Groundhog Day, although you wouldn’t know it here in Australia. I guess they’re not too concerned about how long winter will last here.
Amy wanted Gregor and I to try her favouite St. Kilda breakfast location, so we showered and headed to Fubar to have breakfast in the back courtyard. We grabbed some food from the grocery store after that, then headed back to Amy’s to chill out for a bit.I had noticed a market of some sort by the beach while we were walking, and since I didn’t really feel like sitting around, I headed down to check it out. Instead of a market, it was some sort of Aboriginal awareness thing. I took a quick walk through, but wasn’t too interested, so I walked along the beach then headed back to the house.
While we were in Sydney, Amy had asked Gregor and I if we were interested in going to a bbq with some of her friends. We had said yes, so we hopped on the tram to Flinders, and took a train to Greensborough, which is a suburb of Melbourne.Gregor and I are engaged in a rather vicious punchbuggy competition here, since there are still a few VW Bugs floating around (I imagine the lack of a winter helps), so it was a good chance to scan the scenery, while keeping our eyes peeled for punchbuggys. Doesn’t make for a very relaxing time, however.
Amy’s friend, Tracy, picked us up at the train station and we headed to another friend’s, Deanne’s, where we hopped into her car. From Deanne’s we headed to Melissa’s to get a few more supplies for the bbq, and then Tracy, Amy, Deanne, Gregor and myself headed off to the Yan Yean Reservoir Park.
For a Saturday the park was pretty empty. The girls had put together a fairly elaborate setup for the bbq – especially considering Gregor and I both thought we’d just be eating a hotdog or two in someone’s backyard. Melissa and her boyfriend, Darren, showed up later – and we ate our lunch. Amy’s boyfriend, Rob, showed up a tad bit later. We stayed at the park for about 5 hours, saw some camera shy birds that were either lorikeets or parrots (very bright colours, either way) then headed to Melissa and Darren’s.
At Melissa and Darren’s we sat around and chatted for a while, then took turns batting at cricket. Poor Darren had to climb the fence a handful of times, but it was good fun. It turned into a high school dance pretty soon after that, with the girls citing cool temperatures and heading indoors, while the guys stayed outside. We discussed a number of things, not least of which being the popularity of Steve Irwin in Australia. By 11:30pm it was time to head back home. Thankfully Rob was driving, so we didn’t have to take the train back. We were all passing out in the car (except Rob, thankfully), so we opted against stopping at the casino on the way home.