Now In Melbourne

It took a few days and around 1850 kilometres of driving but we have arrived in Melbourne and have moved in with Arj, Kate and family.  The drive down was via Newcastle where we caught up with Janet and Mick for a couple of nights.

The photo above/left shows us stopped in cold conditions to grab a quick lunch (yet another gorgeous hot pie!) before hopping back behind the wheel again to continue the drive.  The photo was taken at Macksville in N.S.W.

It was lots of fun catching up and discussing where we are at with things while in Newcastle.  Mick is approaching retirement age and has a few things to consider over the next 18 months or so.  Janet continues to respond favorably to recent medical concerns.

The wine was perfect but the company even better while we were with them.  It could have been a little warmer but the stay there was great.  We did around 875k's the first day getting from Caloundra to Newcastle and then almost 1000k's the next day getting to Chris' place in Melbourne.

The weather on the way from Newcastle to Melbourne was cold.  At one stage the outside temp near Yass was 6 degrees.  There were periods of heavy rain and extremely strong winds but after leaving Newcastle before 6:30am we arrived in Melbourne just before 5pm.

We caught up with Chris Wendy Andrew and Emily for the evening, lots of good stories and good times.  Andrew is getting into 'downloading' so he and I got on extremely well.

By 10 am the next day we had travelled another 75 ks and had arrived with our daughter Kate, Arj, Charli and James on the S.E. side of Melbourne  We will stay with them almost right up until they depart for Saudi Arabia for two years where they have a two year teaching appointment.   Already much of our time has been 'booked' up!

Kate and Arj are out tonight so Trish and I will be baby sitting the two kids ..... and watching the footy on TV.

I know this will come as a big shock to everyone but I have managed to catch up with my TV Series downloading since we have arrived with Kate and Arj!I had around 8 episodes to catch up with and that task is now all done!

The weather is cold and overcast.  The strong wind makes it feel even colder.