By some lucky coincidence (thanks to NUFC.com), I’d found out that Alan Shearer (ex-captain of England and Newcastle United) was doing a promotional event at South Melbourne Football Club this morning. Having never actually met the guy, I had no choice but to get up early and make sure I got there for it. Annoyingly, [...]

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 I’m only saying that as it annoys her. I’ve been told to point out that Fiona is not posh – it’s me who’s common as muck and hence my mistaken impression. We’d arranged to meet just after lunch as Fiona was trying to sort a house or flat out, so I decided to have a [...]

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 Mari and Jesse were both heading out early this morning, so I’d already been provided with keys and told to just sort myself out. Well, I was up at early o’ clock anyway and saw them before they left then had my own breakfast and planned the day. By “planned” I mean I went online [...]

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 Having seen the city centre for all of about 45 minutes on Saturday morning, and that was literally just a block around the train station, today I would be getting a chance to see round it a bit more. The journey to Marie and Jesse’s was a simple one as, like everywhere I’ve been in [...]

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 This morning I was at the point where I could actually count the number of times per hour I was blowing my nose. And as a bonus, it was down to single figures. The weather had also improved with barely a cloud in the sky and an average of 22 degrees. Much better than the [...]

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 My cold had definitely started to feel better overnight so, armed with only one spare handkerchief, we jumped into the car and drove off in to the wild green yonder. Today’s excursions started with the Yarra Valley wineries. There are more than a handful of these, and Lyn positively insisted that we stop at three [...]

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 One thing to be aware of is that the weather in Victoria, especially down at the south, isn’t quite as sunny and hot as it is in Queensland. Today was no exception as the rain overnight gave way to a brief hail shower. Despite this, we all agreed that a day on the coast would [...]

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 Belinda and Albert gave me a lift to the airport fairly early in the morning, and we just made it in time for me to check in courtesy of the traffic. Of course, there was no need to be worried as the flight was delayed by twenty minutes! My first Quantas flight was enjoyable enough [...]

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A slightly morbid day today. I hopped off the train into town a stop or two early to go to the Amazing Human Body exhibition. WARNING – the link isn’t for the squeamish! Essentially, it’s a lot of bodies where the skin has been removed and the organs etc preserved using a process called “plastination”. [...]

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 That’s K for koala and kangaroo, both of which I got to cuddle today. Once I’d bought some new sunglasses (I lost my other ones after rock climbing) and loading up with food and drinks from the supermarket (significantly cheaper than 7-11 and the like, which are actually dearer than London), I wandered off to [...]

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