The Big Blow

on Wednesday was the worst storm Melbourne has seen for the last 25 years. Apart from the strong wind and a few branches down around the surrounding streets, we felt no ill effects from the experience. Lots of other areas were not so lucky with stories of the damage still appearing daily on the news. Two days later and you would never have know the big wind almost blew the place apart.

On Saturday we took advantage of the beautiful weather to walk up to the Ian Potter Centre to see the Sydney Nolan art exhibition. Some of the paintings I knew but many others were a complete surprise.

A lovely mild night made for an enjoyable walk to & from the MCG where we went with Bryce to see Essendon redeem themselves, after last week. It was a really exciting game that kept us all on the edge of our seats from start to finish.

Sunday was another glorious morning and we headed off to Docklands to have breakfast with Debbi & Ana, a farewell of sorts before Ana goes off on a 5 month world trip. Of course we offered to carry suitcases but to no avail, we have to work tomorow. Still we can dream, can't we. After breakfast we checked out the Sculpture Exhibition and there were some pretty interesting installations. While there we also saw the Urban art piece, Blow Hole by Duncan Stemier. It is a really fun sculpture moving with the wind as it blows. Imagine how it would have looked last week.

So a quiet but enjoyable weekend as we recharged the batteries for another week at work.

Until next time...........