A little Rock and Roll.....

Coming home from Canberra on Sunday night the weather changed and we spent a chilly week in Melbourne which was a bit hard to take after our lovely weekend in the sun.  Still it is Autumn and this is what we should expect.  The trees are colouring up and losing their leaves now making my walk to walk a 'sound' experience as well as exercise.   I love crunchy leaves.

We managed to get through our week back at work and before we knew it we were packed and back in the car again on our way to see Cheryl and Shane at St Leonards.  We were spending the weekend with them and looking forward to a big night out at the Geelong Performing Arts Centre where we were going to see a show.

We had dinner at Parkers Steakhouse not far from the theatre.  This fabulous old building, previously Parkers Iron Merchant, has been converted into this wonderful space full of history and the steaks were good too.

We walked back to the theatre, found our seats and for the next couple of hours were taken on a Rock and Roll trip down memory lane.  75 years on - A Buddy Holly performance - the music was great and the four guys on stage were just an amazing talent.  The guy playing the Saxophone was just magical and we will never look at a Double Bass player the same again.  He literally walked all over it but my god it all sounded great.  'Buddy' - Scot Robins - was so good and told us that they have been playing this show for over 18 years now and still playing to packed houses where ever they go.  The crowd bopped along all night and while most of the audience had grey or balding heads there were more than a few young ones thoroughly enjoying the music as well.  It was a great night.

Back at home Shane and Bill donned the bathers and complete with a glass of wine in hand hit the spa. Cheryl and I decided that warm and dry was the better way and had a lovely time with a drink and a chat.  We finished the night with Cheryl's yummy apple pie and soon after we all fell into bed for a much needed sleep.

We surfaced on Sunday morning and after a yummy breakfast cooked to perfection by Shane we joined Lily, the gorgeous black spaniel, for her daily walk along the beach.  Thankfully our winter weather had disappeared and the morning was sunny and mild.  We walked for about an hour along the beach and then turned up into the St Leonards Salt Lagoon for the walk home.  This nature park runs along the beach and is a wonderful habitat for many birds and animals that live here.  With lots of walking tracks through the varied areas it looks like a great place to explore so we will be back with the camera one day.

Back home we were spoilt again with a fabulous lunch, pumpkin soup, quiche and apple pie to finish.  No dinner was needed that night.  Soon after it was time to gather our bags and head back to the city for another week at work.  It had been another great weekend with Cheryl and Shane and we can't thank you enough for having us once more.

Just three days work to get through now and we are off to Yackandandah again, until then......