One day at a time

The walls have started to go up on the building D of the complex (only A, B and C to go!). It's great to see that progress is being made and the complex is actually coming to life.

The fellows are getting in on the act with their bikes in the parade.

Lots of colour even with all the wet weather!

Woke early, or more precisely were woken early by the noises coming from upstairs. Had breakfast at the hotel and read about the storm that hit Melbourne with tennis size hail balls and rain that closed many of the major roads. I sent a txt to my flatmate to see if his car was ok and he sent me a picture of the storm from his bedroom balcony showing the water running down the street! After breakfast, we walked up to Daylesford main street to watch the parade. The crowd was smaller than last year, but then the weather had been much better. There was still a good show and this parade is always lots of fun. Came back to the hotel and then walked up to the Convent Gallery for brunch. Nice place although I object to paying to go into a gallery that is essential a rather big shop. Came back and drove up to the Daylesford Park, although I took a different route than usual and looks like so many others had had the same concerns about parking on a muddy field as the nearby streets were fu...

The drive from Melbourne to Daylesford was more of an adventure than usual, as I relied on my GPS and this took us via Woodend and down some narrow country roads. It proved to be trustworthy, as it delivered us to the door of the motel. We are in one of the family rooms (i.e. it has one double and two singles), comfortable enough. Soon after we arrived the heaven’s opened and the street was literately awash with water. There was some hale thrown in for good measure too. Needless to say we stayed a while in the hotel room until the worst of the downpour had passed, Drove through the main street of Daylesford, that was very busy and after filling up on expensive petrol, we drove down to Hepburn Springs. We made a brief stop at the “BBQ” lunch at Peppers and decided that neither of us were that hungry or willing to pay $20 for what was on offer. We drove back to Daylesford and wandered the main street. Campbell bumped into a couple of people that he knew from Melbourne and after cof...