As usual, this week consisted of some netball on Monday (indoors, 30C outside and no air conditioning, eurgh), some twilight golf with the Dingoes for Bob on Thursday and a feeble attempt at the gym on Friday before abandoning ship and heading outside for some tennis - too hot to be couped up inside! A netball loss for me, a golfing loss for Bob and no tennis match this weekend as we had a bye. Hopefully next week shall bring us some victories! I did make the decision to get up early on Thursday morning at 630am and swim 40 lengths before work - won't be doing that again, I thought I was going to die of fatigue before 10am!! Don't know how people do that every morning. Needless to say, Bob declined to join me and stayed in bed for an extra hour sleep - a wise move
We are preparing for our Scottish party this Sunday and so we decided to drive to Dandenong (45 mins west of Warragul) to get some haggis from the British Butcher, only to get caught in a rainstorm so bad that we had to pull over to the side until it calmed down! Australia weather is so up and down it's unbelievable! We arrive in Dandenong only to discover that the butcher shut an hour before we arrived - d'oh. How annoying! Same trip planned for next Saturday, a bit earlier this time
On the way home, we took a detour to Wild Dog Winery in Warragul - we were heading to a dinner party and wanted to pick up some wine, which obviously called for some wine tasting. Lovely spot, bringing you here Mum and Dad, Helen and Steven when you arrive!
Our dinner could be described as partially multicultural - Lisa and Barry (Australian hosts), Barry's bro Ross and his girlf Chrissanya (also Australian), Danish guy Lars, Dutch girl Susan and us Scottish folks, a good mix and made for some interesting chat! Lars and Susan run a campsite in Denmark and somehow manage to give themselves 5 months holiday every year, brilliant! Free tent pitch site if we are ever in Denmark : )
Today Bob had a golfing outing all planned with two of his mates but was sadly rained off which meant he had to stay at home and watch the cricket. Hard, but somebody has to do it. I was off to Melbourne for a hip pathology course, my brain is now officially fried with information overload but reckon I've now got some good stuff to use in the clinic for some sporty patients. Now relaxing on the sofa with a wee glass of vino, with Bob baking Gingerbread in the kitchen!!!
Can't believe it's snowing at home, sounds like it'll be lovely and festive, especially with the christmas markets in Edinburgh, missing the mulled wine!! Would love to say that the weather is hot and sunny every day but it really is a 'four seasons in one day' climate at the moment. Only 3 weeks until Perth, hot and sunny all the way, hurrah!
Christmas cards should be en route soon - I'm working on it!
Have fun in the snow everyone - got a cocktail party on Friday and our Scottish party on Sunday, will update you next week with the next episode from Oz : )
xxxxxx
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