Today I was booked on two tours but decided to skip one. The penguins will have to wait until my next trip. The question is did I abandon the penguins because (a) I was tired (b) I wanted to do my laundry or (c) I heard about the great Melbourne Boxing Day sales? The truth is all of the above.
The city tour was good. We stopped for an hour at the Melbourne Botanic Gardens. I am becoming quite an expert on botanic gardens. If I ever decide to try out for Mastermind….. on second thoughts, my levels of general knowledge might be a problem. The gardens were beautiful. Reminded me of the lovely line from a poem about being “closer to God in the garden than any place else on earth”.
Australians love abbreviations. Monica’s friend, Peter offered to meet me in the “arvo” of the 24th December in Melbourne. Unfortunately, I wasn’t due to arrive until the evening (“eve”?) so that didn’t work out. We saw the Melbourne Cricket Ground on this morning’s tour where a big match between Australia and India will be played today. They call that the MCG or just the “G”. We passed the DFO’s (direct factory outlets) on the bus but I resisted the temptation to check them out.
Cairns tomorrow.
Ann x
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Waiting for the gang to arrive, Mon, Sean, Evan and Fin gone out to buy some beer, they brought non-alcoholic by mistake, guess who would be blamed if I served non-alcoholic, Turkey in over am afraid to look in case it is not cooking, everything else waiting for go signal. We can have a chat about plants when you come home, at last someone in my family to exchange horticulltural knowledge with.
Lov Mame
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Hi Mum. Hope the meal went well. Bet it was up to your usual good standard. Love Ann x
Hi Ann,
Really enjoying reading of your adventures.
Would love to have been able to blog 20+ years ago. 🙂
Love Fin x
Hi Fin.Blogging is a great way to record a holiday. Only problem is that nobody will want to hear of my travels when I get home. They will have heard it all before! Ann