HAWTHORN V STKILDA

Tonight I went to see Robert Harvey play his last game of football. I was amazed that we actually made it this far to a preliminary final against Hawthorn. Have to say that I was disappointed with the Saints performance and that once again the so called big names in our team let us down. But it was great to see Harvey cheered from the ground and the crowds acknowledgement of him. It has been a pleasure to watch him play over all these years, he is a true champion in the real context of the word, a perfect example for all young players to model themselves on.

Well that's it for another year, hopefully next year will see the Saints perform better, it will be interesting to see who stays and who goes at the club but it is time for them to move on the ones that are not up to this level of football and blood some more of the younger players. But time will tell. Good luck to both Geelong and Hawthorn and I hope Geelong make it two in row.

CRAIG'S VK COMMODORE

VK COMMODORE
Phil bought the car on ebay and picked it up today. This is the car he will do up for Craig for his 21st. It needs a bit of work and the gas has to be inspected, an oil leak located and fixed, some work on the floor of the boot, then its mostly cosmetic and hopefully will pass the roadworthy and be back on the road in the next few weeks.
Since its arrival it has been washed, vacuumed and given a general tidy up, the stero works quite well and once Craig puts the seat covers that will help to tidy up the inside.

GUESS WHO'S DRIVING NOW

Congratulations Craig on passing your driving test with a pass rate of 99% a very good result.

SHORT TRIP AWAY

HOW LONG IS IT TO HOWLONG

As we both had time off this week we decided to take the Patrol for a short trip to see how it goes and what it was like to travel in for a couple of days and for me to get used to driving such a big vehicle. We set off on Tuesday morning and made our way cross country to Euroa where we stopped for lunch, unfortunately the local bakery's pasties were not up to scratch and must say they were one of the worst pasties we have ever had, never mind the apple cake was good. From there we headed up to Rutherglen for a look around and we had coffee and bought several bottles of red at the local IGA supermarket at a very good price. From there we took a slight detour and went to have a look at Chiltern. Sadly not much to see at Chiltern these days so we then made our way to Howlong for the night. We stayed at the only motel in town at the Golf and Bowling Club. Our accommodation was very nice and the price even better. We played the pokies and at the end of the night broke even which was good. In the morning we went into Lavington to SPC outlet store and stocked up on goodies then on to Holbrook to see the submarine and have a coffee break before heading up to Tarcutta to see the memorial wall to truckies, found Phil's friend Rooster and his photo, then had lunch at the truck stop before starting our return trip home. We had a lovely time, the weather was great, it was fun driving the 4wd and it was good to get back home even if we did nearly run out of diesel on the way home.