GUESS WHO'S 6

HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY
Hard to believe Jordja is growing up so quickly. After work today went to her birthday party at McDonalds and will be going bowling with her on Sunday which will be great fun.

ROCKHAMPTON

We have just had a wonderful 5 days in Rockhampton. It is amazing just how much you can cram into the days. We have travelled approx 800 kilometers in that time and seen some wonderful sights.

These are some of the photos I took at the Heritage Park which was fantastic. We thoroughtly enjoyed our visit there and had a good few chuckles over the school house which reminded us both of our days at school.

They have a wonderfull collection of vintage cars and bikes as well.

CHRISTMAS TREE

PUTTING UP THE CHRISTMAS TREE

Jordja helped me to put up our christmas tree this year. She was a wonderful helper, firstly getting the branches out of the box, then putting them in colour piles and finally putting them on the trunk of the tree. We then got out all the decorations and selected the gold and red ones, which was the colour theme for the tree this year. As you can see from the photo she did a very good job and our tree looked lovely. Thank you Jordja for all your help.

DAY TRIPPING

SHEPPARTON

Yesterday we went to Shepparton to SPC Ardmona to stock up on goodies. We had a great trip, the weather was overcast but warm and we just meandered up the back way through Romsey to outside Heathcote where we turned off and headed for Nagambie where we had lunch, once again the bakery didnt live up to expectations and Phil's sausage rolls left him feeling queasy for the rest of the day. From there we headed into Shepparton and over to Mooroopna to the SPC outlet where we stacked the trolley with tins of fruit, fruit juice, baked beans, spagetti, nuts, chocies, and all sorts of pickles, olives etc. and other sundry items before heading to the checkout. If you belong to the RACV you get an extra 5% discount so that was good as we had managed to spend a considerable amount but luckily about half of the goodies where for Trish.

After a quick coffee we headed out of town via Tatura, Rushworth and worked our way back to the Calder Highway and home. We also found the address for their Ballarat outlet so the next time we won't have to travel all that way to stock up.

ANDRE RIEU

CONCERT

Tonight Phil and I went to see Andre Rieu at Telstra Dome. We parked at Crown and had dinner there before walking up to the Dome. It was an amazing evening, the transformation of a football field into an indoor concert arena was magnificent, the stage itself was huge and covered about a third of the arena. Having seen Andre's concerts on Foxtel many times it was just wonderful to sit there and be enthralled by the music, the singers and dancers. The three male singers where unbelieveable and stole the show from the three female singers.

The show had everything, Andre and his violin, his interaction with the audience, as I said the singers, dancers, skaters, a beautiful horse drawn coach, and several hundred Pipers as part of the finale. The show went from 8.00pm with a 20 minute interval and finished at about 11.15pm. It certainly was value for money. After the show we made our way back to Crown and had a drink at the bar and then made our way home, a very late night but a good one.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEPHANIE

14 TODAY


Our eldest granddaughter Stephanie turned 14 today. Happy Birthday Steph hope you had a great day and enjoyed all your presents.

DAY OUT

SANDOWN 60TH ANNIVERSARY HOLDEN WEEKEND

While I was out having lunch with Mel and going to the movies Phil was at Sandown spending the day with Ian and his friends enjoying seeing all the old racing cars of a bygone era and taking in all the sights. Phil thoroughly enjoyed himself, he took the EH out there and it ran like a charm and he just had a wonderful day.



LUNCH & THE MOVIES
Went in on the train to meet Mel for lunch and a bit of shopping at the DFO (Mel bought two pairs of shoes and I was good didn't buy anything always the way when you have money in purse to spend) and then to the movies at Crown to see Nights at Rodanthe. Cant say it was one of the best movies I've seen recently but it was okay. After that we wandered through the crowds at Crown and was making our way back to Spencer Street and the station when I got a message from Janet that she was at Docklands so arranged to meet up with her and she brought me back to Melton, where I collected my car from the station and went home. Janet stayed for tea and it was lovely to catch up with her and all her news.