Mum visits Melbourne

Mum came to visit Melbourne last month. It was a weekend of "mum's and daughters" and lots of catching up with old friends.

Portarlington

Anna and I went on a tiki tour around the peninsular past Geelong. It was a wonderful clear day and we got some great photos. My fav is Pheobes (aka the Mini) enjoying the view. Awesome.

Ski Queenstown

Shan and I headed to Queenstown for a week of skiing in the last week of August. We had a fantastic time even though we only skied 2.5 days. We were very dissappointed as it meant we had to go and taste wine and relax. Darn what a shame.

We were very excited about eating some great NZ food and drinking some yummy Otago Pinot Noir. So whilst there I ate 4 meals of NZ lamb and 2 of wild venison. I also racked up 4 pies, lots of munchos (now called skoffs - lord only knows why!) and many other yummy treats. Needless to say that I am now a few kg heavier after all that!!

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Queenstown

The gang: Shan, Sarah, Nick and I














Catching up with friends Trin and Alister

Fun on the slopes

Apre ski drinks at the famous Cardrona Hotel

Some arty shots

All Blacks v Wallabies, Melbourne

The All Blacks came to Melbourne so we had to go and watch the game. A great night was had by all especially as we kicked arse.... Thanks for all the tattoos Karla...

Bright, Victoria

Shan, Kate and I headed to Bright (inland Victoria). It was really cold but very pretty.

We went for frosty morning walks, visited wineries for tastings and gererally had a fab time there.

A Ned Kelly pie from the famous bakery in Beachworth

Followed by Bee Sting!! YUUMMYYY

It was a tad cold so Shan had to wear her mittens to hold her beer!

Dee & Shan visit Melbourne Zoo

Shan and I went to the zoo to visit Marli the baby elephant. He was really cute. We also saw 3 sumatran tiger cubs who would not stay still enough to get a decent photo of them.
Anyway this is what we saw: