November 2006 - Healesville Sanctuary The Herman clan all made there way to Healesville Sanctuary for a picnic lunch to celebrate Morna's Birthday. Healesville Sanctuary is 40 kms from home and is set in a natural bushland environment where paths wind through different habitats. It is one of only two places to have successfully bred a platypus, the other being Sydney's Taronga Zoo.

November 2006 - Point Nepean The girls and I all headed down the Mornington Peninsula to Point Nepean. Point Nepean was closed to the public for over 100 years, Point Nepean National Park is home to Fort Nepean, established in 1882, and the historic Quarantine Station first established in 1852.

November 2006 - Lake Goldsmith The 88th Lake Goldsmith Steam Rally on the weekend of November 4th and 5th 2006. On Sunday we all piled into Tonka Sall' and managed to hit the road by 9:30am for the approx 400km round trip to Lake Goldsmith. Connor and Michael even managed to talk their way into being able to drive Steam engine. The rally displays a large collection of restored steam engines, traction engines, steam rollers, internal combustion engines and farm tractors.