Documenting the melbourne excesses (melbourne 3)

10th October 2006.

the melb trip so far:

19th Oct - called Kelly out of the blue and asked if we could stay overnight. Gareth cooked wicked dinner - aloo gobi and caesar salad. met groovy people, drank beer, liv slept on couch, liz slept in someone else's bed (they weren't in it, luckily for liz).

20th Oct - Met up with Mel K. went to Me gig - OH MY GOD! Kickarse. like, seriously. yeah. stayed at mel and renee's place. ate breakfast at hot poppy, dinner at vietnamese restaurant in brunswick, saw lots of friends.

21st Oct - liz hung out with rick, liv hung out with mel and luke. went out with crazy daz - did the grand prix circuit. coffee at hot poppy, dinner in hardware lant (italian). drinks at croft institute, eurotrash, pony, cherry, section 8

22 Oct 2006 - liz hung wiht rick, liv went to races in puckapunyal. liz - dinner at brasserie, southbank (total bill for table $570 - 4 people, 3 courses, 3 bottles of wine, i glass desert wine each.) also gin palace. liv - stayed in puckapunyal, and went to the Seymour races. champagne, nibbles, yummy food fern cooked. bet on horses and lost. i was seriously peeved - i was so sure "beautiful tiara" would win - i would have got $500.

23 Oct 2006 - liv went for country drive (lunch at cafe in Yea). liz hung wiht rick (yum cha, sushi). both met up with mel and luke. liv cooked brown rice slice for household. liz went to dom and paul's place and had dinner and wines.

24 Oct 2006 - op-shopping wiht marlene. koko black (sundaes - mmmmmmmmmn!). drink wiht mel A. decided to stay an extra few days to see mel perform in aria comp (first prize total $35000 - go mel!)

25 Oct 2006 - liv printed photos and went on fruitless search for cool cushions for mel and renee. liz helped luke and mel wiht setting up mel and renee's loft. dinner with ming at the townie (liv had veg shepherd's pie, liz - chips)

26 Oct 2006 - Liv caught up with ex-crs workmates for morning tea in Glenroy, then liv and liz went to mancuso day spa for facials and massages. liv had reaction to the stuff in facial (not happy). white lotus for dinner (vegan restaurant) - eggplant fritters, chicken sweetcorn soup, tamarind fish, mongolian beef. all vegan of course.

27 Oct 2006 - liv chilled out during the day. liz went to architecture thing at melb uni and had free champagne and nibbles with sarah bridges. liv cooked veg soup for house. damian's birthday - went to alia in north carlton. hung with me boys, mel, luke, etc. adopted mike and darko as our honorary toy boys for the evening. liz vomited in tool box (messy). liv luckily didn't step in it when she came home. whew!

28 Oct 2006 - Ange's baby shower. awesome food! took lots of silly photos. brought leftover food home for house. liz went to dom's place. watched late show dvds.

29 Oct 2006 - luke's birthday and liz and liv's anniversary. coffee at hot poppy. liz hung with rick for the morning. townie festival with me boys and rubicon staff. ate vegie burgers/ fish and chips and watched arias.
* please note - luke and darko are very scary when they play totem tennis while drunk. very very scary.

30 Oct 2006 - (today) breakfast with charles at hot poppy. going to ming's place this afternoon for tea party.

plans: the current version - tea with dom and paul tomorrow.
wed night - see mel A perform in aria comp at hamer hall with luke and mel
leave thurs morning for the next leg of the journey towards ocean shores/ glasshouse mountains/ brisbane.

no wonder we're exhausted!