Eat Vegemite... to live or die?

We have landed in the ever prodigious country of 'Vegemite'. They eat it on so many culinary delights, we are sure their desire for this, ummmmm, "spread" sprang up early in their lives... perhaps even as infants before they were allowed 'solid' foods. This somewhat bouillon/yeast smelling concoction is a national treasure, surely not to be missed plus it is suppose to have many health benefits - (well that's good right?). Where have you been all our lives 'Vegemite'? Or are we just glad it stayed in the land 'down under'?

Marissa had the opportunity to finally try this time tested gem. You can see how much she embraced this culinary treasure in the above video when Brendan and Dale talked her into taking 'just a little taste'. Or do you dare find out what you are missing?

Our kids jab me a bit on how much energy I have and that I plan far to much. I love having people over and would much rather have a huge group around to enjoy which translates to a dinner party or two a week. 'More the Merrier' as they say! And this goes for wherever we might be, Australia is not exempt.

Brendan and the Missionaries humored us by coming for dinner but to also test our gaming skills.... they had nothing to worry about, hours later (shockingly not uncommon to Monopoly) the missionaries walked away with almost everything on the board. Maybe they won't be invited again?

We had a great start to the week by volunteering at the sacred Heart Mission, in St. Kilda. We probably did over 30 loads of dishes, that sure makes our pile at home look great! The Sacred Heart Mission usually serves over 200 people breakfast and lunch daily. It was wonderful talking with those coming in and other fabulous people that we served with.

Monday afternoon brought us to the, "Australian Center for the Moving Image" in Melbourne with some friends. We had previously been told about this on our past trip and wanted to make it a goal to get here before we moved on to Sydney. Where did this month go? 

The video above changes with weird configurations around your limbs and body as you move, we would like to know in which movie this technique was used, it would probably be used in a goulash film that would not make it on our family friendly list.

Dale was very intrigued by this elaborate moving device which went from a merry-go-round to full animation when the lights went low and they turned on the strobe lights. The creative imagination that came up with this must have spent many nights planning and scheming on how to create this magic.

This handsome fella found Marissa in the crowd.

 The Moomba Festival was going on at the riverbank. They had a stream of Festival rides and foods that you could enjoy along with entertainment, we made it for the water skiing jump competition. Dale might be getting ideas on starting that up in Utah as he was ready to jump on some ski's, Marissa apparently thought the shopping cart relay was a better fit for her (unless, of course, Dale is driving!).

Nothing from these activities actually cost us any money except needing to try the infamous English and Australian'Chips and Gravy' after the Moomba Festival with Brendan's prodding. Everything else was Free and Fun.