The high life

I can't complain about my start to the year (and decade!), being sent to Melbourne for a conference at my Employer's expense, staying at the Crown Promenade Hotel. As luck would have it my room was on the 22nd floor with a wonderful view of the CBD and river, the mobile phone pics below don't do it justice.


The Casino itself didn't hold much appeal, so when Ms C62 dropped me off we took the short walk across the river to see one of my fav parts of the city, the old arcades and laneways between Flinders & Bourke Streets. On Wednesday evening we caught up again for dinner at Tutto Bene, Ms C62's fav South Bank restaurant.

The view from Tutto Bene (panorama from 2 pics spliced together)

If only every year could start so swish! But that's not all, back in Ballarat on the weekend we saw "Avatar" in 3D at the Regent Cinema (visually brilliant!) followed by pizza at the Main Bar ...all in all a very pleasant week :)