13 For Luck

Not sure if I have read Agatha Christie before although I have seen the odd film. Maybe it is "13 for Luck" for a 13 year old. This book has a plain cover almost like it is missing the pictorial dust cover. Instead the prim and proper thing to do is cover it in plastic.

13 Stories

Man U

The birthday that keeps rebirthing. The Manchester Unity building was built by some odd fellows. They wanted art deco and with a tower to make it Melbourne's tallest building in 1932. It was for the elite with a rooftop café and a basement restaurant with crocodiles. It has been refurbished by Australia's richest dentist so you can get your tooth fixed as well.  The tea party moved around the city to other rooftops and restaurants. You can spend days exploring the city centre.

Almost Gothic

into the Tower

Members of the Board

The bar

Wedding & Gourmet

These are becoming the regular Chiltern weddings, every two years or so someone is getting married and we make the 2.5 hour drive. This time to the Brown Brothers Winery but before that the lunch was had at Snow Road Produce which looks to be recently built. Directly across the way is the Milawa Motel. It was sunny enough to try the pool but we didn't get to it.  The ceremony was in the grounds of the Winery then it was a wander across the road to the big shed. I assume barrels would have been stored here years ago. The food came out finger style and was a high quality but it wasn't until the last hour that a large selection of platters was placed on tables.  The king prawns were huge.
After the dancing and speechifying was completed we fell into bed at 1:00am ish. Next morning was the big breakfast at Milawa bakery next door.  We got back at 1:00pm ready for an all afternoon barbie over in Mont Albert.

Produce Store

JarHead

Wedding Crowd

Brown Brothers Shed

Outer Circle Route

This route also has the name of Anniversary Trail. I have ridden the Inner circle route but this is the first I have seen of the outer circle.  Years ago I remember waiting for trains to cross Heidelberg Road at Chandler Highway. The bike follows the old route down to the Camberwell line. I went as far as Burke Rd but you can do a circuit joining up with Gardiner's Creek. The hailstorms didn't help today.

No trains today

BACS Remnant

The remaining stalwarts of BACS met last night which may be the last gathering before being fully absorbed by the Accounting Mothership.  The lease on the BACS office is running out soon and will not be renewed. Bernie was the only one missing from below photo. Il Parco is an Italian restaurant with lots of room. It looked like there was a backyard of sorts but I didn't see it properly. They were quite open to us putting meals down the centre and bringing extra plates for the sharing option.

Il Parco

Negativity

I have turned my attention to digitizing negative images. Not so simple. I went to the shop looking for a light source similar to what doctors use to check X-rays. I came back with an Epson V370 photo scanner.  However it does not allow for the much older individual negatives but it can do the film strip type of negatives. A lot of the positives are damaged in some way hence use the negative, however I am finding chemical reactions are gluing some of these strips together. I have struck some gold as below.  I still have to go and get a slim A4 light box before I can move onto the earlier negatives.

This game again. Hint: middle row

old style Air Traffic Control

Myki Cards Seniors Cards

I guess it is official when you get sent your seniors cards. I must be 60. Went to another 60th doo today and the talk was all retirement and cheap train travel.  As in my previous post I am a bit rusty on the trains and now I have two Myki cards. Those Italian Taylors know how to feed a crowd so we didn't need any lunch or tea. As I type this I have felt a tugging at my back and I can feel the most recent batch of stitches have protruded through my shirt. Good thing I am getting them out this week.

I contributed a choco cake