Archive for August, 2011

Cooks Cottage

I’m planning to do some more exploring around Melbourne for the remainder of my maternity leave. It will be enjoyable to make the most of the time off and Leo likes seeing new things and meeting new people.

I find it’s actually easier to get out and about than stay at home all day. Leo tends to get grizzly and grumpy when we do that as he’s not overly fond of sleeping during the day in his cot. When we’re out he will sleep in the pram and he likes to look around and smile at anyone we meet.

Cooks Cottage

Last Friday, we caught the train in to visit Cook’s Cottage in the Fitzroy Gardens in the city. It is the cottage of Captain Cook’s parents which was donated to Melbourne and shipped over here in pieces! It is a small brick cottage with the rooms set up as they would have been at the time, a large vegetable garden and a display about Captain Cook’s voyages. It is quite amazing how much of the world he explored.
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