Going for a Drive along a Great Ocean Road
We who live in Queensland had a long weekend. Because we love the Queen apparently, we got a second day off this year. Thank you Queenie. Others would have argued we should have just come out and admitted it was to just mark the end of football season. With the end of both the NRL and the AFL it was a big weekend. Heck in Brisbane there was even the end to the Brisbane Festival going on. The big fireworks event for the year! I missed the fireworks. So instead of thanking the queen, watching explosives, and sitting down to watch football I went for an extra long weekend in Melbourne. Took a few extra days, and a flight down south to see off a German friend Vanessa back home. Somehow I managed to go to Melbourne the weekend of the AFL Grand Final, and all I saw of it was the very wet parade the day before the match. That was fine with me. I could miss one. After all I had a German leaving the country on the Sunday. And she needed to see the Great Ocean Road in her limited time i...