Animal antics

Well its been a busy old week this. We started off last Tuesday with the Melbourne Cup. Jinxy lived up to his name again as we failed to back a single winner (mind you, I seem to repeat this habit regardless of who happens to be at the races). None the less, Darren still gets the blame. We splashed out on good seats this time and while a considerable time was still spent at the bar or the bookies, at least when the race was on we could actually see some horses rather than 40 odd womens hats blocking the course! Darren's head managed to collect most of the sun's rays that day though - resulting in a nice blistered noggin for the remainder of his trip! Oh how we laughed. Next we covered off Melbourne Zoo where some little 'oik spoiled the day by helping himself to the cars sat nav..... via the window. Told you it was the land of the criminals ! Old habits die hard clearly. A few days later and we were off to Ballarat for the obligatory 'feed the Kangaroos & hold the Koalas.... Oh, and then more animal antics as Darren, Maxine & the kids went to Mt. Dandenong which is a few Kms from our place to take in the views over Melbourne and to feed the wild exotic birds. Uncle Darren has now departed, having taken in most of Australia's wildlife and lots of its beers.