Holiday thoughts

As you read this we are just landing in Australia, to spend time with my daughter and her family and friends for Christmas. Family and friends are an important part of this time of year and we have not been to Australia to see our Australian family for a while. In fact, we have not been back for five years and this is only the second time we have been there at Christmas. I have decided that I will not post or spend time on the net, so I have posted ahead and thanks to the technology of Blogger I will not miss a day, but in real life, I will be spending my time visiting with family and enjoying having Christmas in the heat. I will not have to worry about driving around in the snow, or scrapping windows before I get to leave for whatever I plan to do for the day.

I am looking forward to exploring more of the high country of Australia, visiting  Mt. Buller,  Benella,  Lake Eildon,  Wangaratta, and  Mansfield  to name a few of the places we are going to visit or revisit. If we get the time, I hope to explore the  Great Alpine Road  from  Wangaratta  to  Metung  or further. My wife and daughter love a good glass of wine so we may spend time exploring the wine regions of the high country as well as the  Yarra vineyards. I love a good beer and so I am looking forward to visiting the local breweries in the area.

We also want to spend time exploring  Melbourne  itself and we will be visiting my daughters' in-laws who live on the  Mornington Peninsula. The last time we were there we did get a chance to spend a little time at  Arthurs Seat Eagle which we saw but did not have the time to take the ride to the top, this time we will take the time to soar to the top of this peak that gives spectacular views of the Peninsula and Melbourne. 

We have booked time in  Torquay  which is a seaside town at the east end of the  Great Ocean Road  coastal drive, southwest of  Melbourne, Australia. It’s known for surf beaches like  Bells Beach  and  Jan Juc Beach. The  Surf Coast Walk trail  starts at  Point Impossible Beach  and heads southwest via  Point Danger Marine Sanctuary  and is the gateway to towering  12 Apostles.

I hope that all of you have a wonderful and relaxing Christmas or whatever holiday you celebrate at this time of year. I also hope that 2020 gives you all of the joy and wishes you deserve.