-friday was Halloween which we didn't think was celebrated in Australia but apparently it is slowly being built up with the years. In our neighborhood you had to put an orange balloon in your front yard to let people know they could come to your house for candy. Wyatt was wearing his cool skeleton sweatshirt so we went to one house to get some candy on our bike ride.
-we went to the collingwood childrens farm on the weekend. not as exciting as the experimental farm. we got our dose of flies (maddy likes to chant "bug fly" when one lands on her)
-the children love their bike rides, we pretty much go everyday for 40 minutes bike rides around the neighbourhood (and by bike rides i mean Wyat on his trike and and the twins on their ride ons)
-the weekend was spent searching at op shops and chadstone for hair pieces for the melbourne cup. Stores like Myers were selling hats and hair pieces for 50-to like 500$ it was crazy.. a little headband with a few flowers and feathers could cost up to 250$. ayeeee
-Race day was amazing!!! It started off at 9 am with some 6$ white wine out of a coke bottle on the train to the Flemington Race Track grounds, it was followed by bottomless cups of champagne till 6pm, when we left to go have some beers at first the Carleton
patio and then the sweatshop for a last glass. It also consisted of betting 2$ on a horse (C'est la guerre), chosen because of his name... apparently you can bet for winning one of the top 3 spots or just first.. we jut chose first cuz the race was about to start and we didn't know what we were doing.. he ended up coming in 3rd.. oh well. it also consist of dressing up and watching others walk by in their fancy hats, shoes, dresses, or standing out with odd suits (santa clause, jail, sun flower suit etc). We met up with some people from Jeffs work who ended up being quite a riot."thank you for coming"-tuesday nov 11th: I went to see the remembrance day ceremony at the Australian war memorial which i both enjoyed and steamed at (it has been HOT lately).The governor attended as well as horses that put on a show. the salvation army was giving out drinks and snack at this massive event ( i found it odd and something that would never happen in ottawa... i guess maybe because of the heat they need to keep these ppl alive?). I then ventured for a tour of the royal exhibition ( a historic site), but the tour was shortened due to students witting exams in the halls!! Last but not least were 2 organ concerts i attended at the town hall. one was classical music and i was very impressed by how much skill it must take to play this instrument, i don't think i've ever seen it played before. Lastly was a concert put on by the Melbourne university students that combined the organ with computer sounds.
-today we went to the outdoor pool. yes thats right OUTDOOR!
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