Morgs in Oz

Had a good day Thursday. Jack and Sam weren't working so we decided to make a day of it and head into the city. Managed to leave home by 10.30 (quite a feat in itself with the Boys sleeping requirements!) and visited "The National Sports Museum" at the MCG. It was excellent! Even Will enjoyed it and I did think he may be a bit bored since reading was required!! Had loads of info about all Australian Sports people, especially cricket, so will be a good place to take my Dad when he comes over. The highlight was a little theatre portraying Shane Warne as a hollogram in the MCG changing rooms doing an interview. It was so realistic people go up to him at the end and ask for his autograph! Amazing!

After that ,we went by tram to the new Docklands shopping area (bit like Gunwharf but still work in progress). Would be nice to visit with my girlfriends rather than Sam and Will who really weren't in the mood to appreciate it!

Friday afternoon the table tennis table arrived - hoorah! Alas, instruction-less! Fantastic! We had to walk into Mordi to buy a wrench coz guess what - our tool box is in the container! It's amazing how you take things for granted - until you don't have them! Try ironing work shirts without an ironing board... interesting! But there's just no point buying another one when you know it's arriving in a couple of weeks!

So, eventually managed to build it and even Jack was impressed when he came home from work!

Friday evening we had Dave Gates birthday party and when we got home, Chris had returned, exhausted but in one piece.

Today (Saturday) we have had a relaxing day. Chris and I went for a 5.5 mile run along the beach (not so relaxing!), Sam worked all day and made up 8 bikes earning himself an amazing

$80 (£55)! We have had tennis table contests and watched the AFL final! The latter was pretty nail-biting stuff, between Saint Kilda and Collingwood - neither team having been in the final for over 20 years. Collingwood were leading by over 20 points at the half-way mark, then St. Kilda came back and it ended as a draw 68 - 68! So they have to have a replay next weekend!!!

The other exciting thing we booked today were tickets for the Boxing Day Test at the MCG! What an experience! Then we are flying the next day to Sydney for New Year celebrations for the week - something to look forward to.

Watching the re- run of "I'd Do Anything" (finding Nancy for "Oliver") at the mo! ...