Kiama - again

Last weekend we headed off with Ian and Susan to Kiama again. When we were there a few weeks ago we saw ads for a Jazz and Blues weekend and decided to grace them with our presence. Susan did a great job picking our lodgings - we had a 2 bedroom townhouse which is just across the road from the town beach (we swam both mornings) and just a few minutes walk from town.
Saturday evening we went out for tea to a favourite Italian restuarant where a group even older than us was playing...
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On Sunday after our swim we went to the Catholic church just across the road from our accomodation where an A capella gospel group was singing, then lunch - we set ourselves a cracking pace!
Then we whiled the afternoon away listening to free concerts in the park.

A great weekend - completed by Monday morning and work....

The Ninetieth

Last weekend we left home far too early to venture to the deep south to Geelong for the ninetieth.
Lunch was at a small restaurant called the Strawberry Patch. There were around 20 of us and we celebrated with all the gusto we could muster (a quick tally suggested in total we have more than a millennium between us).
This photo may dispel the doubts of those who do not believe it possible to have all that accumulated wisdom in one place.



Just to show there were some youngsters there as well here is the extended family.



.... and the birthday boy!



It was a great day and the guest of honour proved that the passage of ninety years has not diminished his wit, his sense of humour nor his capacity to relate easily to all.