Monday, November 20, 2006
11th November Chuck a Tuna steak on the Barbie mate!
11th November (Saturday)
Lazy day today as Jon is having dance lessons and helping out at the studio with other dance lessons and practice. So to be honest I have done nothing today but read a newspaper and dwashing and ironing. This evening we are going to visit Donna and Greg for dinner.
They are a lovely couple, Greg has his own Air conditioning and plumbing business and Donna is a talented freelance sculp(tor)? (tress)? (trix)? The house is a beautiful Edwardian Melbourne style chalet but with a huge extension built at the back in a more modern style but still in keeping with the older part. Greg barbies (been dying to say that) the tuna burgers and Jon’s lamb steaks to perfection. (Jon is allergic to most shellfish and fish). The mixed salad is delicious and we finish with a gorgeous Pavlova made by mine hostess. Excellent hosts and company and Jon and I have had a great night and met 2 very lovely people. The finale to the evening is that they have invited me to tour The Great Ocean Highway with them on Thursday and Friday. This is one of the great drives of the world along the south Victoria coastline and as they have a property somewhere along the route we can stay overnight. I am stunned by this generosity and they insist it is their pleasure to show me this heritage area of Australia. Where else in the world would you get this kind of generosity? In fact every where I go here, people just want to help and are polite and kind and always interested in where you come from and how are things back in the UK. I would say a vast majority of Australians have visited UK and Europe and in general are a widely travelled bunch. They also seem bemused that many of us want to emigrate from UK as they think it a great and historical place. But I am regularly thanked by them that we sent them here because it is definitely God’s own country and they love it!
Lazy day today as Jon is having dance lessons and helping out at the studio with other dance lessons and practice. So to be honest I have done nothing today but read a newspaper and dwashing and ironing. This evening we are going to visit Donna and Greg for dinner.
They are a lovely couple, Greg has his own Air conditioning and plumbing business and Donna is a talented freelance sculp(tor)? (tress)? (trix)? The house is a beautiful Edwardian Melbourne style chalet but with a huge extension built at the back in a more modern style but still in keeping with the older part. Greg barbies (been dying to say that) the tuna burgers and Jon’s lamb steaks to perfection. (Jon is allergic to most shellfish and fish). The mixed salad is delicious and we finish with a gorgeous Pavlova made by mine hostess. Excellent hosts and company and Jon and I have had a great night and met 2 very lovely people. The finale to the evening is that they have invited me to tour The Great Ocean Highway with them on Thursday and Friday. This is one of the great drives of the world along the south Victoria coastline and as they have a property somewhere along the route we can stay overnight. I am stunned by this generosity and they insist it is their pleasure to show me this heritage area of Australia. Where else in the world would you get this kind of generosity? In fact every where I go here, people just want to help and are polite and kind and always interested in where you come from and how are things back in the UK. I would say a vast majority of Australians have visited UK and Europe and in general are a widely travelled bunch. They also seem bemused that many of us want to emigrate from UK as they think it a great and historical place. But I am regularly thanked by them that we sent them here because it is definitely God’s own country and they love it!
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