Wet and Wild

Today was Adrienne's final day of the Christmas holidays and it saw us taking a trip to Wet and Wild about 60 mins. drive South on the Gold Coast. The weather although starting a little cloudy was anything but wet and wild with another Queensland summers day doing the business for us.
The kids had heaps of fun on the various high thrill rides, although I think the next time we pay a visit it will be when the rest of Australia is back in their home states. We didn't realise that Brisbane is the holiday retreat for the rest of Australia at this time of year and this fact didn't help with queuing for the various rides. That said the kids had a great time and made us promise to take them back.
Who knows the next time we pay Wet and Wild a visit it could be with you. Now that would be nice!!!

New Years Eve 09

December the 31st. saw us bring in the new year with our good friends Julie and Duncan and their lovely family. We arrived around 3.30 in the afternoon for drinks and then dinner of Garlic,Ginger and Chili prawns cooked to perfection by executive T.V. celebrity chef Duncan Gray, followed by a beautifully cooked, hand picked locally grown Killcoy steak around 5.00. Dinner was followed by a review of the year which featured a collection of calamity's and disasters of 08 mainly featuring Mr.Gray himself. I have no doubt that this will be an annual event, I also have no doubt that next years main culprit will be Mr. Mills but it is all good fun!
Other friends started to arrive around 8.00 for a party in the style that only the Gray house could produce. It was another superb party thanks to mine hosts Duncan and Julie with drinks and fun flowing effortlessly through the night. With the sound of new year ringing in 09 the party found its way into their pool with people diving and jumping in in various stages of dress! Nice one the Grays you did us proud.
Finally we would just like to take this opportunity to wish you all a happy and prosperous 09, lets all make the most of this year as remember unless your Marty Hopkirk, you only live once. Happy New Year XXXX

Hinterland

We have just returned home from a trip up to the Hinterland, around one hours drive North from home. On the back of a dodgy weather forecast the sun shone for us all day. We should all sleep like babies tonight!

Time fo a Cheeky one.

Yesterday saw us all take a trip into Brisbane C.B.D. for a bit of a sight seeing tour and a couple of cheeky ones. We took the City Cat from Bulimba to South Bank then walked up through the park to the City Beach and then on towards the city stopping to take lunch in one of the many public houses and sink a CHEEKY ONE or TWO along the way. Well it would have been rude not to in these temeratures!!! We then strolled on through the C.B.D. back to the City Cat mooring on the other side of the city for a twenty minute sailing back to bulimba, but not before calling for another CHEEKY ONE or TWO. You may not believe it but we dropped Peter off at the North Lakes Tavern on route home, where he participated in his favourite sport of the CHEEKY MARATHON!

A recovery day

After the annual drink fest that comes around every Christmas we found our selves in the post boxing day recovery position. Laid down on a sofa , T.V. buttons in one hand and recovery nibbles in the other with a good blast of air conditioning to cool us down. After many cat naps and various NON alcoholic drinks we started to feel a little better. Peter and Pauline returned around 7.30 after paying homage to one of the local R.S.L.s they like to frequent in time for a game of Taboo and a Portion of Singstar. I have to say if there are any game show producers out there, you could make a lot of money from the Peter Giles Taboo and Singstar Challenge, he had us all in stitches. It was just a shame that our other U.K. Singstar celebrities we'nt with us (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!) to complete the evening.