Happy new year! hope you all had a excellent festive time off. I fully endulged and it felt like the first proper holiday i have had for about 3 years! no work, no stress, no worries.
This year was the first one without any family, last year they all came over here to me. But this year was a proper Australia Christmas, met on the beach at 10am for a Christmas Day surf arranged by Matt Damon himself (well the S.A one) Rodney! where about 20 of us got in the water and made a mess for a while, ditching our beers as we headed in, this would explain the life saving boat that kept its beedy eyes on us.
Christmas Day Surf.
Christmas Day Surf.
Then down to the park for a BBQ & a bit of backyard cricket, now i am the biggest Christmas grump you could meet but after feeding myself a nice rare steak and a few beers i lightened up a bit, only to switch back to serious mode tout suite as a highly competative game of cricket got under way, which of course we won. Jayne Wells turning out to be an inspired choice for opening bowler taking 4 wickets in a row. We knocked of the 20 runs needed to win with consumate ease.
As if on request the sun came out and we headed for the beach for more drinking, swimming & frollicking. I wish i could say i missed the family but im sorry i didn't. Waking up on Boxing day aching from all the running around i had done was a new feeling too, normally is a port hangover and in desperate need of some prune juice to get the yorkshires to work their way out. I did get passed around my aunties house on Christmas Day as my Dad still had some credit no his Australian sim card (yes that is the only time they will call, when they have free credit).
NYE was AWESOME too, instead of heading to circular quay and fighting for a good spot to see the fireworks we decided to head to North Head, the entrance to the harbour (about 10k's away) where we had a view of the whole city and could see all the fireworks while enjoying our eski's full of booze, eventually staying up there til 3am before walking home as the sun was coming up. B E A U tiful.
I like to think they are deathstars exploding in the background.
I like to think they are deathstars exploding in the background.
Here's another couple of pics as i can't be bothered to write anymore, Mumsy & D-fens are coming over in 3 weeks so that'll be good. And who knows when i'll be back for a visit.
View of the northern beaches.
View from the spare bedroom.
Some stormtroopers playing pool in a pub in Brisbane.
2009 the year of Lee!
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