8:30am our journey started as we were headed for Albury, we had lunch in Yass and arrived at 4:00pm. We hit the shops and orgnised some dinner, Elizabeth was so excited that we are going to see all her family memebers tomorrow in Melbourne.
We woke up had breaky and packed the care so that we can start our day and make our way to St Kilda. On the way we stopped in Glenrowan where ed Kelly made his last stance, we had lunch and took heaps of pics. We made our way further down Victoria as we arrived at approx 3:00pm.

On Monday 1st September we went to Southland Shopping Centre and bought shoes, clothes etc. later on we were invited to go to Brian and Leonies for dinner. Elizabeth loved seeing her cousins Michael, Perry, Ella, Romana as its been almost 8 months since we did our last trip to Melbourne. The girls spent time in the boat pretend playing that they were catching fish lol too cute !!Thanks so much for the lovely dinner guys and it was lovely catching up again.

3rd September 2008 - Our 3rd Wedding Annversary we had dinner at home with our family, was very nice, we exchanged gifts and had a lovely night. Leslie I want you to know that I love you so very much and am glad that we are living every moment together with our wonderful daughter Elizabeth xxx

4th September 2008 - Melbourne Zoo Today we ventured to see all the wildlife at the ZOO while Elizabeth was singing Daddys taking us to the Zoo tomorrow Along the way we saw Gorillas, Monkeys, Elephants were we saw the Keepers Fedding them and the Lovely Elephant drank some water and spurted it all over us lol it was funny. We have the video footage so I will get Leslie to upload it. We also saw Giraffes, Zebras, Kangaroos, Emus, wombats and then we saw the Lions Roaring wow they were so loud. Have footage of this too. Overall we had a lovely day and Elizabeth crashed out as we drove home.

5th September we went bowling and yes Elizabeth beat our scores lol Too funny later on we went to Burt Street for Dinner. We saw All the family including Nono. Thank you all so very much for a memorable evening.

6th September we went to the Victoria Markets and shopped away. Bought heaps of things including a CD with music frm the ANDES. later on Mum and Dad organised diner at home with family and friends.

7th September Fathers Day Lunch
Elizabeth woke up giving POP and Daddy their Fathers Day pressie as we had breaky. Later on in the morning we drove to Rippon Lea Estate and met up with Leonie and Brian and the kids for a Picnic Fathers Day lunch. All the dads got a lovely bag full of goodies from the estate they also got a free boat ride and a massage

We toured the house after lunch and met 2 lovely women who like to dress up for these events. They were kind enough to allow us to take this photo and add it to our website. Thanks again for your approval. We then walked around the gardens and later sat down to listen to the band playing music. The kids also had a go on the jumping castle and there was a sausage sizzle going on too !! Overall a very nice fathers day was had by all !! We then left eariler than expected as it began to rain heavily.

8th September Today Romana joined us as we drove to the town Belgrave to catch the Puffing Billy. We travelled through the Dandenong Ranges which was very scenic.

We had fish and chips for lunch and the kids played in the park before we caught the puffing billy back to Belgrave Station. Later on we drove to Marcel and Alida’s house for a coffee.

9th September Leslie’s 36th Birthday Party
All the family gathered today to Celebrate Leslies 36th Birthday. Our sincere thanks go out to Mum and Dad for all the preparation of food and Dessert. We love you both very much and appreciate all that you have done for us over the years. Thank you to everyone who attended and for your lovely presents.

On the night Leslie decided to take photos of us with funny faces here they are!!!