Finally everyone is better and it's stopped raining! We borrow Sarah and Calum's car and head into St Kilda to hire our own car, got a bit lost so ended up driving back to Sarah's to check the address and head off again. An hour later we have 12 days rental of a Mitsubishi jeep type car. Jon is very happy. Back to Sarah's and time to hit the beach, they have to take Archie to a party so we head out just the four of us. We make camp at st Kilda west beach bathers ...

Archie still poorly so Sarah took the day off to look after him, and kindly lent us her car. We decided to try out the science museum, a short journey by car. On retrieval, it seemed as if everyone else had the same idea, they were queuing out the door and then some, quick change of plan and we found ourselves at Melbourne Zoo. The rain had stopped so we were looking forward to a nice family day out. The boys loved the Little Keepers area where they could preten...

So today is our 10th wedding anniversary!!!! Not the best of days, but we still managed to celebrate. Sarah kindly offered to drive us into the city, and despite a detour down a mile long tunnel, we made it to the Southbank. We did the obligatory walk up and down checking out the restaurants and settled on the first one we'd seen - Waterfront seafood bar and grill, and we had a lovely meal and bottle of wine. Unfortunately it was still raining so drinking on the ...

Another rainy day, starting to get a little fed up of the weather now, but not to be deterred we head back on the tram into the city centre for a day exploring the museum, however, this was not to be so. A tram derailment forced us to get off by the aquarium, so what should have been an easy journey turned into a wet, soggy journey to nowhere. We walked the length of flinders street, but with so many side streets and pedestrian crossings, this took a while. Event...

More rain today:( Sarah and Calum in work again, so we take a walk (in the rain) to MSAC Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, a huge leisure complex not far from the house that was built for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. It had a splash/wave pool, childrens lane pool, childrens hydro pool, and full size Olympic pool with diving boards. Amazing facility, but very popular on a rainy day, it was heaving!!! Kids everywhere on some kind of day care trip, keeping tabs ...