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.

Neil Richardson's Funeral

 Rhondda's brother Neil died after a short illness fighting a very aggressive cancer.  Graeme and Rhondda came and stayed so they could attend the funeral that was held yesterday.  It was a well crafted ceremony celebrating the end of a life well lived with all the family participating and many friends attending to support the family.

Outdoor Market

 The Council decided to run an experimental community Outdoor Market over a 3 month period.  The first of three was run last night in the Britannia Mall in Mitcham.  There were tables and chairs set out across the whole area with shops and food carts providing the sustenance and a number of entertainers to add interest.  We arrived early but the place was packed with car parking at a premium in the surrounding streets.

Clive Comes Of Age

 We have known Clive for many years and I was his "Best Man" when he married Jan.  He had a celebration of his 80th birthday on Sunday with a gathering of family and friends.  It would be nice to think we had not changed much but the photographic evidence proves otherwise.