1) 4.5. Great Uncle Mike and Grandpa Dick with Lachlan at David Cooke's funeral 2) 5.5 M&M took Chris to the Round Bird's sister venue

3) 5.5 Chris gives the coffee at Black Work his seal of approval 4) 10.5 Worker on the dead tree next door 5) 13.5 Mike at the St Andrews pub taken by Petrina

6) 13.5 Maria relaxes with Mary at the Rudds' after the gig 7) 17.5 Dom, Maria and Mike outside Chin Chin after the Henson show (Lamont)

8) 17.5 Maria quaffs her coffee in Lonsdale St after lunch with the Lamonts 9) 19.5 PP Arnold with the augmented You Am I line-up at the Thornbury Theatre

10) M&M have been walking laps of the Lillydale Lake 11) 21.5 Mike does coffee with Chris after his dentist appt.

12) 22.5 M&M enjoy the best coffee in the hills at the Kallista Deli 13) 23.5 Best bread (evah!) at the Proserpina cafe in Sassafras 14) 23.5 Our very own weeping maple

15) 25. 5 The Pirianda Gardens near Olinda. Spectacular blue thingies 16) Green, green coniferry thingies 17) My Maria takes in the beauty and wonder of the surroundings

18) More Pirianda pics - and the photographer 19) The leaf-strewn stairway to Heaven 20) The leaves take a bow 21) This magnificent tree scrapes the sky

22) The Silvan Dam goes monochrome out of respect 23) 29.5 The Sequoia forest just east of Warburton - as impressive than the stand in the Otways

24) Inside the redwood cathedral near Warburton. A positively spiritual experience...And just an hour away from Mt Evelyn!

25) 31.5 Getting Jeffed at the Alkira Foundation dinner