Happy Birthday Elizabeth - thanks to you we have an extra long weekend so started it with a visit to our wonderful market named after one of your ancestors.
Melbourne does have some nice bayside beaches. They're not so far from us in terms of kms, but it's straight across town so there's no easy or really direct way to get there. 45 minutes seems a long driving time when it's only suburb to suburb and the girls aren't so good on stop start drives. We had such a nice time though and Ella always says "I LOVE the beach mum", it makes me feel bad we don't find the time to do it more often.