We were totally pampered by the Tans the whole 10 days we were there. No cooking for me - yeah! No nagging the kids - they hardly fought because they had other distractions. Ming & Tim hit it off right away, and Erica had Isabel, Connie and Cassie to dote on her. Alphonsus and Ian got Mervin pretty hooked on poker. Justin has trained his kids well, actually ALL his kids play poker including Ming!I'm sure Ren won't be far away. I didn't have to decide what to eat and where to go - Mary had it all planned and under control.
We spent a wonderful weekend at Inverloch with the Tans and the Chongs, and whilst we were there, headed to Philips Island to see the fairy penguins. The children loved it!
We spent a day at the Weribee Open Range Zoo and saw some wild cats way up close.
Had tea at a pretty and quaint tea house called Mrs Marples at Sassafras and then caught the Puffing Billy.
On our final night there, we had an awesome Teppanyaki dinner at a Japanese restaurant.
I musn't forget to mention that we did a fair bit of shopping. Shopping in Melbourne was magnificent compared to Auckland so we got a bit carried away. You will soon see (in summer) the 27kg Kathmandu 6-man tent we brought home all the way from Melbourne because it was clearing at 75% discount off the normal price!