School holidays.. we rented a house for a few days on the beach of the south coast of Victoria, the Mornington Peninsula. Was a bit chilly much of the time, but the sun came out enough for us to jump in the pool and visit the beach. Various friends came to visit, giving us the excuse to go to the wonderful Peninsula Hot Springs complex where we jumped in various bath temperature pools in the midst of copses of trees and birds. And we had the compulsory lunches at wineries, one embellished with a long and rambling sculpture walk.

Jai enjoyed the space and the beach, and seemed okay with the trip despite his characteristic car sickness appearing every so often.

Our last stop was the dog friendly beach at Rye. A picturesque jetty, gentle waves and a soothing beach. I took Jai for a walk there, and promised to bring him back with a dog of his own one day. He smiled sweetly, as if he understood.