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Sunday, 21 January 2018

Daylesford Summer Dispatch - Sunday, 21st January 2018


We had a huge day last Sunday, starting with breakfast at The Good Food Store, which is very popular with locals. I couldn’t fault the service, but my eggs with smoked salmon was lukewarm & unappetising, although Warren enjoyed his porridge & Barbara was pleased with her pancakes. When we arrived around 8.50am it was quiet, but by 10am the noise level was just too much to cope with. This week we are off to try Daylesford Health Food & Organics Café & I’ll report on it next Sunday.

After breakfast, we got changed, gave Bilbo a bone & drove to Melbourne for the 1st One Day International Cricket game between Australia & England at the MCG. There was no parking in or around the ground, so we parked in Flinders Street & walked down & into the MCC (Melbourne Cricket Club), where we were meeting our Pom friend, Paul Jackson & his Aussie mate, Rod McDonald.


Wes having a glass of red in the Blazer Bar before our friends arrived.

We enjoyed an entertaining Australian innings with quite a few sixes, then headed to the Hugh Trumble café, where we demolished two bottles of MCC shiraz & enjoyed fish & chips, pot pie & chicken meals. I then took Paul & Rod on a quick tour of the MCC & Paul had his photo taken in front of the banner celebrating Alastair Cook’s 244# in the Melbourne Test.


We came back to see England play their best cricket of the tour, with Jason Roy hitting a record 180 to steer the Poms to a well-deserved victory, much to Paul’s delight.  (I must confess we were thrilled to see him so excited & didn’t begrudge him the win for a second). We left early in the hope we would get home before midnight, which we did & were warmly welcomed by Bilbo, who had missed us, even though Judi had very kindly popped in at 5.30pm & fed him.


Bilbo sunning himself while Wes gardens in our backyard

We were all exhausted on Monday, and spent a very quiet day at home. Nick Massaro came to give me my monthly massage, and I had a few home chores, but otherwise amused myself watching the tennis (Australian Open) & the Big Bash League that night.
We were full of energy on Tuesday and I headed off to early gym, where 13 turned up, much to Barry’s amazement. Wes spent hours in the garden & everywhere is looking good again after the rain last week.


This week’s vase of roses

Dot & I met for Mah Jong for the first time this year at Muffins & More & when we were finished, John & Wes came in to join us for lunch & a chat, which was great. Wes had spent the morning with Barbara, accompanying her for a big supermarket shop, which isn’t easy to do on your own in a wheelchair.

On Thursday we drove to Geelong where we had a cuppa with Kathy & Ged Lazzaro before they head to Mexico for the church wedding of their daughter, Jessica to her husband, Eri. We went to their Melbourne wedding in October last year. It should be a wonderful experience & they are making the most of their time over there.


We then caught up with Ken & Geraldine Wilson – Ken was Town Clerk of Brunswick when Wes was on Council & Mayor for 2 years in the early 80s. The last time we saw them both was in 2003, when Wes was Mayor of the Hepburn Shire & they were part of a Probus group that visited Daylesford. Ken has recently turned 80, and had a heart attack around that time. He is looking in excellent health now, but he & Geraldine have decided it is time to downsize from their big family home in the outskirts of Geelong. We had a most enjoyable time with them, catching up on their news over a long lunch at Ken’s club, Buckley’s, in Breakwater.

It was a very hot day and we were pleased to find Bilbo in good spirits & cool when we returned. These past few days have been far hotter than we like & we are so sorry to see the tennis players at the Australian Open in such strife when the temperatures on centre court are awful.

Wes had hoped to catch up with his second cousin, Kim Barker, who is in Melbourne for a few days with her family, but had to cancel a trip to see her on Friday night because of the weather. Trains were unreliable in the heat & he was worried about leaving us with the threat of fire around.

We’ve walked early with Bilbo & let him have a swim wherever there has been water, which has cooled him down & the air-conditioning has kept us sane during the hot days & nights. We’ve watched the tennis & cricket & made sure we are all drinking lots of water.



20 years ago – Copeland Trophy – Karen, Shar & Gayle!

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