Rain, Rain, Rain.....

We started the week with free tickets to the Chilean Festival at Sandown Park, highlighting Chilean and Latin American culture including salsa and folk music groups and Latin American arts and crafts.  It was a great day experiencing our multi-cultural community.  Unfortunately I didn't take any photos of Chilean or Latin American dance groups, only this Polynesian group:

It has rained almost all week, with above average rainfall.  Our water storages have risen for the 12th week in a row, but levels are still much lower than at the same time last year.

The AFL Grand final on Saturday 26th September, saw St Kilda battle it out with Geelong on one of our coldest and wettest Grand Finals on record.  Here is a pic of the 2008 Premiership Cup won by Hawthorn:

Bad luck for the Saints who were my favourite to win, I was hoping they would break their 43 year drought from when they won their last premiership in 1966.  They put in a valiant effort, and anyone questioning how much St Kilda gave in the Grand Final only need look to Brendon Goddard, who played out the game with a fractured collarbone and a broken nose!

Nick Riewoldt and Harry Taylor in action:

                                            

Here are a few more pictures of the house, not much progress since last week, probably because of all the rain.  You can see they have added framework to the top, ready for the 1st floor:

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Jo