Fri 12th..first "work day" in ballarat

Day of chores and errands - first off to the school uniform shop to buy Aranntee's school uniforms. The blazer costs $180/-....brand new. Others we buy pre-loved. Then off to the book shop to get the school books. Then off to send by express mail the signed original documents to the conveyancers. Took best part of the day till 4pm to settle all that. Then we decided to leave ballarat itself to explore the Great Ocean Road..in the south of Victoria - reputedly the largest war memorial every built, in this case, in memory of the fallen soldiers who fought and died in the First World War of 1914-1918. Supposed to be a very scenic drive too. We ended up in Torquay. A small 5 room hotel. Watched surfers brave the cold evening winds surfing in autumn. Dinner at a Chinese take-away. Girls seem more fascinated by fascinated by the parrots, lorikeets, crows, magpies, wrens and rabbits in the hotel compound