Hot day. Shady alleys.

Where will go for our walk, kiddies ?

"Phew. It's hot Dad. Maybe a shady alley."
Good idea, Monty.
"Me too a shady alley too, Dad."
Yes Daisy.

"This will do nicely."

*sniff sniff*

Let's go around the corner out of the sun, Monty.

"Yes, Dad." *sniff sniff*

To be continued a little....

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Just have to know.

''Ooh, what's in there ?''

''Let me look.''

''Don't shove. Let ME look.''

Haha, you just have to know, don't you.

Watch out that there's not a cat with sharp claws in there !
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Our favorite alley.

This is our favorite alley.
We walk behind the chicken shop and the pet shop and the baker. The smells are wonderful.

''Dad, I can smell roast chook.''

''Dad, I'm hungry. I need a snack.''
Me too. Let's go home for dinner.
Merry Christmas to you all.
Keep yourself nice. Don't drink and drive.
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Monty by the Old Brick Wall

Another day and another walk down our favorite alleys.
This is Old Brick Wall Alley.

It must have been a big, old warehouse once, with a back yard stable.

Check out the wonderful, old, bluestone foundations.

There's Monty in his Winter jammies.
"Hello Dad. What are you waffling on about ?"

I'm telling the readers about our alleys and this Old Brick Wall.

"Are we done with this wall yet ?"
Yes Monty. Let's keep going.

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Daisy rolling in something stinky again.

We are walking down our usual alleys.

Oh no. Daisy has found something stinky to roll in.

"It smells good, Dad ! Join in."
Ick. No thank you.

"Dad, you just don't understand."

I understand you need a wash !

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Wandering the alleys.

This is our turf, wandering the Fitzroy alleys.
There's Monty. Hello Monty.
''Hello Dad. It's nice to be out and about.''
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Cool Wayang Kulit wall art.

Check this. We found this in an alley on one of our walks.
Monty and Daisy didn't look too impressed but I like it.
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In the alley behind Danny's Hamburgers

Hamburgers for dinner tonight !
Come on kiddies, in the car, let's go to Danny's !

I place our order - 2 with the lot and extra cheese, large chips - then we go for a stroll down the alley behind Danny's.

"Dad ! Check this out. It's a hole in the fence."
Yes Monty. Very nice.

It's quiet down here.

The sun and the trees make wonderful shadows.

There are no cars to run us over.

There are corners to wee in and old boxes to sit on.

Righto then, our hamburgers should be ready, let's head back.

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Fitzroy Alleys after the rain

It rained just after a very hot day.
That's all the signal we need - let's go walkies !

Is that nice and cool on your feet, Monty ?
"Yes Dad. There's nothing like a splash in a puddle."

Righto. Let's keep walking.

Hmmm, lemons. I might just have one of those if I can reach it.

Ick ! Look at Monty's dirty backside. He went and sat in that puddle !

Down we go and back again, checking everything out.
That's all for today. See you tomorrow.


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Bored. Time for a walk.

"Dad, we're bored."
"Yeah Dad, can we go for a walk ?"

OK then kiddies, let's go check out The Alley.

"Hey Dad, check out this ! I think a cat lives in here."

"Let me look"
"Stop pushing. Dad, Monty is pushing me !"

"Am not."
"Are too."

Come on you two lumps. Stop mucking about and let's get on with this walk.

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(Note that this is pre-accident - Daisy still has her fringe).

Heading to the Park part three.

We are almost at the park now. One last alley.

But it is still slow going. Monty has to look under every fence.

I walk on ahead. This is a nice alley.

Come on you two lumps. Hurry up.

"Coming Dad."

Come on Daisy, hurry up.

"Coming Dad."

Here's the Park at last.

"Hooray. The Park. Let's go roll in stuff."

There at last.

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Heading to the Park part two.

This is the continuation of our story about heading to the park.
We turn the corner here, past all the bright graffiti.

These old blue-stone alleys are peaceful and interesting.

Monty runs on ahead. Daisy has found something interesting.

"We know we have to STOP at the curb.
Then Dad says RUN and we can run across the road."

We like this alley. We usually find a cat to chase down here.

No cats.

Come on you two, we are almost there.
To be continued...

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