This weekend was kind of a bust for Jeffie and I, as I was sick Friday night and Saturday. Jeffie was kind of pouty about not having done anything blog-worthy on Saturday, so when I woke up on Sunday feeling mostly normal, we decided to head over to the Winter Festival in St. Kilda.
Off to the Winter Festival we headed, and I'm not going to lie...it feels strange going to a "Winter Festival" in July.
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Waiting for our mate we had a brief Sunday Sesh...no one even
blinked that we were drinking beer at 11am. |
The festival is billed as Australia's Largest Outdoor Ice Skating Rink, as well as Alpine inspired food and drink. The ice skating rink was about 1/3 the size of a regulation ice hockey rink, so I'd hate to see what a normal sized outdoor ice skating rink looks like here...
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The ice skates were different - no laces, just buckles...
and they were tough to get into. |
We haven't been ice skating for a few years, and it took a bit to get our ice legs back...
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| Whoooaaa. |
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I got my legs back quickly...our mate hadn't been in
ice skates before... |
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Took Jeffie a bit of time...he rode around with that seal
for a bit... |
Jeff also took it upon himself to help repair the rink...there were gouges out where people had fallen, and he was collecting snow to fill in the gaps...
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| He's so handy to have around. |
Turns out that Australia's largest outdoor ice skating rink is, in fact, not outdoors. It is a marquee (tent) with sides...probably better that way since it was pouring rain outside...nonetheless, still pretty cool that we were ice skating right next to the ocean!
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| Outside, it was RAINING. |
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| On your mark, get set.... |
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| GOOOOOO!!!! |
The Alpine inspired food consisted of...beef and hot pretzels.
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After a cold weather sport, I don't really think about warming up with
beef. |
Meanwhile, this was the view that we had...not too shabby, huh!
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