Now, what is it that makes me feel at home in Melbourne? Well, the climate is similar, but faster and a bit colder, than the Sydney suburb where i grew up, and I do like suburbs, and I love the smell of the rain...the cold greenness in it, and the ozone of the storms. We didn't move here just for the Scallop Pies on the Great Ocean Road, but that would have been a good enough reason. In these 4 months we haven't actually gone out much at all as the main thing has been to...first...collapse big time from the journey...then to find enough work, and not to spend money, and then to keep warm...and so we don't really know much about Melbourne at all...we have been to no shows or exhibitions, although we did go to the Australian Open Tennis for a half a day...and witnessed some lunatic killing people by driving a stolen Holden into them in Bourke Street because he had a tiff with his girlfriend...but that has been about it. The Melbourne City Library is a nice place, for sure. Well worth it. We will be spending 3 or 4 days not working or worrying about working over Easter and see the penguins, and acquire the Scallop pies and see some arriving Van Gogh exhibition...and I recall from 1970 that the Melbourne Art gallery had this wonderful sculpture of 'bird in flight' and I'd love to see that true, real art again. I guess our next days off from various worries will be a trip to Ireland or China for 2 weeks next year. Funny how generations are different. When I was growing up, in the family, we never ever went 'on holidays' anywhere, locally, nationally, or internationally...and interestingly, we had a great time every time.