Today is the Melbourne Cup. I guess it’s a pretty big horse race and the entire nation gets in to it. There are dress-up parties where the women wear the fancy dresses with the big hats. Everyone goes to the pub for the day decked out in their best clothes. The race only lasts a minute or so, but it truly is called ‘the race that stops the nation.’
We were driving for it. All day, in fact. It was raining and cold and, well, we live in a van and don’t own anything that fancy, so we just kept driving. We left Fremantle, went up through Perth, had lunch in Geraldton and ended up in Kalbarri, a small beach town (aren’t they all?) that has a whole bunch of stuff to do. We explored for a while, drove by the pub to see all the fancy ladies and then went back to our van and had dinner at the caravan park. The race didn’t stop us!
So, I have officially declared this summer the summer of bare feet. Pretty much nowhere in Australia requires shoes…grocery stores, gas stations, restaurants, malls, aquariums, etc., etc., etc. I decided that since it’ll probably be the only time in my life that I will have this luxury, I am going to live it up! It’s quite liberating, but also a bit painful so far….I will keep you updated.
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