Weekending - Ballarat beer festival 2021

This weekend we went to Ballarat for the 10th Ballarat beer festival, and our 10th Ballarat Beer festival. Yes, ew have prefect attendance.

We caught the train up - I can't actually remember when I last caught a train. I kept trying to get a picture of the scarf I am knitting with cheep out the window, but it just didn't work. But trust me, there are sheep in those fields.

The day itself was lovely. We started with a run around a different lake - Lake Wendoree, rather than our local Albert Park Lake.

And the festival itself was warm, but not too warm, in the shade at least. Everyone was a little bit huddled under the trees!

There was the traditional beer-farm petting zoo, with lots of goats!

But also some sheep. We didn't go in, just sipped a beer and watched the animals do their thing.

It was as COVID-Safe as possible, but these signs cracked me up - no-one understood what "lanes" they were talking about. This is why we are only allowed out when we have zero cases, which we've just done a week of.

We had friends there, including Tony and Ingrid, who we had not seen since last Ballarat beer fest, and Kris and Lisa, perennial favourites.

Then today, Kris drove us back to Melbourne -

here is my attempt to take a photo of the rather longer scarf in a car. Now I'm getting on top of the house work, and swatching for my Ranunculas and

Love Note sweaters. More on that once decisions have been made, opinions on which of these I should use for Ranunculus are welcome in the comments.

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