I have lost my rhythm since I came back from Mum's place and it has been so busy that I have let the blog slide. Is that good or bad I wonder? Good because I am active and engaged in a lot of activity or bad because I am not giving myself time for reflection or just plain quirt time. I think the latter. I have been up to Ballarat an historic, provincial town about an hour and a half west of Melbourne. My friend Janine and I decided to use our free Metro train ticket that is given to Seniors in Victoria annually to go to Ballarat to see the Archibald portraits. It is a National art competition for the best portrait of a notable or interesting person. They are usually fantastic and the exhibition travels the country and in particular to provincial towns. It was so easy by train and therefore relaxing for me as I usually drive. Janine has not got a car since returning from living in Hing Kong. We enjoyed the sensation of being tourists and seeing the town from an outsiders perspective. Ballarat was the centre of the richest goldfields in the world during the 1850's gold rush. They still mine around the area but mainly small scale. The buildings are evidence of the wealth that flowed through the town because they are really grand.
After that we headed home to Melbourne to top off the day with drinks at the rooftop bar Siglo which overlooks Parliament House.
I later went off to a Camino meet up dinner and then it has been a rolling rush towards the cruise.
I have finished marking all my student's work, took the final exam and then deposited all at work to be entered into the new system.
Jane and I are every day more pleased to be free from Box Hill and its negative vibes. We had her final farewell dinner at last and Lynne and I bought her this fabulous collectible three d printed necklace. She was thrilled with it. We went to the ingot jewellery gallery that I had visited with her when we all went to lunch at Naked in the sky tapas bar and restaurant.
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