23 Years Ago

Well this past weekend marked Steph turning another year older... the big 2-3. I was lucky enough to have a legitimate 40 hours of birthday, taking into account my current location and the time difference to my birth place.

Saturday morning Andrew and I drove along the coast to a popular sea side town, Lorne.

Lorne is located along the famous Great Ocean Road, so we stopped along the way to take some touristy shots. 

We continued on a scenic drive past Lorne, to Apollo Bay, before driving into Lorne and checking into our hotel. 

The hotel offered a great view of the main Lorne surf beach, but unfortunately the weather was its usually wishy-washy self, so it wasn`t really beach weather. 

We enjoyed Saturday walking along the main street in Lorne, before getting dolled up and ready for dinner. We headed to the 'infamous' Lorne Hotel for dinner and drinks. 

Sunday the weather didn`t improve all that much, so after a stroll around Lorne and a local breakfast we started the drive back to Melbourne.

Some Lorne locals. 

Lookout over Lorne. 

Heading back into wonderful Melbourne. 

It was great to get out of the city for the weekend and enjoy some time in the lovely town of Lorne. It`s funny how small towns all over the world are so similar. Just walking along the main street there were so many things that reminded me of being back in the small town of Coboconk in cottage country back home.

It seems like just yesterday that I was celebrating my birthday with fashion parties, loot-bags and asking for presents from toys-r-us. Boy has the time flown by. This birthday was certainly different being away from home, but definetley one for the books, seeing as I was in Australia! Special thanks to everyone back home for all there well wishes and cards. Love you all!