Dear Friends, I thought I would start this Dispatch with a lovely photo of Celia and Cory, who were married at Leonda in Hawthorn yesterday afternoon. Wes took this photo on his phone when Cory was telling Celia how much he loved her. It was a beautiful ceremony, full of wonderful surprises and many words of love and affection between the two of them. They have been together for 11 years and have grown into a caring and loving couple. We were thrilled to have been invited to share their special day, as we have known and loved Celia all her life.
As usual it was wonderful to catch up with the Millmans and Stevensons and their friends and families. We were lucky enough to be sitting at the same table as Lovely, Malcolm & Mate, but conversation was a bit limited as the band was most enthusiastic and had everyone up dancing when they weren’t eating or listening to speeches. Danny gave another memorable ‘Father of the Bride’ speech, and he looked so very proud as he walked Celia down the red carpet behind her 5 bridesmaids.
We left the reception around 10.30pm in the hope that we would arrive back by midnight, which we did. Bilbo and Frodo were very relieved to see us return and happily went back to bed with apples to munch. It was my turn to walk them this morning, but I slept through the 6am deadline and got up in time to take them to the Sunday Market. It was too hot by 8.45am to walk them to Café 3460, so we drove together with Wes, where we shared a wonderful 1 ½ hours with Judi, Michael, Glenn, Gillie, Barbara, John & Jan (just back from a relaxing cruise around New Zealand) & their grandson, Matthew, Terry & Gail (about to go on a relaxing cruise to Vietnam). The conversation was spirited and enthusiastic and, as we were in the back room, to fit us all in, Gail was unable to dominate the table, even though she was positioned perfectly to do so, right in the middle.
Malcolm, his daughters, Delia & Clare, Delia’s husband, Jason & Lovely
Wes spent Australia Day in Melbourne doing some wonderful catching up – he started with breakfast at the Abbotsford Convent with his cousin Glenn Testro – their birthdays are 1 day apart, and they enjoyed reminiscing and sharing some of the stuff Wes has found out while doing the family tree. Then he had lumch with his aunt, Joan Testro, where they dined very well at the ‘Red Mullet Fishcaf’, which rumour has it is owned by James Hird. That night, Wes visited Tom & Deborah to see all the changes they had made to their lovely 2-storey terrace in Carlton and enjoyed an African meal with them, before driving back home. I spent the day pottering around the house, doing chores and Spring cleaning and watching the cricket where possible.
On Friday, I visited Viva, where her legs are getting better and the doctor doesn’t want to see her for another week. She was looking good, thanks to Leanne’s great care. Then I met Loud Gayle, who was also looking good, and we saw Ánother Year’ together at Cinema Nova. The film, Mike Leigh’s latest, is wonderful – great actors, terrific story and gripping from go to whoa.
Greta, Lauren & Elisha, three of the bridesmaids in their Grecian dresses
Me at Rotary two weeks ago – I did get fined heavily
Wes received an email from friends with some very handy hints in it and I thought I would share them with you. I didn’t know that there is a world-wide emergency number for all mobile phones. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your network or if the keypad is locked, you can dial 112 – it is free & works on all mobile phones world-wide. It is the equivalent of 000.
If you lock your keys in the car and the car has remote keyless entry, you can ring from your mobile someone who has a spare set of keys (on their mobile), hold your phone about a foot from the car door or boot and ask the person with the keys to press the unlock button, holding it near their mobile phone. Your car will unlock. We haven’t tried this yet, but I am assured that it works.
A third handy hint is the use of *3370# - if your phone is almost dead, it will get an increase of battery life of 50% and this special reserve will be recharged when you next charge your phone. If your phone is stolen, it would be good to be able to disable it. You need to know your serial number – if you don’t, enter *#06# and your 15 digit serial number appears on the screen. You can ask your service provider to block your phone, so even if the thief changes the SIM card, the phone will be useless.
A final security hint - when using ATMs – if you are ever forced by someone to withdraw money from an ATM, Crimestoppers advise you to enter your PIN in reverse, e.g. if your PIN is 1234, put in 4321. The ATM recognises what you are doing and will still give you your money, but it will also dispatch police to the location. All ATMs carry this emergency sequence by law.
Lovely & Mate looking on as Celia & Cory exchange vows, Pat is on the right.
I have also been meaning to tell you that our resident family of birds has now left the electricity meter, where their little nest still sits and sadly one egg remains. Two chicks hatched and grew big enough to join their parents in the big wide world.
I’ve been having fun finding books on the Internet this week – I have been trying to get the Flaxborough Series of novels by Colin Watson, which were recommended by Graeme Boscoe, who runs the Crime Literature Classes at U3A. 2 of the books have already arrived and the rest are winging their way to me from England. Speaking of U3A, Judi presided over a very successful Orientation Morning, where it was standing room only in the Senior Citizens’ Room at the back of the Daylesford Town Hall this week. There are 33 classes on offer this Term, which is amazing and our membership has never been stronger or more involved. The Chess Group is spreading its wings to include absolute beginners, there is a visit to see Tutenkamen’s treasures, there are films,dance classes, lunches, morning teas galore, and plenty of specialist courses as well.
Joyce & Manny fishing at Tuki – Rob kept telling them to watch their own fishing lines, not the other person’s! They did eventually catch some very yummy trout.
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