Thurs.24th Sept.Last night on TV they forecast quite a good day so on the strength of that we decided to go to the Dandenong's and visit gardens.This area has 5 of the best gardens in Aus.At 11.30 before we had seen anything except some birds at a picnic stop the rain started and we drove to SkyHigh Mt. Dandenonglookout to have our lunch and feast our eyes on what the brochure describes as ' Spectacular by day, stunning by night" as we ate the mist rolled in...

Weds. September 23rd.Was supposed to rain all night but it only started early this morning and was still wet and cold 13 degrees when we left the house for today's outing which was to Philip Island.The main attraction on the island is the penguin parade which happens at dusk when the penguins come out of the sea and up the beach to their burrows to feed their young with the food they have caught out at sea.We have seen this twice so didn't want to go today especi...

Tuesday 22nd September. It poured down all last night which will please the locals who are desperate for rain but not good for the tourists but it had stopped when we set out this morning so it was just cold. It's an hour's train journey to the city. The journey in was all right but coming back the train was crowded all the way we think because the Melbourne show is on .We only got a seat because the young have to give up seats to the infirm and old so there ...

Monday 21st Sept. Yesterday we found Lesley and Gary's house easily with Karens help and spent the afternoon with them. They took us into the Brunswick St in the city for our lunch it is one of the main streets for eating out and at 3am it was still very busy. Today we slept in and it was after 10 before we set out for the Mornington Peninsula .Our first stop was at Frankston information centre where we got some good leaflets and maps of the area.Mornington was ...

Saturday 19th Sept.We have arrived at our house swap and is very nice and very big we shall get our daily exercise walking from one end to the other.It is wet and cold but we won't be bored with a massive library of DVDs and a snooker/pool table to keep us amused.Tomorrow we are going to Melbourne to visit Joe's niece (Lesley and Gary) who we haven't seen for years.The journey yesterday was a mix of good and disappointing.We drove round Jevis bay which is beautif...