An early start to hit South Melbourne markets, but unfortunately they were closed for the bank holiday! So we headed back home, dropped the car off picked up the scooters and headed out for a walk towards st Kilda. We stopped off at the west pavilion bathers again, this time for breakfast! The boys had fun playing in the sand while we enjoyed more coffees and toast! We then walked onto St Kilda and had a look around the front and swimming lanes. Back through the ...

Good Friday! Quiet day today after the busy road trip! Take a short drive to Brighton and set out for a walk along the front, though the weather quickly turns against us and it starts blowing a gale and lashing down with rain! We make it to the pirate ship play ground and cafe, the boys have a quick play before we retreat to the cafe. More flat whites and brunch! Coco pops for gethin, hot cross bun for owain and Annabel and pancakes for Archie and Isla. This tim...

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 ...