Invasion Day

It rained, and we couldn’t take the dogs for a walk. False alarm as we had them strapped into their harnesses already. They looked confused, maybe relieved, when we unstrapped them. They are not dogs that tap dance out the door with glee when it is walk time. More like you are taking them to their death. Oh, okay, perhaps that is a little dramatic, (even for bulldogs) more like we are encroaching on good nap time.

The rain stopped late in the morning.

11.30am. We harnessed up the dogs again for a walk. We walked along Gertrude Street to the commission flats, then down to the dog park. We met (bulldogs name) and his owner who I felt had avoided us over time. She admitted as such, as we got chatting. "Your dog didn't like my dog." 

I didn't remember that, (she was taking about Buddy) but bulldogs do some times butt heads upon meeting.

I chatted to her (handsome) husband. How you doin?

It started to rain a bit, so we left. I wanted to get to the JB HiFi and its DVD sale anyway.

1.15pm. We headed into the city. We walked to Brunswick Street. We caught a tram. We didn’t pay, it’s only two stops to the free zone, seriously. The tram seemed to be on a glacial slow up Gertrude Street. (more time to build guilt, fear) It started raining again. The tram was diverted down Victoria Street because of the Australia Day protests, which is where we wanted to go anyway, so good, so who knew where the free zone started then? Anyway. 😬

Our awful conservative government were trying to say that the protests were illegal because they didn’t have a permit? Seriously? A protest needs a permit, isn’t that a contradiction in terms?

You know, I don’t much care for the reasons some people don’t accept 26^th Jan as Australia, but it is the simple fact that if not everyone is happy with the date then how can it be a day for ever one?

We ate Indian in Melbourne Central. They had a new ordering app, to which it seemed to take hours to sign up. You know, something that is easier. Technology is great, isn't it.

Finally, we got to JB.