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Day 40 Le Fin
Sunday 3 April 2011 Today is the last day, i thought it rather nice that it’s been 40 days, bit like lent but nothing to give up. Although for Lent i give up travelling economy and on the flip side more »
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Tagged airport, economy, go, jersey, last day, pack, supermarket
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Day 39
Saturday 2 April 2011 This morning i had offered to get up at around 0745 to take Phil and the kids to the Oz kick which is Aussie rules AFL. We got there around 0830 and then in commenced at more »
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Tagged aussie rules, ball, cuppa, french, game, mike, oz kick, sportsman, suzie, will
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Day 38
Friday 1 April 2011 A visit to the Dingdong mountains. The Dangdangs are located somewhere kind of East of Melbourne and seems to be semi mountainous. We had no sat nav, just a rough idea of where to go, and more »
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Tagged black kettle, dandenong, dangdangs, dingdons, mountain, relax, sassifras, windy
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Day 37
Thursday 31st March 2011 It was Will’s birthday today, I had bought him a little something, a weird shaped ball you throw. I wrapped it in newspaper and he seemed not to mind, it’s what’s inside that counts. Off they more »
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Tagged bake, book, bookcase, cake, castle, ikea, phil, suzie, wills birthday
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Day 36
Wednesday 30 March 2011 One had planned to drive into town to park and have a general look around, decided against it as so expensive to park. Bussed and trained it as before and headed via the so called touristy more »
Day 35
Tuesday 29 March 2011 Market Day. Today we went to Prahran Market, located not far from St Kilda and in Melbourne somewhere. It’s pretty much the same as Borough Market, but for me less good, only because there was no more »
Day 34
Monday 28 March 2011 Pretty standard day, present shopping at Doncaster. Never before have i spent so long looking for one thing, but William needs a frisbee and it must be an aerobie pro. I literally couldn’t find one anywhere, more »
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Tagged doncaster, frisbee, greensborough, sausage, tree, whistle
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Day 33
Sunday 27 March Today we decided to keep the Sabbath Holy, so instead of taking the train into town we drove. The idea was to meet John, John Gibson who was in town from Germany doing a spot of business. more »