Weekend Assignment

Part of my plan for keeping Ai happy in the limitations of life as a mother at home in a small country township in what is still a foreign country, is to get her out and about at weekends.

- Last weekend, after buying a high speed three whel pram for baby, we did a circuit of the 5Km radius of Albert Park in melbourne, around the Lake, populated by black swans, moorhens and coots.

This forthcoming weekend, we are planning a night out at the remarkable, "back to the Eighties" disco at Doncaster. Hopefullywith friends Thomas, Shelley and Bryan. Then on Sunday afternoon, an appointment at one of melbourne's unique Italian style LA PORCHETTA retaurants. We plan to encounter for the first time, Peter from Perth, who is enquiring about

his chances of meeting Ai's friend, Lulu from Tacloban!

June 9, 2008

A walk with baby around Albert Park Lake.

Pictures from the Phone....

The resolution is not great.

On my Nokia 2300 in low light conditions, not perfect.

.... But a photo image does not necesarily improve with greater definition.

Distortions can add mood and drama....

The Landscape at Lara

We are 60 Km West of Melbourne.

The landscape becomes flat.

But there is a low range of hills near lara, called the You Yangs.

The name means the mountain in the middle of a plain.

The Western Plains go for a thousand miles.

Almost endless.

Kangaroo territory.

More!

More!

Want some pictures?

Well......it's a combination of cute baby shots, sexy Aileen and me looking a bit dumb....

Saturday night at the dance night.....

More about this later....we are heading to Doncaster.....a chance to dress smart and move to the music!
In a big space, called The ShoppingTownHotel 12 miles East of Melbourne city, there is this Saturday night dance scene with lights and pulsating music.
Unusual now, as the disco craze has become a thing of the past.
For the teens and early twenties there are fifty places in Melbourne called "clubs", where the music is the very latest and the "look" is younger. They fill up around midnight.
Sadly the "old guys", age 28 and over, are not venturing out so much, at home with their plasmas and their delining, inflated lifestyles, their overpriced homes. So many of the discos have closed.
Maybe Ai and I feel at home with this somewhat "retro", older group.

Yes, we had fun, stepping it out, and meeting up with Thomas, a man Aileen located on "CherryBlossom" website, and who has been corresponding with her friend, Angie, in Tacloban.
--- I will post some photos later