7th April  Well its about time I added some more to the blog I suppose,so here goes.
We travelled to Hastings on the Mornington Peninsular to catch up with friends of ours, Helen and Brian Hammond. When I was with Caterpillar in NZ I used to consult with Brian on a regular basis and have remained friends ever since. We did a trip around the Western Port area with them, which is on the Eastern side of the peninsular, the Philip Island side and had a nice day.

David with Helen and Brian Hammond at Warneet North Jetty. We ducked in and out of the little beaches and inlets and ended up at the Tooradin Airfield where we had lunch.

A lovely little airport looking out over the bay with a few interesting aircraft in residence. A nice lunch was had by all, then it was back home to the Hammond's, dropping in to a few more Marinas on the way.

The next day the Hammond's had an appointment so we headed off on our own for a tour of the Mornington Peninsular. First stop was Balnarring Beach. Not quite the quality of the Sunshine Coast but nice all the same.

From there we drove across to Rosebud and Rye on the Eastern (Port Phillip Bay) side of the peninsular and had a walk down the Beach at Rye.

Helen is trying the water temp but wasn't tempted,a bit too cold for swimming. You will notice the Jeans and warm clothes, Autumn is definitely in the air down here. We had a sit on the beach in the Sun until it disappeared behind a cloud of smoke.

The smoke from a bushfire some where gave the bay an eerie light and turned it to gold.

We came back to Melbourne on the Thursday and the following day being warm and Sunny again went to the Ringwood lake reserve with some of the family. A nice sheltered place but quite busy on Easter Friday.

Here the Kids are trying to catch leaves from the trees as they fall. Autumn is well on the way.

Even the big kids were joining in
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Well thats enough for one night.
Cheers Helen and Dave