How was it? It was wet. Our long awaited Canberra Day weekend road trip was a bit wet. However....
5.35am, Friday morning we set off, pausing for breakfast in Yass.
A long, long time later, we ended up at Point Lonsdale. It's a long way from Canberra. A great spot for a holiday, if you live in Melbourne - it has a bit of a Pearl Beach feel to it. Lovely old houses, nice big beach with no waves and lots of rock pools. Perfect for sandcastles and splashing and exploring. Claire and Eliza saw a stingray while pottering around. Great fronds of kelp and other weeds. A good way of taking up Saturday morning.
Saturday afternoon on the other hand looked a bit like this:
Thunderstorms and rain outside, and a huge hailstorm in Melbourne, which caused lots of damage and flooding.
Sunday was Cats day - the purpose of the visit. We got dressed up in our finery and headed into Melbourne.
A trip to the toilet with the best view in Melbourne (the 35th floor of the Sofitel Hotel) and then lunch at a cafe,
before seeing the show at the Regent, a gorgeous old theatre with lots of gold and curly bits. Cats was great and the kids enjoyed it thoroughly.
Afterwards a tram ride to Malvern to have dinner at Eliza's grandparents house, with various artworks created using Ben's artists materials (look out for a letter).
Monday was home day, and of course the sun shone. So another frolic on the beach in the morning,
then packing the car for the long drive home.
Here is one of our rest stops at Holbrook, home to a huge submarine, of course.
Thank goodness for Paddington bear on audio book, it got us through some sticky situations. The trusty Nimbus held us all and never missed a beat. And it was lovely coming home through Gundagai and the edge of the Riverina seeing all the water in the paddocks.
Home now to get everyone ready for camp this week. A big wet weekend, but it was a lot of fun. And yes, we are all still friends.
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