New beginnings

Tomorrow marks the beginning of 2007, according to the Gregorian Calender. People devise different ways to herald the New Year in. Fireworks are one of my favorites. Apparently, Sydney are spending close to 4 million this year. I have heard they are fantastic, and they do look this way on the television. Melbourne have fireworks taking place at 9pm in the City for the kiddies, then at 12pm for the adults. I watched them from the Yarra riverbank last year. A few years before that I watched them from a back porch, some years before that I trekked to the hill that the Xavier Chapel sits on them (along with most of Kew and Hawthorn.) This was a fantastic viewing point.

This year my evening shall be quiet, but I guaranteed I'll see more stars where I am than those in the city, however this year I'm passing on the seeing the fireworks first hand. Like promises resolutions are sought made but to be broken so i'll pass with all that mumbo jumbo but will say that:

Tomorrow welcomes the new year. Tomorrow also marks the arrival of Lucy Abigail Grace into the Anderson and Wallis families. Very exciting.

Still waiting

Alas, photos of Christmas day festivities are still at the processors! Well .. Suffice to say last years Christmas (which was sun, surf, heat, and humidity at Byron with sugar cane juice, limes, Coopers Pale Ale, Lindermans Sav Blanc, prawns with thai dipping sauce, calamari, scollops, fish and crayfish more lemon, tartare and sweet chilli sauce followed by ice-cream christmas pudding) was contrasted this year (with temperatures below 5 degrees, pinot noir, cab sav, merlot, rain, hail, wood fires, ham, pork, turkey, roast vegtables, garlic, beans, gravy, apple & cranberry sauce, smoked salmon entree, and ironically summer pudding with custard and cream, oh and if that wasn't sufficient there was tea and coffee with Mario's Chocolates.)

photos to come in update.
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight!