Start of a Melbourne fortnight
By way of getting a bit organised on 2 November - and being focussed as the passerine broke wind on 3 November - we pulled out of our drive at 0655. We got to Orbost by 0730 without seeing a single car going in our direction - and very few going the other way. Overall there was very little traffic and we got to 505 in just over 6 hours, including a 15 minute stop at the Yarragon spud shop to grab a few interesting sauces as well as 10kg of Sebago. Temperatures along the way had been interesting. Very warm overnight so it was about 19C as we left home, rising to 21Cas we got to Genoa. By Bairnsdale (0845ish) it was up to 29C. However by the time we left the Latrobe Valley it was down to 22C where it stayed. The apartment was also at 22C. We went shopping in Prahran, making it across Fawner Park despite much of the grass being taken up by flannelled fools. We sat out in the Winter Garden with the louvres open, letting in a very pleasan...