Ballarat

You have probably never heard of Ballarat in Australia. Neither had we. This city is about 1 hr north of Melbourne and have approximately 100 000 inhabitants, among them Daryls mum, Gwen.

Ballarat is his hometown and when staying in Brisbane he spoke so warm about it and the main attraction there, Sovereign Hill, that we decided to check it out.

We stayed with Gwen who took so good care of us that we stayed longer than first planned. She drove us around everywhere, made delishes meals for us, and we got to sleep in Daryl's old bed witch even had a duna (we slept like babies).

She didn't only take good care of us, she also took care of the magpies birds!

During the time there we visited a lot of her relatives and friends and a lot of OP shops (like Fretex back home).

And off course Sovereign Hill. Sovereign Hill is an outdoor museum presenting the story of Australia's fabulous goldrush history.

BOWLING:

It was a great they with a lot of fun!

We also had a great time with Daryl's dad “big Daryl” at the dogs when we were there, maybe we are addicted to the greyhounds now?

This time we even won some money! Funfun!

Nanna Gwen – tusen takk.:-)

Ranveig&Marthe