Thursday 5th November 09
Home day for Merry to catch up on some accounting work.
Friday 6th November 09
We packed lunch and took a slow meander along the coastal roads from Seaford to the Melbourne Harbour stopping to check out the various beaches and cliffs with the Brighton Beach change huts being one of the highlights. By all accounts, one recently changed hands for $200000.
Home day for Merry to catch up on some accounting work.
Friday 6th November 09
We packed lunch and took a slow meander along the coastal roads from Seaford to the Melbourne Harbour stopping to check out the various beaches and cliffs with the Brighton Beach change huts being one of the highlights. By all accounts, one recently changed hands for $200000. 
We checked out the ‘Spirit of Tasmania’ Ferry and gained some pricing information for future reference then returned to St Kilda for a stroll along the only beach that that allows dogs at any time off leash, so Foxy had her moment of glory.Saturday 7th November 09
Visited Garon/Sue and helped remove unwanted creepers, trees, etc from garden in readiness for a tip trip. Merry painted the timber beams for the ‘cat run’ that is being built over the narrow garden outside the kitchen window. (It is against the law to allow cats out at night in Victoria). Garon and Barry mounted them on the existing framework. We stayed the night with Garon/Sue in readiness to continue on Sunday.
Sunday 8th November 09
Garon/Sue returned to their old house to replace the letterbox whilst Barry installed the water tubing to the fridge that produces cold water and ice blocks. Garon/Sue removed to the garden debris to the tip with a hired utility whilst Barry installed another towel rail in the master bathroom. Garon/Sue/Barry then installed the shade cloth and roof sheeting over the ‘cat run’ framework. This also cuts out a lot of direct sunlight into the kitchen, therefore helping with the cooling without affecting the light to any great extent.
We stayed for a second night with Garon/Sue as all of the activity created a rather late dinner with us using the one and only daylight saving advantage.
Monday 9th November 09
Returned home via Southland shopping centre to allow Merry to find and buy a clock for the caravan, which happened to come with a matching barometer. That will help her work out if it is wet or dry outside without having to go out there. Fitted these items in the van later in the day and have to admit they look good.
Tuesday 10th November 09
The weather has remained hot now for about five days with more to come, so stayed in the air conditioning.
Wednesday 11th November 09
Stayed in like yesterday for the same reason, but we did add some Velcro strips to the seats in van to stop them sliding forward.
Thursday 12th November 09
Drove over to Garon/Sue’s and placed plastic netting down the bottom of the fence and under ground to ensure Foxy is not able get under the fence when we leave her there whilst we do the tourist bit were dogs are not invited.
We returned to the caravan and watched the Australian Masters Golf with Tiger Woods, on TV. We had tried to get tickets for the event but they were all sold out months before.
Friday 13th November 09, Saturday 14th November 09 and
Sunday 15th November 09.
Continued watching the Australian Masters.
Monday 16th November Nothing of significance.
Tuesday 17th November 09
We drove over to Garon/Sue’s and left Foxy there and took the bus/train into Melbourne.
We drove over to Garon/Sue’s and left Foxy there and took the bus/train into Melbourne.
Walked along the river bank to the Aquarium and spent several hours viewing the fish/sharks, etc and then crossed the footbridge to the south side for lunch. 
The aquarium has a café but doesn’t have much to offer. We then returned to the aquarium to finish off what we had not already seen. We are probably biased, but didn’t feel the Melbourne aquarium came up to the standard of the Perth aquarium at Whitfords although it had the benefit of the Penguins in their own little ice field. We saw a similar set up in New Zealand a few years ago
We crossed to the south side of the river again to walk back passed the Alfresco area but managed to drift off into the Crown casino (purely for a look) and came out where we had started our walk.
On the second attempt we were tempted to take a return cruise down the river to Williamstown, and on returning we elected not to get off where we started but went on to the next stop on the other bank at Federation Square. The Alfresco strip will just have to survive without us.
We caught the train back to Mentone and found that the trains and buses do not work in conjunction with each other as the bus left just before the train arrived. We therefore walked the remaining distance back to Garon/Sue’s place as there was not a bus due for another half hour. We arrived at our destination about two minutes or so before the bus was due to arrive at that point.
The dog proofing of the garden had obviously worked as Foxy was still there. We assisted Garon for a while thanks to daylight saving with the cat run that he is building, and stayed for dinner which was great as we both were not looking forward to driving back to Frankston and then producing our own dinner as we were both feeling a bit weary.
Wednesday 18th November 09 Declared a day of rest by our feet.
Thursday 19th November 09 Merry visited the Sunspot clinic
Friday 20th November 09 Finally collected our repaired Microwave oven.
Saturday 21st November 09
Visited Garon/Sue and assisted with the cat run project and then went out with them to St Kilda for lunch on the beach front, and then a walked along the popular Acland road, well known for its Alfresco strip with numerous cake shops included. When we arrived home Foxy was sitting in the driveway outside of the dog proofing. We had notice some strands of the plastic fencing had been damaged before we left but didn't think it affected anything, but how wrong we were. Fortunately she chose to stay beside our car rather than try to find us. The damage is now worse so it was obviously Foxy chewing her way out. Back to plan 'B' for our next trip out without Foxy. We continued with the cat run project later in the day. Melbourne enjoyed its best rain for months during the night.
Sunday 22nd November 09
Still raining hard so the attention was turned to indoor projects such as mounting the clock on the wall and shelves in the fridge recess as the fridge is too big to go in there. The rain cleared after lunch so the cat run became the priority again.
Monday 22nd November 09
Returned to Frankston. Merry received the results of her sunspot tests and was cleared of any problems.
The dog proofing of the garden had obviously worked as Foxy was still there. We assisted Garon for a while thanks to daylight saving with the cat run that he is building, and stayed for dinner which was great as we both were not looking forward to driving back to Frankston and then producing our own dinner as we were both feeling a bit weary.
Wednesday 18th November 09 Declared a day of rest by our feet.
Thursday 19th November 09 Merry visited the Sunspot clinic
Friday 20th November 09 Finally collected our repaired Microwave oven.
Saturday 21st November 09
Visited Garon/Sue and assisted with the cat run project and then went out with them to St Kilda for lunch on the beach front, and then a walked along the popular Acland road, well known for its Alfresco strip with numerous cake shops included. When we arrived home Foxy was sitting in the driveway outside of the dog proofing. We had notice some strands of the plastic fencing had been damaged before we left but didn't think it affected anything, but how wrong we were. Fortunately she chose to stay beside our car rather than try to find us. The damage is now worse so it was obviously Foxy chewing her way out. Back to plan 'B' for our next trip out without Foxy. We continued with the cat run project later in the day. Melbourne enjoyed its best rain for months during the night.
Sunday 22nd November 09
Still raining hard so the attention was turned to indoor projects such as mounting the clock on the wall and shelves in the fridge recess as the fridge is too big to go in there. The rain cleared after lunch so the cat run became the priority again.
Monday 22nd November 09
Returned to Frankston. Merry received the results of her sunspot tests and was cleared of any problems.
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