A lazy Sunday braai after spending the morning in Freo

It was nice to have a "normal" weekend again after my week away in Melbourne last week which was followed the very next day by the South African bazaar (Fete).

Yesterday I had to duck into work, and that afternoon and evening we watched the whole STRANGER THINGS 2 series on Netflix. Bad!!

Today Scott popped round, we spent ~3 hours in Freo and then went home. I quickly mowed the lawn and we then had the afore mentioned "lazy" braai. It was a nice end to a good week and weekend.

Lekker braai, met roosterkoekies ook! Daai reuk maak seker die bure mal! Haha.
Lekker KWV'tjie ook, met eisch ja.

Mmmm!

Karla en haar "squeeze" ;-)

Die 200l drom-braai het twee heavy duty staal grids onder in. Gebou om te hou.
Boet (Shaun), I built this braai myself swaerie. Youtube taught me how to weld :-)

Hoe ronder hoe gesonder...not so much, haha!
It ook eight (8!) photos to get one where Lily looked at the camera. Stoutgat brak!

A Sunday-stroll snapshot of modern-Melbourne

Shortly after arriving here last Sunday, I decided to go for a walk before it got too dark. Unlike Perth, where I had just come from, Melbourne was warm to the point of being "sticky". As always it was good to visit and experience the "big smoke".

Flagstaff Gardens - A beautiful, tranquil spot near the heart of the city, the river and markets.
Being an elevated area, this is where signal flags used to be flown on a flag-pole (flagstaff)
to signal messages between the harbour and the town.

A recent innovation; bikes you can hire using a phone-app. Apparently these bikes don't float well when dumped in the Yarra.
Sad really that we have have such disregard for others and a propensity for behaviour serving no positive purpose.

This long-haired bloke was rocking out near a set of lights. He was pretty darn good (if not loud).

The loss of another wool-industry icon. This used to be a french eatery called Bergerac; now a vegetarian Indian place.

Another sad reality of modern life. Homeless people dotting numerous nooks and crannies all around the CBD.
Someones son or daughter....

Another undeniable trend in the larger Australian cities. More and more Asian people, food and culture.
This sign made me think of a movie I saw recently; OKYA. A disappointing cinematic (Netflix) experience.

Juxtaposition...

A cool piece of street art.

Building a (real) braai

Some pictures of the process over the weekend. Turned out better than I had hoped, so "alles is mooi".

Old-school unit; more than twice the cooking surface area of a Weber.

Maiden Braai - smokin! NOU GAAN ONS BRAAI!

Braaibroodjies - kan mos nie anders nie...