Hello family & friends!  It was so much fun surprising everyone, hard to keep our visit secret from Dad, though we managed.  We just rocked up to our friends house (boldly assuming we can park and stay during our visit) and so happy to see them all.   Sneakily managed to get our son to turn up there to surprise him and then knocked on doors of family and loved ones seeing their shocked but happy faces.

Wow, when you've been out in the desert, bush and travelling country and beach towns for so long, it's easy to forget how big the big city is!  And you don't get much bigger than Melbourne - massive buildings, traffic, construction, multi lane highways all on a scale we haven't seen for quite a while.

So wonderful to catch up with family and friends we miss so much.  It's weird how we pick up conversation and friendships as if it were only last weekend we saw each other last.  In fact, it was over 16 months ago we last visited.  

Our dear friends of over 20 years, we had the pleasure to share Laura's 23rd birthday dinner, mad hatter tea party.  Then after surprising our beautiful family, we all quickly agreed that we should all do a weekend out at Lake Glenmaggie, Heyfield, just like old times.  And just like old times it was.  

After Glenmaggie farewells, we stopped off at Longwarry for Lola to see her best friend Rosa.  We parked on the side of the road and Pop and Faye called in for roadside dinner while Lola hung out with Rosa.  So much fun seeing Rosa's face when we turned up in the bus and surprised her.  Then off to Dandenong to get some new front tyres and wheel alignment.  Then farewell to our fantastic son Jay before taking off again.  A fleeting visit but so worth it, love you all xxxxx