A few weeks ago, I wrote about the gorgeous children’s book, Little Dog and the Christmas Wish, and that this book was chosen as the theme for the famous Myer Christmas Windows in Melbourne. It was an honour made even more special by the fact that 2015 was the 60th anniversary of the Christmas windows! […]
One of my 2015 challenges was to ride into the city…we are lucky to be near one of Melbourne’s great bike tracks and my husband rides it often. I have never ridden it, but have walked parts of it over the last year or so. The next few days are going to be too hot […]
If you live in Melbourne, you will know about the famous Myer Christmas windows in the city…this year is their 60th Anniversary, and the popular children’s book Little Dog and the Christmas Wish was chosen as the theme. Sadly, we haven’t been able to get close to the windows but on the weekend, we were […]
So, today is my birthday…another year survived with only a few bumps along the way! Which also it means I am officially in my mid forties…yep, I am now 45…how on earth did that happen? It is so true that when you get round this age, you begin to wonder where did the years go…and […]
This morning we got up and out of the house way too early for a Sunday but it was all for a good reason…we were heading into the city to take part in the City2Sea! We paired up with another couple…the guys, both who had PSC and subsequent liver transplants, ran the 5kms…us girls were […]
I love the fact that although I have lived in Melbourne all my life, there are still things I am discovering that I had no idea existed…and this is one of them. The Federation Bells consist of 39 bronze bells created to celebrate the centenary of Australia’s federation in 2001. Both the bells, and Birrarung […]
We love tea, so we love to find tea houses that allow us to indulge in some high quality tea, and chat with people who understand that it isn’t all about just a tea bag thrown into some hot water. So it was with excitement that we discovered a tea house in the leafy eastern […]
I adore colour…bold, bright colour…and I like to wear colour whenever possible, although I admit I still occasionally drift into the Melbourne uniform of all black. But when I heard about this book, I felt it would be right up my alley, so to speak….and it was. In fact, I reserved a copy at our […]