Cradle Mountain

 Adam, Kate Brett, Cathy and their friends Paul an Jen had been planning a trip to Cradle Mountain for some time.  The weather at the mountain is notoriously fickle so they were very lucky to strike benign conditions for their visit.

Lake House Receives Guests

 Mark has been working on the interior of the Lake House doing plaster work and painting.

It has now accommodated guests for a weekend so the systems are up and working.

The walls now have their final colours in the Family Room.

Season Ends

 We watched Lachlan in his final game for the current season.  Jack was ill so he missed his final game as Coach. The boys worked hard but unfortunately they were outgunned on this occasion.  So we now look forward to a new team and a new season.

Cousin Catchup

Twice a year, Claire meets up with her cousins for lunch.  She is lucky only having to travel into Southern Cross station but Glenda travels 4 hours by bus each way from Cohuna, and Valerie travels about 90 min by train from Trafalgar. 

Claire's Birthday Celebration

 Lisa and Mark invited the family over for a celebration of Claire's 78th birthday.  Despite predictions the rain held off for a wonderful relaxed evening.  Well, it was relaxed for the attendees but Lisa, Mark and the boys worked hard all night!

The cake was a great opportunity for a family photo but as Cathy was the photographer, she was (photographically) MIA.

The Cross Fit Crew

 With Adam, then Brett then Lisa and Jack and Cooper all attending the Cross Fit Gym, they may soon be arranging a takeover.

A New Era For Patrick

 Patrick has been assigned to the Austin Hospital as the base for his medical training. He has started and will spend progressively more time at the hospital as training proceeds.

Cooper Prepares

 It is important to be appropriately dressed for the School Swimming Sports.  Cooper had it all sorted.

Claire's Birthday

 Claire had walked past "Afloat" many times and decided that we would check it out for her birthday this year.  The restaurant is built on a large barge in the Yarra just south of Flinders St Station.

We went for drinks and tasters and the food was excellent.

Another Year Gone

 The old "Youth Group" had our annual February meetup on the annex of the Church where we all met over 60 years ago.  Numbers were (sadly) reduced again this year and all of us had a few extra aches and pains.  On the positive side we all enjoyed our time together and the fact we can still do so.

A few courageous souls braved the BBQ between rain showers and Gavin and Chris brought a large batch of their scones with jam and cream which is now an established tradition.

Peter Stockman was the Minister of the Church when we all met and was the reason we all formed such a strong bond so it was great to see him being able to attend despite him being 96.  We all had a look around the Church that had been modified over the years but was essentially in the same form.