Last meal invite.

Last night I was invited to Anthony Dowling's (ancestors from Kerry). He is the retired principal from the State school in Koroit and we had worked together on the Irish Festival. He was one of the organisers and our school did 'Johnny Will You Marry Me?' and the Tommy K dance. His house in on five acres on the outskirts of Koroit. He invited neighbours Tony and Sandra Downs (ancestors from Clare and the home countries). The steak was their own and he and Pamela served up a lovely meal. Anthony had DVDs of Irish music by all the usual suspects and we all sang 'Dirty Old Town' 'The Fields of Athenry' and 'Grace' together. It was surreal to think that I was still in Australia but would be home before the week was out.

Anthony is a Collingwood fan and his office is a shrine to 'The Pies'. We even watched parts of the Grand Final Replay again where his seats were so good that we could pick him out of the crowd.