Another day catching up with family & friends in the suburbs of Melbourne. We caught the train from Southern Cross station out to Geelong to meet up with another of Anne's cousins. Neither of us had met Peter, or his wife Vicky before, on our travels to Australia or New Zealand. They both hail from New Zealand. and Peter is the brother of Sue, who we stayed with when we were on New Zealand's North Island. Peter met us off the train and took us to their house, which they had only just moved into the previous weekend.
Anne with Peter
The four of us went out for lunch
Back at the house. Anne, with a red rose of Lancashire, given to her by Vicky.
Peter took us on a sight seeing tour of the area. We ended up at Torquay (& not a palm tree in sight) so had to have a picture.
Anne & Peter pose for a picture by the waters edge.
This is where the surfers ride the waves. The beach is on the far side of the bay.
Just half an hour away from Geelong lives one of Anne's school friends, Chris,with his wife June. Anne & Chris had met up at a school reunion in Wigan a couple of years back when Chris was over in the UK visiting family. They have lived in Australia for about 27 years, but still know how to roll out a Lancashire welcome. It was nice to hear someone speaking in the "mother tongue"
Anne & Chris, the only two to turn up for the St. Thomas More school (Wigan), Australia branch reunion. After a lengthy chat & a lovely meal (I sampled my very first oysters. Yummy) our hosts drove us back to our hotel in the city.
Chris,June & myself
Anne & June
It had turned midnight when we said our farewells at the hotel. The following day was going to be a testing one as we head interstate to South Australia.
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