Following 2 weeks of slightly later starts to our Saturday morning fix, the alarms had been set for 05:00 so that all our (Hilarys) dogsitting duties could be dealt with before we left. A 30 minute drive up the road and we arrived at Robelle Domain in Springfield nice and early. Which was a good…

Happy tears (Hilary) when we received this in the post! Missing family but enjoying our adventure. (Clicking on any picture will open it/them in an easy to navigate album but larger in size) 

(Clicking on any picture will open it/them in an easy to navigate album but larger in size)  As soon as we saw the name, this was simply a must do parkrun. In fact the only reason we were in Melbourne was to do this parkrun! We left our hotel at 06:40 and were first to…

Bats!! Well, actually, grey headed flying foxes.. (They give Hilary the creeps) They have set up camp in the gardens. The area they are in is partly closed off with a sign warning of hazard overhead. (Clicking on any picture will open it/them in an easy to navigate album but larger in size)  They were…

The start of April is an odd one for me. The Good: The 2nd of the month is my parkrun birthday as my first ever participation was on that day in 2011. The Bad: The 3rd of the month is my diagnoses day. Back in 2014 I heard the words “You have Primary Progressive Multiple…

A trip around the docklands area. (Clicking on any picture will open it/them in an easy to navigate album but larger in size)  Wonder what Rory is up to in the picture above? Well Hilary also did similar and the result is:- And in the evening we went back to Skytower for some sunset pictures.

Had a great time on the island.  We were there to see the Little Penguins at sunset.  While we waited, we visited The Nobbies. Took a walk on the boardwalk to get a closer look at the view, was pretty blowy! Stopped to watch some surfers trying to catch some (not so dramatic) waves. Bought…