Saturday, September 23rd

Today we went for a cruise through the hills of Monbulk and Olinda. To think you can travel only 30 minutes, encounter NO traffic lights, and feel like you're 200 miles away from home. We either get out too much or not enough.
We can highly recommend the Olinda Falls a a great destination for a day or an afternoon (kids included, even prams with large wheels are o.k.).
On the way home stop at the Olinda lolly shop, but don't buy Lindt chocolate or jelly belly jelly beans, as they are the same as what you get at Safeway, but cost alot more.
There are alot of things there that you don't get anywhere else though, so it's well worth having a look and spending some cash. How we managed to get out of there with five kids for under $7 I don't know (what a tight *##@!).

It actually felt like a Saturday today: a day off (so... I stopped at work on the way through for 2 seconds! That doesn't count does it?) Had a lot of fun doing some desktop publishing yesterday, and look forward to seeing what response comes of it. Raising standards by doing something new or a little bit different, and then watching to see who follows suit is one of my favourite evil experiments.
Have opted out of the "multi-coloured snakes" for now, and have an short but effective piece of media for a 5 minute childrens missions talk, that was also alot of fun to put together as the boys helped me with the digital photography.

Looking forward to a smooth day tomorrow for church in the a.m. and work in the p.m. And to the "Northeners" arriving down south next week!!

Of course, here are some photos of the day.