The Annual Good Friday Activity at Ballandean.

Every Good Friday, our neighbours, Mario and Rosalie Costanzo, host the locals to a get-together, based around DIY pizzas.
Rosalie makes a huge amount of dough for the bases. 
Mario fires up the pizza oven.
Early arrivals help with the setting up of tents.

The locals have arrived.

Every guest arrives with their favourite pizza filling, plus wine, wine glasses, and chairs.

Everyone takes turns to make their pizza, which Mario then slides into the pizza oven, and cooks.
It doesn't take long to cook, and then it is cut into bite-sized pieces and distributed.
Easy.

The table where the dough is rolled. Our hostess, Rosalie casts an eye back to me!

One pizza prepared and ready for the oven, a second being rolled out. Wine is on the table behind this.

...and into the pizza oven.

The kids also enjoy participating in the preparation.

A pear and blue-cheese pizza coming up.

Our host Mario checking the next pizza.

...and now a new pizza-cooker! An apprentice.

The "apprentice" with Mario, who flours the pizza paddle.

Let's play in the water!

When bellies are full, and hunger is satisfied, there is fun to be had just mucking about on the rocks below the weir.

It is a wonderful time.
We all catch up on one another's comings and goings, drink some really good reds, eat some excellent pizzas.
At this very busy time of year, when most of us grape-growers and wine makers are flat strap picking, and fermenting, Good Friday, when all cellar doors are closed, is the time to relax, and enjoy one another's company.
All this with thanks to Mario and Rosalie.
A great day!