Lakes Entrance
After the thrills and chills of the alpine area we were on
the road for Victoria and in particular Lakes Entrance where Jim’s mum Ursula
lives. We had a quiet four days catching up on some chores and domestic duties.
Jim was quickly put to work painting parts of the house and pruning some trees.
Will, Kurt and Jordy caught up with a bit of schoolwork
inbetween trips to the local skatepark for some scootering and BMX riding. The
Boys also loved Ursies pets that included Beau the 16yo Belgian barge dog,
Ooshie the cat and Henry the 42 yo sulphur crested cockatoo who arrived at the
Morcoms on Christmas Day 1970. The cat was a favourite but as cats do she
didn’t seem to care whilst Henry was bombarded with talk. Jordy tried to teach
him ‘arrivaderci’, goodbye in Italian and he was calling out ‘Kurt,’ by the end
of our stay.
Jim's mother Ursula and the boys at Lakes Entrance
Whilst in Lakes we also caught with Paul and Karen from
Tassie again as well as Glen and Gwen Dyer who we first met at Barn Hill
Station near Broome. On our way to Melbourne we spent the night with Kate and
Casey McDonald and their boys Lachlan, Gus and Billy who we spent 5 fun days
with at Mission Beach in September. The kids had a ball catching up with each
other and very quickly were running amok on their 5 acre property in Upper
Beaconsfield.
Melbourne.
Kurt and Lachy at the tree house.
Arriving in Melbourne we parked the van at Nikki and Dave
Boels place in Warrandyte. Unfortunately they were not well so we quickly moved
onto Jim’s sister Janes’ house in Camberwell for a few days. Melbourne was as
usual, busy. We caught up with the extended Morcom family at Uncle Kevins house
twice as well as going into the city to see the Myer windows and going to the
MCG to do a tour and visit the Australian Sports Museum also at the MCG. A
highlight was a visit to Bounceinc.com.au a trampolining centre in Malvern
where the kids bounced their heads off for an hour at the most fun place to be
at. Will and Kurt loved the foam pits where they disappeared after several
bunces and Jordy worked hard to master bouncing off your back onto a wall and continuing.
Melbourne as always is hectic and good fun with lots of good times catching up
with family and friends.
Next stop Apollo Bay, uh, oh!
Jim and his sisters Felicity and Jane.
The Myer Christmas Windows
Another little boy spellbound by the magic of Christmas.
On the MCG
Kurt into the foam pit at bounceinc.com
At bounceinc with big cousin Greta
Will into the foam
Jordy in the free jumping zone.
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