It was a good walk, with a bit of scrambling for the final few hundred metres, which was fun, although my legs were a little stiff the morning after!
Day before yesterday had a bit of a lazy day, went into town with Tom and Mary, then went back and watched Shrek 3 on Tom's computer.
Yesterday Mary and I went to the Cascade brewery, the oldest brewery in Australia and the only brewery in Australia with its own grain store. They say the beer is fantastic mainly because of the pure water they use, taked straight from the mountain streams running down from Mt. Wellington, which towers over the brewery.
We took the tour around the brewery, and saw all the stages of the beer making process, which was really interesting. From it opening in 1824, to 1987, the workers were allowed to drink as much beer as they wanted in their breaks. So in morning break at 10am, all the workers used to get completely pissed! However, in 1987, when the Health and Safety people came knocking, they deemed it unsafe to be drunk at work...so they had to stop drinking i their breaks. Predictably, all the workers went on strike! They were on strike until management allowed them to take home 6 cartons of beer a month, which is 6x24 bottles per month! So the current workers take all this beer home every month, great job :-D . 
We were given three beer vouchers, which gave us 3 free half pints to taste. I tried the First Harvest, which is the first brew of the year, and used the freshest hops, or something like that. It wasn't too bad, but I prefer Phil's homebrew! However, I've had a bit of a sore throat, so then had two fizzy apple juices for the Vit C, the beer was grinding down the sore throat in a pretty unpleasant manner.
Today's a really nice day, we're going fishing !
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George, sorry to hear you have a sore throat - hope it's better - have a gargle with TCP as well as beer! What a great experience - did the factory smell of hops? Who's Mary? Are you bringing her home with you? The views look spectacular from the mountain - you must be getting really fit. Charlie going to gym every day, you won't recognise her when you get back! We've had lots of thank-you cards from our BBQ last week - 50 people came and the food was yummy - Dad worked hard on the garden too and it looked like a national park - where were you to help???? Having a lazy weekend this weekend - going down to see Liz for lunch and playing tennis tomorrow. Speak to you on Skype Sunday - 6pm your time (9 am mine).
Love you loads - Mumola x
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