Christmas in July!!!!

What a busy weekend!!! 

Friday night after work we go for drinks with someone that Darren works with who is leaving Axa.  He's moving to the UK and it kind of feels like we're swapping lives - it's not that long ago that we were feeling exactly the way he was as he says goodbye to his friends.  After wishing him well, Darren, Diane and I head to Festival Hall to see the amazing Kasabian - yet another British band that has come to Melbourne!  Excellent gig and home by midnight - it's too easy here!

Saturday night we go round to Gill and Chris's for Christmas in July!!!!  Yes, Christmas!  It's a funny thing here but they like to have a cold Christmas as well as the usual one - so they have two!  Gill and Chris had gone to town with the Christmas decorations, and we felt very welcome tucking into lovely food and generally being spoilt!!!

On Sunday, Mark, Emma, Mabel and Kieran arrive to pick us up bright and early at 7am for a day trip to Mount Baw Baw!  The drive is around 2.5 hours from Melbourne, and right up until entering the resort it's hard to believe that there will be snow!  But there was......and wrapped up warm there was plenty of fun to be had....

We ran Melbourne!

Sunday - the day of rest!  Not for us on July 18th 2010.  Up at the crack of dawn, we headed to the city to 'Run Melbourne'.    It's the first and largest participation event in Victoria and runs through the streets and parks of Melbourne.

Darren and I did the 10km event, but it felt a lot longer!  We were lucky to have the sun with us, but there was a chilly breeze which made it a cold wait to start!  It was a tough course with many hills, but we'd set ourselves the target of completing it in less than an hour and we crossed the finish line in 57 minutes and 17 seconds, so we were chuffed!

I think that around 18,0000 people participated and over a million dollars was raised for charity, so it was great to be part of it.  We couldn't take the camera with us so there aren't any pictures of us I'm afraid - although maybe that's a good thing!

After the run we met up with friends in St Kilda for a well deserved lunch in a beachside cafe - and the heavens opened!  So glad the run was in the dry in the morning!