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Weekending - lots of beer and a birthday party

The first part of Good Beer Week (Pint of Origin) finished on Sunday, and it was quite a week. Mainly in beer activities but there were some other fun things thrown in too. So many things!

On Monday I went to Richmond Knitters as always - no photos it would be weird to take photos of something I do every week, but maybe I will tonight.

On Tuesday we went to The Park Hotel in Abbotsford for Pint of Origin Beers instead our of usual Tuesday trivia, it's fun to mix it up.

On Wednesday we toured South Melbourne, visiting three pubs.
Thursday we stayed home, which was a nice change, then on Friday Leon and I went to the Local and my parents place for dinner - again no photos, but I really should take photos of those who are dearest to me.

On Saturday we celebrated the Richmond Knitters 16th birthday party. I've been going to this group weekly for 14 years, and they are such an amazing, inspiring, lovely group of people. It was a delight to get together and celebrate ourselves! We had some friends come who no longer live locally, including Alive and Kylie, and it was delightful.

Sonia provided this amazing cake - I didn't actually eat any, because I was too full, but we're having another round of cake at knitting tonight, so I'm pretty excited about it.

Then, after stopping off at one last PoO pub, we went and saw Rocky Horror. Musicals are the best.
The week continued with GABS (the Great Australasian Beer Spectapular) on Sunday.
As usual it was at the very pretty Royal Exhibition Centre. We hadn't been to the Sunday session before and it was a lot quieter and calmer. A good time was had by all.

I hope photos of my friends smiling and drinking don't get boring. For me, all these event are fun, but they are about the people as much as the beer. 
Next week is going to be just as hectic - instead of being out every night except Thursday, we are out every day of the week!

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