Cherry Picking @ Melbourne

We arrived safely at the Melbourne Airport last night after a 7-hour non-eventful flight..not counting some of the following mishaps:

• The boys managed to 'hang' the in-flight games.. typical urban kids ! I was quite embarrassed at having to ask the stewardess to reset it.. not only once BUT THREE times! Maybe the system wasn't set-up to take such bashing?
• Justin sneezed ice-cream all over his pants
• Jared dragged his jacket sleeves over a layer of tomato sauce meant for his food
• The long wait for the toilet.. very unusual for guys.. no accidents.. Phew!
• I watched 'Stardust'.. Michelle Pfeiffer still looks great.. HAIZZzzzz (envious sigh). But quickly consoled by 'Hairspray'.. ha ha ha!

And so, we decided to visit the Enchanted Maze Garden, Sunny Ridge Strawberry Farm (http://www.sunnyridge.com.au) and Redhill Cherry Farm today. In our packing haste (and fueled by my mum's idea that it's perpetually cold here), we forgot to bring the essential hats, insect repellent and sunblock lotion, and had to brave the sweltering heat of 37*C..and share air space with millions of flies!!! Pant..Sweat..Swat..Swish.. ARRGGHHHhhh!!! However, we still had fun picking 2kg of ripe strawberries from the ground and 5kg of cherries off the trees..quite a few ended up in our mouths instead of the bucket. But hey..we had to taste-test and see if they were sweet..right??? Worthwhile mentioning the Devonshire tea, scones with home-made strawberry jam and thick-rich cream, strawberry ice-cream and milkshake too..YUMMY!

And thank You Lord for the much needed cooling and refreshing night rain.. AAaahhhhh..nice.. zzzz......