Leaving Albion Park early yesterday morning and heading up Macquarie Pass on a beautiful day, we were glad we were in the car as the wind was ferocious. Such a lovely drive up and over the range, through Robertson and Moss Vale then down to Goulbourn. We followed the Hume Highway through Gundagai and stopped at Holbrook for a cuppa next to the HMAS Otway. It is amazing how long submarines really are!
We continued our uneventful trip till we reached Melbourne, where we battled Saturday afternoon traffic, finally arriving at Elwood.
Sunday, being a lovely sunny day, enticed us for a walk along the foreshore to St Kilda jetty, the markets and Luna Park. It was fairly crowded with merry makers enjoying the lovely weather. On the way we saw people in a park looking up and soon discovered this was the landing zone for tandem skydiving. We watched several groups of 8 descend gracefully and land with great precision near the marker in the park. We assumed this wasn't the instructors' first attempt at skydiving.
Most of the equipment in Luna Park was looking a tad weary and the lack of crowds was a clear indication that popularity had waned significantly from its hey days. The carousel, undoubtedly the centre piece, still looked fantastic. It is the largest carousel in the southern hemisphere and looks spectacular when operating. Unfortunately even this received little patronage with the biggest 'crowd' we saw being four riders.
This shop front in St Kilda caught our eye. We haven't made the connection between the space theme and the hair and nail shop, but they certainly were creative.
After a busy Sunday it was nice to have a relaxing night with John's cousin Grant.
This shop front in St Kilda caught our eye. We haven't made the connection between the space theme and the hair and nail shop, but they certainly were creative.