The Melbourne Vortex

We have managed to find a vortex in the southern hemisphere to be sucked into for the Easter weekend. We arrived at Sohkiak and Rachid's house in Melbourne on Good Friday at about 5 pm. We have been out briefly, once to the "bottle shop" (read liquor store) and once to the supermarket since we arrived. Other than that, it has been all about sitting around chatting, eating and doing various things on the computer. We had an Aussie barbeque last night which involved several kinds of sausages as well as lamb and kangaroo meat. We also barbequed eggplant, zucchini, giant mushrooms and onions. Needless to say, we are heating it all up again for supper tonight. It has been just what our family needed after two weeks in the car. We will probably try to force ourselves to make a foray into the city tomorrow, possibly to a museum or something....