Happy Halloween Birthday Party

We celebrated Richard's birthday early this year as it worked in with family members who will be busy later in the month.  Since it was Halloween, I decided we should have a Halloween themed birthday party.  As I always decorate the home for Halloween, it was a lot of fun having a party too.

One of the many Halloween decorations.

The coffee table all decorated for Halloween.

The coffee table decor.

The table all set for the Halloween Party.

Another view of the table.

All our visitors.

Andrew, Crystal and Gerrard.

I bought this wine because I liked the labels.

It was a really nice wine too.  💀💀

Just a few of the yummy treats we had.

And my traditional white chocolate cheesecake

decorated for Halloween.

Sue, Richard and Andrew.

We watched Ouija Origin of Evil for Halloween.

From the movie.

I've had this page set up, in the spare bedroom, with coins in the circle.

Hand on heart, I found that one of the coins had moved.

I had been printing out Ouija boards as Halloween decorations, 

so I just might have inadvertently made contact.

Spyder ride to Miena

We had a lovely Spyder ride to Miena on Sunday, the weather was magnificent, as the previous Wednesday there had been a lot of snow at the Great Lakes, Miena and Liawenee. 

This Harley Davidson was at Burt Munro's.

The paintwork is amazing.

The owner is not in our group.

We all met up at Burt Munro's at 10.00am.

There were a lot of motorbikes already at Burt Munro's

some stopping for breakfast/brunch or off on their adventures.

On our way.  It was a cool start to the morning.

These guys were bringing up the rear.

Through the countryside.  

The sun started to shine.

Lovely views.

Through Golden Valley.

Starting to get higher.

The orange guide posts show up 

if it's been snowing.

Onward and upward.

We stopped at the lookout at the Great Lake.

Great views of the Great Lake.

Some of the shacks at the Great Lake.

A few dead gum trees with the Great Lake in the background.

Drought and bushfires can cause the gumtrees to die.

Liawenee was sunny today.

We arrived at the Miena Hotel for lunch.

This was the Miena Hotel on 

Wednesday only 4 days ago.

Thank you Google for this photo.

All our Spyders lined up.

I ordered the seafood basket.

Heading back home.  

More of the Great Lake.

Home via Poatina, Cressy and Longford.

You can see for miles from this section of road just before Poatina.

More amazing views on our way home.

The power lines from the Poatina Power Station.

We rode past the fields of canola.

Such a pretty view.

Past the hedgerows near Cressy.

We stopped at JJ's in Longford for cappuccino's etc.

Nice little catch up before heading home.

This hotrod drove past as we were sitting drinking our coffees.

We all had a wonderful day catching up for lunch at Miena.

Day 25 - Heading back home

We spent the morning wandering around Nagambie and stopped for cappuccinos at the Nagambie Rowing Club.  We left Nagambie at 1.30pm with overcast skys threatening rain.  After all the amazing weather we had during our holiday, the heavens opened and we go a bit wet heading to the Spirit.  It's all good, it's only water.

The Water Tower in Nagambie.

We could see the rowing mural from across the lake at Nagambie.

So we went for coffees and a closer look at the mural.

It's a tribute to the rowing history.

 

As we were sitting enjoying our coffees this rowing scull went past.

Nagambie is the home of Black Caviar.

She ran 25 wins from 25 starts.

The three guitars that Steve has made.

The photo doesn't do them justice.

Bye guys.  So lovely to catch up.

Beware of the potholes.

It rained on and off until we go to the Spirit in Geelong.

Keep going straight.

Advertising for a new subdivision.

Sculptures on the way to Geelong.

On the right track to the Spirit of Tasmania.

We had to stop for the train to go past.

Found it.

Queuing to get on the Spirit of Tasmania.

Some of the motorbikes getting on too.

A nice drop of Frenchman's Cap Shiraz.

Sunny in Tasmania when we were disembarking.

Nearly home.

It was so cold with a frost on the back road.

Very cold - about 2oC

The frost had melted in the sunshine, but still cold in the shadows.

We stopped at Burt Munros for breakfast.

It was so amazing.

We didn't need to eat again until dinner time.