explor-age

first some more pictures wooo:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2201759&l=26939&id=121500314


hmm things have been quite busy lately. last week, the last day Joanne and John were here we first went to socatime joeys with Wyatt then we headed for a picnic at Brighton beach.. a gorgeous beach near here... ok maybe not gorgeous but very picturesque due to the row of colorfull boathouses.. the beach itself is covered in jellyfish and there was also a blow fish.
Next stop was the Melbourne botanical gardens, which i will have to go explore some more because i only spent time in the kids section, which was awesome in itself. It's a nice enclosed area that has a fountain that trickles in to a man made tiny river the kids can wander in, there is also a jungle with tall bamboo they can run through.... the kids enjoyed themselves, as did I.
Friday night leslie and i tried to get out of the house, we ventured to L'olivo, Julias desert pizza restaurant she praised, it was very delicious... tons of chocolate and sugar and strawberry's mmmm.
Saturday Leslie and I went out to Williamstown, just a short train ride south-west of downtown Melbourne, in the bay. It was intended to be the capital of the colony, and the town was laid with that in mind in 1837, but a lack of adequate fresh water ment they had to change the city center to Melbourne.Anyway we did many of the walks around the town, saw many historic buildings, walked out to the pier with a nice view on the downtown, and hung out near the shore and on the beach.
Sunday we took a lonnnnggggg subway ride out to the Dandenong ranges (a part of the subway line was closed so we had to take a bus to a stop further down and then jump back on the subway). anyway once there we walked up to the national park and took the 1000 step walk (also know as the Kokoda walk), a steep walk up the mountain through a rainforesty forest, full of ferns and colorful birds. this hike is designed to tell the story of how the Australian soldiers defeated the Japanese Army on the Kokoda trail through signs. it was a very nice but tiring walk. Tired we made our way back home.

This week i have been very busy with the kids, Mel is coaching ultimate frisbee at 4 different schools this week, and her and Jeff also play monday and wednesday night. It's fine though, I enjoy spending lots of time with the kids, going to the park and the library.
Yesterday I went to pick up my pictures that i had gotten developed to put all over my room.. now my room is almost complete. I shall take some pictures of it soon so you guys can see what my living area looks like.
that is all for now.