Juliet's Wedding Snaps

A small selection from the big day courtesy of Juliet and Kevin.

Bevan excited about people starting to arrive



Kelley receiving a horseshoe from Juliet and Kevin's daughter, Mikayla



Popping the corks on the bubbles on the church lawn



Dad, Kevin and Juliet and Kevin's daughter, Mikayla



The May family with their new son in law... aren't they happy about it...



Grandma



Wedding party and partners



Bridesmaid flowers on the head table



Mother of the bride and mother of the groom

The Green Green Grass of Home

We arrived home in mid Dec to a sea of green. Steady, constant rain had left the area looking as green as I have every seen it, plenty of feed for stock and for silage and lots of smiling farmers.

Lambs in the lower pond block



Irrigator going in the former dustbowl that was the top of the bump paddock lamb feed in he foreground



Fat cows pigging out on clover in the calving block

Fence - finished

Finally, after some hiccups with the painting / staining, the fence is finished!

Otways and the Great Ocean Road

We took the Monday off before Melbourne Cup Day to make a 4 day weekend. The weather forecast wasn't flash but the trains were booked so we paked up our gear and took a train west to Colac where we started a 3 day ride through the Otways and along the Great Ocean Road.

Saturday morning wasn't so bad, with more fine periods than showers but it got progressively worse.

First stop, Otway Estate for some mid morning beer tasting.



Typical scene along the way, it seemed that there was so much grass they would bale it up and then forget about it.



Lunch at Gellibrand. This is a photo of the profile of the old rail line. Gellibrand is the lowest point and we had 16km of climbing ahaed of us.



The climb was actually really tough, especially as the rain and the mist closed in.



Kelley on the last stretch of uphill



A welcome break and an opportunity to warm up in this quirky shop / cafe / museum.



The second wettest spot in Australia, wettest in Victoria. Fittingly, there are raindrops on the lense and curious dairy heifers in the background.



Our accomodation that night was not flash but we cranked the heating and dried out a bit. The next morning was still misty and windy but as we descended down to the coast it slowly improved.



Warming up and drying out in princeton, the start of the scenic part of the Great Ocean Road.



Gibsons Steps





Twelve (well, 4) Apostles



Loch Ard Gorge



Typical Ocean Road scene, complete with kangaroo sign



The Arch



The Ocean...



London Bridge, or what is left of it. Used to be another archway to the mainland but it fell down on 14 Jan 1990.



Bikes parked up at 'The Grotto'



The Grotto



Bay of Martyrs and the weather closing in again. Made us speed up to get to our accomodation.



Our B&B for Sunday night which was comparative luxury compared to the night before.



On Monday we only had about 40km to get to Warrnambool which was relatively uneventful. The biggest excitement was a visit to 'Cheese World'. We had about 4 hours to fill in before out train left so we enjoyed a nice lunch and a beer at the friendly RSL club and a wander around town and down to the beach.



Unfortunately, our train wasn't operating so we had to bus back which was frustrating and long. We didn't get back until 9.30pm and had to bike home from town so it was late by the time we got home. Great weekend though, despite the weather and the bus.

Fence construction - Part 2

Now starting to take shape, the first paling..



All the bottom rails on



Palings going on



Starting to look like a real fence

Gold Coast

Like every good Victorian, late winter signalled the chance to head north to Queensland and we chose the Gold Coast for a few days at the theme parks. After a 6 hour wait at the airport following a flight delay, we were finally away. We arrived mid afternoon, took a wander around town, decided that Surfers wasn't much chop and we'd be better off just spend our days at the theme parks. We went to Movie World, Dreamworld and White Water World, which is a water park and part of Dreamworld.

View from the apartment



Superman roller coaster, Movie world. This was the first ride we went on and it was bloody fast and damn scary. After a couple more goes, it wasn't quite so bad



Kelley at Movie World



Me in front of the Bat boat, Movie World



Red kangaroo at Dreamworld



Croc at Dreamworld



Wipeout ride - Dreamworld



Giant drop, Dreamworld. You can see me, terrified, staring straight ahead focused on some point far in the distance. Either that, or I have my eyes closed.



This was probably the worst ride in terms of it not quite behaving like we expected. We went in a carriage together and every time we turned we swung dangerously close to the huge hydraulic arm. This was a 'one ride only' ride. You can see the Claw and the Giant Drop in the background.



The Claw, Dreamworld, a giant spinning swing.



Loq ride, Dreamworld. Boring up until this last slide where you get soaked.



On Sunday we took a day off from the rides and met Josh and Jody who were over for a wedding and went for a drive to Byron Bay. Was very fortunate timing that we happened to be in the Gold Coast while Josh and Jody were over and it was great to catch up.