We flew from Sydney to Melbourne on March 7 to stay with Connie’s best friend’s family for a few days before going home. Our friend picked us up at the airport. We didn’t do much that day and just relaxed.

On March 8, our friend took us to the Dandenong Ranges area to visit a couple wineries and Dandenong Ranges National Park. We had wine and cheese tastings in the winery. The William Ricketts Sanctuary was very interesting but also very strange. It is a sculpture park displaying many Aboriginal inspired spiritual sculptures created by William Ricketts. There was no way we could stay in the park after dark. After visiting the sanctuary, we wanted to visit a tea house but it was fully booked. There was no sign of COVID-19 in the town. Instead, we had lunch at a café at the summit of Mount Dandenong. At the top, we had nice view of Melbourne downtown.