Christmas stuff, and carols being sung, yet the sun is shining and the weather is hardly "deep mid winter". Although since we have been here the weather has not been too kind - in fact, positively chilly!
The children are preparing for their Christmas concert which sadly we shall miss as we are off to Perth on Monday. Matthew was heartily singing all the songs this morning before school.
The weekend showed us just how much the children are taking advantage of being in Australia. The local sports facilities are amazing. Brian went with Mike to watch Matthew play Milo Cricket and Valerie went with Zoë to watch Ashleigh first play netball and then play softball. She was all togged up in the softball gear and first did well as "catcher"or backstop as in rounders. Softball is the girls equivalent of baseball . Ashleigh then went on to score a home run or rounder. It was great to see so many kids taking part all with their parents vocal support
It is so hard to think that Christmas is nearly here. The shops are full of Christmas stuff, and carols being sung, yet the sun is shining and the weather is hardly "deep mid winter". Although since we have been here the weather has not been too kind - in fact, positively chilly!
The children are preparing for their Christmas concert which sadly we shall miss as we are off to Perth on Monday. Matthew was heartily singing all the songs this morning before school.
Zoë and Mike have bought an older house which they are in the throes of renovating. All the major building reconstruction has been done but the kitchen is not quite finished. The garden backs on to a beautiful nature reserve which can be viewed from the house. The purple jacaranda trees are in flower. It is certainly a very good location, especially for the schools.
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