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Apr 21 Melbourne
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After breakfast, Cynthia and I take the train into Melbourne to see Simon’s sculptures in 101 Collins Street. The office building is the “Fifth Avenue” of Melbourne, so the Bulgari jewelry store down the street has two guards dressed as… Continue reading
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Apr 20 Melbourne
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During brekkie, Jim and Jenni show us photographs of the sheep farm they bought and renovated and lived in about a light year in the past: fifty-plus acres and more than 100 sheep and a variety of other animals. Then David… Continue reading
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Apr 19 Sandy Point to Williamstown
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Sadly, the Big Chill must end and after brekkie we pack, load into Jim and Jenni’s car to return to Williamstown — leaving David Williams to burn trash and find the Tiger snake, and Helen to catch a bus to… Continue reading
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Apr 18 Sandy Point
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David runs along a typical twisting-through-the-forest-along-the-edge-of-the-water path to an inlet, watching for koala and Tiger snakes. None. The tide is out so the inlet is a mud flat about the size of four baseball fields. Several pelicans, a dozen black… Continue reading
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Apr 17 Melbourne to Sandy Point
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Tuesday morning continues our string of basically beautiful weather. After caffeinating we load David and Helen’s diesel Range Rover, get $225 of gas poured into its two tanks, and motor about three-plus hours to Sandy Point, a beautiful beach community… Continue reading
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Mar 22 Melbourne
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Treasury and Parliament buildings and the Immigration Museum David runs down Bayview and turns left, toward the town beach where a dozen bathers of all ages, some in scuba gear, others in thongs, swim in the pre-dawn bay, and a… Continue reading
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Mar 21 Melbourne
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Federation Square tour, Ian Potter building of NGV, walk along the Yarra and see Rod Laver Arena, pub dinner. David runs as instructed down Bayview to the water where he turns right and jogs on a path along the shoreline,… Continue reading
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Mar 20 Christchurch to Melbourne
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Fly to Melbourne and see Jenny and Jim for the first time in about 40 years. We wake at 3:30 in the morning, hurriedly put on clothes and take our bags to the street where we are picked up by… Continue reading
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