Christmas Down Under

Merry Christmas!!!!

Karen and I returned to Manly on the 18th December to flat sit for friends of friends which is working out fantastically well for a little break. We have a lodger as well, my old friend Julian who I met at university. It's been good to catch up and share the festive season with friends (both old and new!).

Christmas Day was a blast. We joined in a group of 8 ex-pats including Karens sister and two cousins at our host's (Rebecca) flat. BBQ Breakfast - beach for the afternoon - BBQ for dinner was fantastic. The beach was busy but not overcrowded as the clouds kept the sun out and the temperatures down. It made for a better day though in my opinion as there was no risk of burning whilst playing beach cricket, football and chucking 'vortex' balls at each other.

We all called home and opened our Secret Santa presents to make it feel a little more like Christmas. As good a day as it was I would prefer to never have another Christmas Day in Summer. Christmas Jumper, mulled wine, mince pies and the Queens speach for me in future!

I'll leave it there and post some piccies of New Year. We plan to be in Sydney for the festivities and soon after we'll be heading to Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef so more details soon...

All the best, Kevin & Karen.