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Geelong for Graduation

We’re on our countdown to our big trip, that’s what this site is really for, but for the next few nights we’re in Geelong for my graduation which is on Monday 15th September in the afternoon. I completed my course back in July and this was the next graduation I could attend. The last unit of my course could have been completed over two trimesters, but I wanted to get the whole course completed so I could graduate in September and start our SEA trip shortly afterwards.

Tomorrow, Sunday, we’ll have a look around Geelong and find a museum or two to have a look around. We love a museum and this one is on the top of our list, Geelong Gaol. When we’re away we also get out and walk a lot, today we’ve managed 15,000 steps, but we expect this to be higher once we get into SEA.

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