Checking in from Melbourne, Australia
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (362374)
Rockingham, Australia
July 17, 2025 5:52pm CST
The photo shows a clever sculpture we saw at New Norcia, Australia’s only monastic town.
We’re now in Melbourne, Australia, and it’s cold. Melbourne is known for its four seasons in one day so I’ve bought beanies and gloves with me.
It was a long day yesterday. We had to get on the plane outside which involved lugging our hand-luggage up steps to the plane. When we got to Melbourne, we seemed to walk for ages just to get out of the airport. Eventually we found the right bus to take us into Melbourne itself. We had coffee and chips in Hungry Jacks, then caught a taxi to our AirBnB.
We didn’t get into the place till nearly midnight. We thought there might have been some long-life milk in the place but no luck there. So we’ve had black tea for breakfast and shortly we’ll head off to our son’s place.
We’ve connected to the wi-fi here so I should be able to spend some time here from time to time.
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@DaddyEvil (158779)
• United States
18 Jul
Interesting photo...
I'm glad the trip went well. I hope you don't get too cold there. (What is the temp? 20C? 
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I hope your son is doing better than you think.
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I hope your son is doing better than you think.3 people like this
@DaddyEvil (158779)
• United States
18 Jul
@JudyEv At 10C is when I switch from jean shorts, tank tops and sandals to long jeans, a short sleeve shirt and real shoes.
I'm glad it's not too cold. 
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@Treborika (18069)
• Mombasa, Kenya
18 Jul
@JudyEv z77 Here we have some longer nights with some very cool night with effectively stronger winds
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@snowy22315 (195558)
• United States
17 Jul
I hope everything goes well at your son's place?
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@JudyEv (362374)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jul
There are a lot of sculpture throughout our country areas of structures made of tools and engine parts.
@moffittjc (125473)
• Gainesville, Florida
19 Jul
I'm sure that was quite a long flight for you going from one coast of the country to the other. How long did the flight take? I just looked it up, and for me to fly one-way to Melbourne from where I live would cost $1800 USD, and take 22 hours!
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@moffittjc (125473)
• Gainesville, Florida
21 Jul
@JudyEv Your flight wasn’t quite as long as I thought it would be. But, yes, I imagine the flight to Ireland would be quite a long venture!
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@Deepizzaguy (113739)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
18 Jul
Nice picture in this post that was taken in New Norcia.
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@Deepizzaguy (113739)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
18 Jul
@JudyEv I agree with you.
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@LindaOHio (199862)
• United States
18 Jul
Enjoy your visit with your son! Safe travels. That's a cool piece of artwork.
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@LindaOHio (199862)
• United States
19 Jul
@JudyEv You're welcome. I'm glad to hear it.
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@JudyEv (362374)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Jul
It was only 3 1/2 hours but negotiating the airport was a long walk then we walked extra trying to find the Skybus.
@changjiangzhibin89 (17023)
• China
20 Jul
Enjoy your journey ! Do you go to see your son in Melbourne once a year ?
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@JudyEv (362374)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Jul
It's been two years since we've seen him. It's quite an effort to go to visit him but we try to go when we can.
@JudyEv (362374)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Jul
It's been really nice to see him again. We spend most of each day together and have two more days to go.
@RasmaSandra (88670)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18 Jul
I hope you enjoy your time there and can have a pleasant visit with your son,
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@JudyEv (362374)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Jul
Thanks. Today is cold and very windy - pretty typical Melbourne I think.
@nicegolden (356)
• Shenzhen, China
18 Jul
if thought to move to live with your son together?
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@JudyEv (362374)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Jul
We don't really want to move to Melbourne and he doesn't want to come to Perth so at the moment we're trying other alternatives.
