Checked out of our accommodation this morning, dropped the key, then made our way to the hire car (Sixt). As we walked past Sothern Cross station, there was a loud alarm sounding and a recorded message instructing everyone to evacuate immediately - clearly being ignored by everyone… Eventually found the Sixt office and went in & the alarm was going in there and very loud (It's part of the huge Sothern Cross station facility). They were also ignoring ...

First priority this morning was to get some change for the washing machine. Went and got coffee/hot chocolate at the café down the laneway from our accommodation & was able to get some coins. Enjoyed our drinks, went back to the hotel to put our washing on, and then went to the Exhibition Centre for the LUME art display for Naidoc week. The display was very impressive and well done. Certainly, the best way to enjoy art - i.e. in a large area with full...

Headed off to Belgrave on the train - walked over to Flinders Street station, then took the ~1hr trip out to Belgrave on the edge of the Dandenong Ranges. Made our way to the tree tops site - which involved walking up a very steep hill! Once kitted up, went out on the course - unfortunately, we could only go on part of the harder courses as need to be 10+, with Ethan being 21 days off… But we enjoyed the ones we could go on. We had a 2.5hr allocation b...

Had a quiet morning, then headed to the on-site gym. Spent some time "working out" (seeing how fast we could run and testing our strength…) on the machines. Ethan spent ages on the rowing machine (I think that's what it was…). Then headed out to get coffee and take our time to get to the MCG for the footy. We were going to catch the trams but were too full, so we made our way on foot. Stopped for coffee and hot chocolate. I thought it odd that the...

1 Jul 2023 Headed off to Dockland for the day, Caught the tram, then off to the O'brien Ice House, arriving around 11 am We had unlimited time to skate! So we spent 3.5 hours skating, with a brief lunch break. Ethan did amazing, and we had a lot of fun & exercise. Mostly no falls - other than once each (I fell quite ungracefully when we were racing each other & the rink had become crowded as one of the rinks had shut for re-icing). But no injuries, fo...