The day after the wedding was easily the most uneventful of the trip.    I spent the entire morning shuffling people back and forth to the airport.   No one had thought to schedule all their flights at the same time and I was the only one at the flat who had a car. 

So Doug and Sherrie dragged me out of bed at the crack of dawn (Did I really promise this last night?) and I drove them to the airport.  I got lost on the way back, so I was treated to an unexpected tour of some of the seedier Melbourne neighborhoods.  After returning to the flat, I managed only about an hour of sleep before it was time to drive Martin and Chris to the airport.  From there I headed out to Werribee to visit the family. 

Invasion of the Rabbits

I spent the afternoon at the Beck home visiting and relaxing and watching cricket on TV (Zzzzzzzzzzzzz).  They tried to feed me something called vegemite, which tasted kind of like peanut butter mixed with soy sauce mixed with liquefied sardines mixed with poison.  I wouldn't feed that crap to prisoners.   "Not bad," I lied politely.

Behind the Becks' home is a large area of woods through which a small river runs.  Dan, Rowland, and I went for a long walk, hoping to find a platypus in the river, but we had no luck.  The ground in this area has become quite bare, due to an influx of rabbits over the past few years.

Hard Rock

I lured Dan and Rowland away in the evening to walk around downtown Melbourne a bit.  (Rowena, if you're reading this, Thanks for letting me steal him during your honeymoon.) We had a drink at the Hard Rock Cafe, so I could pick up the T-Shirt my sister Denise wanted.  We walked around and ended up at a sushi bar, where Dan impressed us all with his knowledge of raw fish.