A lovely day

Today was a bit nuts, a great day, awesomely beautiful in terms of things that happened, but awesomely cold too. Melbourne's experiencing a massively cold front.

It was a heck of a wandering planet moment. Sent the car to the workshop to get the transmission problem fixed (thanks in no small deal to some support from the bro), then spent the rest of the day hiking (to not spend money, thanks to this new hole in the pocket for the repairs). From Bayswater where the workshop was I trekked to the base of Mt. Dandenong about 10ks away, and back (had to thanks to the rain), and then to Knox City Shopping Centre to get a rest at Borders (and time to browse around for the latest domesticated acquisition - a fruit blender - smoothies and shakes made at home...woohoo!) . All in all, about 30+kms of walking in the cold, and at times heavy rain...

Best thing is, car came back running perfect! Purring like a tiger again. Good things all round.

...and some pictures.