Senior's Sandbelt Week

Since turning 55 last year, John has been playing in some of the seniors golf tournaments. The last week has been 'sandbelt week' in Melbourne, when the senior guys get to play at some of the premier courses in town - Royal Melbourne, Yarra Yarra, Kingston Heath and Victoria. John was keen to play, so instead of heading North once golf week finished in Mildura we came back along the Murray River to Echuca, which is only 3 hours north of Melbourne. Wendy stayed with the van while John headed down to Melbourne to try his luck.

In Melbourne John stayed with an old friend from squash, and they had quite a blokes time of it, including going to a footy game at the MCG, and catching up with several other old mates. The golf wasn't as successful as perhaps John might have wished, but while not doing well enough to get a mention in dispatches he didn't disgrace himself. You can see the results for each tournament by clicking on the appropriate course above.

Meanwhile, Wendy mooched around in Echuca, playing a couple of games of golf, but mainly hiding in the caravan away from the interminable rain. It seems like the drought has well and truly broken in south east Australia, at times it felt like if the caravan survived getting blown away it would float off into the Murray River. However, survive it did, and we will now be heading away from the end of the southern winter and up north to (hopefully) some sun and warmth. We feel like the last few weeks of golf have just been a prelude to the second half of our big Around Australia trip, and the next adventure is about to properly begin.