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Sunday, 1 April 2018

Daylesford Easter Dispatch - Sunday, 1st April 2018



Dear Friends, once again, I can’t thank you all enough for the support you have given us & Paun & Brian during the past two weeks since we learnt that their home & business had burnt down in Tathra. I have been inundated with requests for the website to donate, so here it is - https://uk.gofundme.com/support-the-fells

Like most Australians, we were shocked & embarrassed to wake up on Sunday morning & discover our team had been cheating by tampering with the ball. This is such a dishonest & stupid thing to do, which has undone years of sportsmanlike behaviour under much better captains than Steve Smith. I am pleased that Cricket Australia has taken swift action & hope that the three players involved can begin the process of healing, which is always easier when you apologise and accept responsibility.


Stunning photo of Lake Daylesford taken at dawn by Robyn Lawrence
It’s been a busy week for us both leading up to Easter. I seem to have had heaps of appointments to keep, as well as visiting Leanne in Strathmore after gym on Monday.

Wes took Barbara shopping, but has mostly been offering TLC as she has been unwell with a cold, no doubt caused by the changes in weather. These cold nights & warm days can play havoc with our bodies!

On Thursday he drove his sister, Denise, and her partner, Barry, to Sunbury, where they had an appointment & enjoying spending time with them both & catching up on their news & activities.

We spent Good Friday the way we like to – a sleep-in, Hot Cross buns, a drive to Macedon to see the Honour Avenue trees in their Autumn glory, followed by a drive up Mount Macedon & a walk with Bilbo to the Cross at the top. We came home via Castlemaine, but their trees weren’t a patch on those in Macedon. Rob & Dene delivered more home-made buns for afternoon tea & we finished our day with seafood stir-fry & rice, while watching Day 1 of the final Test in South Africa.


Macedon trees in Autumn
   

Bilbo keeping an eye on everything

During the week, Wes heard from the Daylesford Cinema committee that they are optimistically planning for the new Cinema to be open for business on the first weekend in August. We do miss the convenience of being able to walk there to see a film, as Ballarat is a 40 minute drive.

Yesterday we headed to Melbourne for the footy. We had planned to meet up at Docklands with Ben Lazzaro & his son, Jack, to watch Carlton play the Gold Coast Suns, but just as we parked our car in Flinders Street, Wes received a message to say that Jack was unwell & wouldn’t be going to the footy.

As we were early, Wes suggested a quick yum cha, so we headed across to Little Bourke Street & my favourite Chinese café, 369, previously Yum Cha Café. We walked in to discover my brother, Peter, his wife, Anka, & their friend, Gary, seated there enjoying yum cha. We were so delighted to see them & to discover that Peter & Gary were off to see Collingwood play Greater Western Sydney at the MCG later that day (as were we). We joined them & were able to catch up on the latest news of Paun & Brian & Rohan, as they had stayed with Peter & Anka overnight in Canberra last week on their way to Bryon Bay, where they had work over the Easter weekend.

Eventually we left them & caught the tram to Docklands, where Carlton were 3 goals behind in the first quarter. It didn’t get any better & at three-quarter time, we left, along with many other Carlton fans, to catch the train to the MCG, where we arrived just as the teams were running out through their banners.

Apart from an horrific injury to Tim Broomhead, who broke his leg when he collided with a goal post, the Pies enjoyed a good first half of footy & kept in touch with the highly-fancied Giants. Tom Scully of the Giants fractured his ankle & was also stretchered off & taken to hospital.

At half-time, I met up with David Lazzaro, who was sitting on the other side of the ground & we both agreed, that while we didn’t think Collingwood would win, we were proud of their performance. The lead seesawed in the last quarter, but the Giants were too good & won by 16 points in the end.

We are looking forward to breakfast this morning & wishing everyone a Happy Easter. Daylight saving finished today & the extra hour’s sleep came in handy after our big day out!

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