Saturday.
The weekend came without our noticing… I had managed to completely forget work, which was great! Our precision-planned schedule had today and Sunday down as “Boards’ choice” so we deferred to our hosts for the day’s activities. Since we’d brought the fine weather, it was decided to visit Collingwood Children’s Farm. The walk there was a nice stroll of about 45 minutes, through parkland – you wouldn’t know it was in the middle of Melbourne.
On arrival we immediately sat down for lunch at a superb outdoor cafe, and enjoyed some of the best sandwiches I’ve had in a long time. Afterwards, Leo and mini-Elbeno had fun being restrained from chasing ducks and chickens, and later sheep and lambs. Although there were clear signs telling people not to handle the lambs, of course many older kids were doing so anyway, to the extreme consternation of ovine parents and offspring alike. Mrs Elbeno sternly warned away some older kids who were obviously distressing a lamb and its mother.
Time was getting on, so we retraced our steps homeward, and Ben and I continued our conversation about games industry foibles, machinations and future directions. Once again, a pleasant and relaxing evening was had by all. Em went out to a mother’s group night out, so we ordered pizza and watched amusing videos on Youtube after the kids were in bed.