The past 2 weeks have been blissfully uneventful in comparison to the previous 2 but that is not to say we haven't been making the most of our weekends. The Saturday before last we had a lovely barbie at Niamh and John's house (one of my expat playgroup friends) and the next day we headed into the countryside as Deloitte were hosting a family day at a fun park so more barbequing, rides on hobby horses, Celia went down her first 'big' water slide and she took part in a very early easter egg hunt.
This weekend was a long one as Monday was a public holiday (Labour day) so we went to the Moomba festival on Saturday which is held on the banks of the river Yarra in the city centre. As always this was free, family friendly and packed with things to do - they really know how to put on an event here.
On Sunday we went to Werribee Open range zoo which would have been more enjoyable if it hadn't been for the typical Melbourne weather (set off in blazing sunshine dressed accordingly, 10 minutes outside Melbourne the temperature drops 6 degrees and in the blink of an eye the storm clouds roll in and it pours for the next 3 hours!). Anyway, Celia loved the hippos and Max was a big fan of the wooden variety.
We ventured into the city centre on Monday to attend the Moomba festival parade in the morning and see a bit more of the city in the afternoon. Celia was a bit unsure of the stilt walkers but she loved the Melbourne Museum in the afternoon (once again this is free, child friendly and has stacks to see and do) plus it's next door to the beautiful Royal exibition building and is in cool and quirky Fitzroy so we have earmarked a few bars and restaurants for some return visits.
So a lovely way to spend a few days and appreciated all the more when we got home and witnessed the horrors the poor people in Japan are going through. Feels surreal.
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