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PLAYING TOURIST....

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My dad is in hospital down in Geelong and I've become quite used to travelling back and forwards. And of course, when someone is in hospital, you tend to go to visit, then travel back home. You may have a spot of lunch or a cuppa somewhere while there but the reason you are a couple of hours away from home is to visit said sick/ ill person. Last weekend I travelled down with my sister, her hubby and daughter (so much better to travel with others than a solo drive) For an hour before we visited Dad, we played tourist. Now Geelong is no stranger, we lived there for a couple of years when I was a tween (grade six to year 8 or thereabouts). But walking along the waterfront, even in the cold grey day, dodging showers as best we could...was just what we needed. I just adore the Baywalk Bollards. We didn't walk past all of them, over 100 I hear, but we managed to stroll past quite a few. Just loved their quirky characters... and how they capture Geelong's ...