YARRA VALLEY

We had a great time in the Yarra Valley, it was a Trackers Staff "end of season getaway


We went to some gorgeous wineries and ate SO MUCH yummy food.


Great way to end a season I reckon....

Last Day in Falls Creek

Our last day in Falls Creek and it decides to snow like it has never snowed all season.... to make things worse, we hadn't had snow for over three weeks and warm weather so had figured the skiing was over.... so how badly gutted was DAve that we were leaving that day... PRETTY GUTTED!!

So we got up early and headed out for a couple hours of skiing - followed by several hours of FRANTIC packing...

Followed by some amzing driving from Dave, as we headed down the mountain for the last time and on to the Yarra Valley for the staff trip.

FALLS CREEK MEMORIES

From the top
1: Fireworks after the snowshow... every Wednesday night!
2: Icicles
3: Overlooking accommodation for "irritating guests" - the Hammock
4: I sank
5: A wee little bit of snow outside...
6: Cathe snowboarding down the take-home trail
7: Dave working hard...
8: Ex staffie relaxing on the hammock
9: Zadie, purposely ignoring me.
10: Dan the chef, being attacked by a balloon monster (Sammy)
11: Brian & Dave out on the town, impressing the "ladies"


12: Dave n Rae having fabulous adventures

Birdy Num Nums....

I was amazed by the amount of birds up at Falls Creek - there were so many - but only two varieties to choose from - Kurrajongs and Rosella's.They'd all fly onto our balcony and have a feed if we left some seed out for them, not sure what else they would eat if we and the nearby pub didn't feed them?These little guys were LOUD!! and trying to eat the rubber of our bedroom window frame...
birds: "bang bang" "squark" "bang bang"
me: "shhhhh..."
birds: "?????"
me: "thanks"
birds: "bang bang bang!"

Happy Birthday Dave!

"Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to Youuuu - you look like a monkey and you smell like one too"

It was Dave's Birthday yesterday, we didn't do anything really exciting. Just a quiet day, finishing with a lovely meal at the local RSL in Bairnsdale with our friends Pete n Mandy and the kids.

Mum was pretty organised this year and sent over a cake with Cathe when she visited in August.She said it was to do for both our birthdays - hence the R + D... luckily for Dave I can only eat about 5% of a cake this big, and by amazing coincidence, he can eat 95%.
and although this photo shows him in Falls Creek - we were under strict instructions to check that the cake was ok, and not to wait til yesterday. Dave undertook the duty quite seriously...
There is still some birthday cake left... just not sure if it will still be around for my Birthday in March?