The Offroadsubarus.com Marketing Campaign

Finally got around to putting one of the site stickers on the back of the car...

looks pretty good I think....

Diamonds are Forever

Met with Margaret Hocking's Nephew, David O'Brien, of http://www.augold.com.au today, to view the diamonds he had got in for me to look at for Katy's engagement ring.

The total point count for the ring will be a little higher than the one that we saw in the shop that Katy likes, but the stones themselves are the same size.

Amazing how "who you know" comes into play when making a purchase like this. The ring will have better diamonds than the one we saw in the shop, and cost considerably less.

It's being made in white gold, and should be ready in time for us to go to the Gold Coast with Emma.

I'm sure Katy will love it!

Bunyip State Park

Spent the day in the Bunyip State Park with the guys from http://www.offroadsubarus.com. Once again, the car performed admirably, chickened out on a couple of runs, as I wasn't sure the XT would be up to it.

This pic was taken on a slope the car would not go up any futher, lots of wheel spin... very deceptive how steep a hill can be, yet looks relatively flat...



Couldn't believe the dust that was coming out of the ventilation system as I head out of the forest, hot footing it back to Katy's for dinner. Hate to think what the air filter looks like, based on the crap coming through the ventilation...

Fiona and Wayne's Big Day

Today was Fiona and Wayne's Wedding. They were married at Red Hill Estate, in a relatively small reception, of only 50 or so people...

Katy and I took between us several hundred photo's, both before, as Fiona was getting ready



During the wedding,



Behind which the guests had a magnificent view of the Vineyards,



We also took a lot of photo's in the same context the professional Wayne and Fiona had hired was taking. Hopefully the photo's he was taking are better than ours, as we reckon our photo's are awfully good!!



Even the Vineyard ducks got in on the act during the photos



The meal at Max's Restaurant was superb, and most people had a bit of a dance before the night was over.

Ok, so I asked the big question, and the big answer was Yes!!!!

Midnight came and went, with Katy on the phone, for a support call. Lots of fireworks going on around us, out in the back garden at Ferntree Gully.

Given that last year, I thought we should buy a house, I suggested that this year we could get married, and she said yes!!!!

Robin and Heid gave their blessing at about 1am when they got home, so it's all good...

Mum and Dad are stoked also...

Did the rounds of Nana and Grandma, Nana was wrapt, and Grandma cried, so I think that was a good sign...