Conquering walls

We were forewarned that Melbourne had bad weather, and so far it seems to be true. Well really it hasn't been too bad. A bit cloudy and rainy. A bit cold. But we can call it nicely shaded and fresh and carry on with our day. The bigger surprise is how undependable the weather can be. In Singapore you never have to think twice about what to wear - you know it is going to be hot and humid and there is no risk of getting cold. But in Melbourne even on a sunny day it can turn windy, rainy, or cold within minutes so that you bring layers no matter what it looks like outside the window. The other thing that seems to be a trend (well so far anyhow) is that the weekdays are cold and rainy and the weekends are warm and sunny. Which makes us feel that even when it is cloudy the heavens are on our side.

We took advantage of our warm beautiful weekend to be outside. Our favorite activity. We had visited an outdoor bouldering wall set up by the river along the bike path last week and enjoyed it so much decided we had to go back. Aurora was so eager to go back she happily agreed to walk over and hour there and an hour back. Her eagerness to walk over 10k made me love it all the more. Really it is such a great idea I have no idea why the rest of the world doesn't follow Melbourne's example. Children get to have fun in playgrounds so why shouldn't there be equivalent outdoor fun for adults. And what fun we had! So much fun that I am thinking we need more just like this and already have about five images of what a nice play area for adults would look like. Bouldering and rock climbing in the city limits are usually so expensive and indoor so how refreshing to get to scale walls in this manner. If you had no plans to visit us before I am sure after you see these photos we will get lots of emails with flight itineraries.