Our last pennant game today....we won, on our home course as we should have...7 teams competed in Division 4 and we came in 4th. I won 4 out of the 5 games I played. We were a great team, lots of fun and laughs and Lisa D was a terrific captain. 

From the left ...Kelly, Kerrie, Kristen, Joanne, Anne, Lisa D, Jeiun and me. Linh and Janet were also part of the team but not present for the photo. We are all eager to play again next year.

 

Our view has changed...several trees have been removed due to the realignment of the men's tee on the second hole...

A glorious still morning , ideal for golf. Pete and I enjoyed our game with Doris and Glenda D...

New bedside lamps in our bedroom....Chris and Michelle have these lamps in the guest room in Melbourne and Pete and I thought they would look good in our bedroom...we ordered them on line and picked them up from the post office when we arrived home. 

 

Beautiful light at the beach this morning...

 

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  Before we left for the airport...we had such a relaxing visit to Melbourne, enjoyed every minute of it...so nice to spend time with Michelle.
  
  
  

  
  

  I really like this photo...such nice smiles...

  
  

  

  
  

  I think Michelle made us laugh....

  
  

  

  
  

  On our way ....

  
  

  

  
  

  What I love the most when flying...the clouds....

  
  

  

  
  

  These looked spectacular shortly after we had left Tullamarine airport.

  
  

  

  
  

  ...the coast line ...

  
  

  

  
  

  I always appreciate an ice cream!

  
  

  

  
  

  Over WA now...

  
  

  

  
  

  ...salt lakes...

  
  

 

I'm loving the Melbourne trees...so colourful....on our walks with Monty.

Before Michelle left for work...looking lovely and so professional in her suit.....

Altona Coastal Park....

 

Good morning Monty...

There are still many colourful trees ....we enjoy seeing them all on our walks with Monty in Newport.

And there are many creative gardens on the verges ....

Was so excited to visit Chadstone Shopping Centre...the last visit was years ago...it is the biggest shopping centre in Australia

Pete and I weren't at Chadstone for the shops ...we were there to see HOME - An Exhibition by Rone....Rone is known for his large scale installations created within abandoned and forgotten buildings. Pete and I saw one of his exhibitions in Perth some time ago and we were so enthralled with what we saw. Rone combines portraiture, interior, sound and atmosphere to create emotionally charged environments that blur the line between art, reality and storytelling. This immersive exhibition reconstructs a Chadstone shopfront as a familiar yet disquieting Australian weatherboard house. Visitors step inside a space that feels once intimate and nostalgic where materially rich time-worn interiors sit in contrast to the controlled architecture of the centre.

HOME is experienced as a 20 minute walk through, allowing audiences to fully absorb the detail, mood and emotion of the space at a considered pace. 

There was so much that brought back memories of our childhood.

The first room at the front of the house...a main bedroom...I think I had one of those paintings of the ballet dancers....

...the formal lounge room...

....the small objects in every room were so interesting...

I thought this little piece was beautiful...Tash would love it too...

...the hallway...some beautiful old paintings hanging there...

Probably the room that we gave the most attention to was the kitchen...my goodness we saw so many familiar items that we hadn't seen since we were children.

In his installations Rone frequently paints hauntingly beautiful women.

...the dining room...a very familiar tablecloth...

...and a very old piano and some very old sheets of music...what an experience...I hope we get to see more of Rone's exhibitions. Rone's real name is Tyrone Wright...

We did do a little shopping too.

 

A beautiful Sunday morning ...Pete and I decided to visit Footscray Park...an walk along the Maribyrnong River with Monty...We could take him off the lead and he had a fabulous time ...

I have been seeing these flowers often from the car and wondered what they were... the plant is called Torch Lily...

We walked down one side of the river and then back up the other side...in the distance you can see the Flemington Racecourse stands.....

...it was such a still morning....

...quite a few people out on the river in their canoes...there is an Amateur Canoe Club in the park....

A bonus...we were able to see the Flemington Racetrack ...neither Pete nor I had been to Flemington Racecourse before...

Michelle is home from London, so happy to see her....

Paul and Jeremy joined us for dinner so they could catchup with Michelle and hear all about her trip to London and France...we all had a nice time I think.