We have spent a very relaxing week with our friends Steve and Sally in Melbourne staying in their beautiful home in the suburb of Kew (see bottom picture). We visited a couple of modern art galleries, including brunch at the lovely Heide Gallery and sculpture garden. We enjoyed an excellent performance by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at a free outdoor concert at the Sidney Myer bowl.
We also spent a couple of very fun days visiting with Caroline's former neighbours from Harpenden, Nibs and Dicky, who showed us the Great Ocean Road and regaled us with many fascinating tales of their years living in the Sudan, Somaliland, Zambia and more.....
We are preparing ourselves now to head off out of the comfort of the Western world conveniences of hot water, air conditioning, safe food and water, and lack of disease-ridden mosquitos, as we head to Bangkok and onto South East Asia for 3.5 months.
