{"id":1400,"date":"2010-10-24T20:29:56","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T03:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/?p=1400"},"modified":"2010-10-24T20:47:44","modified_gmt":"2010-10-25T03:47:44","slug":"move-to-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/?p=1400","title":{"rendered":"Move to the Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has now been a couple of weeks since we moved from our apartment in the City to Elwood, a beachside suburb on Port Phillip Bay. \u00c2\u00a0Elwood is about a 40-minute tram ride to the CBD and is right next to all of the action in St. Kilda, Melbourne&#8217;s most famous beachside suburb.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last few weeks, since the weather is warming up and feeling more that summer, we have been exploring our new surroundings. \u00c2\u00a0We&#8217;ve been\u00c2\u00a0spending afternoons on the beach (well mostly me since I&#8217;ve had a few days off work), biking\/running on the Bay Trail along the waterfront, and\u00c2\u00a0checking\u00c2\u00a0out the shops and\u00c2\u00a0restaurants\u00c2\u00a0in St Kilda. \u00c2\u00a0So far its been a nice change to living in the City, however we miss being so close to Queen Vic Market and all of the public transport in the City, but I think we will enjoy living by the beach over the summer months.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1479\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSCF0754.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1479\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1479 \" title=\"DSCF0754\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSCF0754.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSCF0754.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSCF0754-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christina and me on our first day out at the beach this season<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1480\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSCF0755.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1480 \" title=\"DSCF0755\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSCF0755.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSCF0755.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSCF0755-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My new bike at Brighton Beach after a ride on the Bay Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1481\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSCF0757.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1481\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1481 \" title=\"DSCF0757\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSCF0757.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSCF0757.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSCF0757-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of Elwood Beach with the City in the background<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has now been a couple of weeks since we moved from our apartment in the City to Elwood, a beachside suburb on Port Phillip Bay. \u00c2\u00a0Elwood is about a 40-minute tram ride to the CBD and is right next to all of the action in St. Kilda, Melbourne&#8217;s most famous beachside suburb. 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