One big bonus of having a daughter who decides to disappear to the other side of the world is that it provides the perfect excuse for a family holiday! Seeing Mum, Iain and little bro Owen appear through arrivals at Melbourne airport was a very strange experience - so far away one day and here the next! In 3 weeks we managed to pack in all sorts of adventures and several thousand kilometres!! First stop was Albert Park, Melbourne for the Australian F1 Grand Prix. Loud, exciting and impossible to take a pic that actually catches a car! Next stop was Ballarat where we visited Sovereign Hill and learned a little about gold-mining but, unfortunately, we didn’t manage to find our fortune. We also hopped into Ballarat wildlife park and met some very friendly kangaroos!
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