Happy New Years!!!!!

So New years Eve on a Boat was pretty awesome.

We headed to King's Cross at around 4pm and met up with Jon, got some supplies and headed downn to Elizabeth Bay where we were meeting Dave and the boat. We waited for a while and saw the boat appear amidst a large number of expensive Yachts, it was a snazzy little number. We had fun getting onto the boat as Dave couldn't find a parking spot and we had no way of getting on to the jetty. Finally a stern woman let us through and we jumped onto the boat.

We waited around for a few hours enjoying the scenery good company, but mostly enjoying the fact that we had a prime view for the fireworks. Those poor souls on the harbour, no matter how much they cheered and how enthusiaticly they waved their little flags, their view was going to be blocked by a block of apartments. I had a moment of pity which was short lived.

We boarded the other crewmates on the stern of the ship and set off to our treasure Island. I tried to start a nautical themed way of talking but it fell on deaf ears. We spent a fair while searching for the perfect spot, which once we found were blocked by some rich clown wanting our spot. So we had to move to another equally perfect spot. So on and on it went. Finally the Kids fireworks shot off at 9pm, now If you'd dragged your wife and kids down to the harbour for the whole 5 minutes of that show, I'd be pretty dissapointed. They just provided a mouthwatering preview of what was to come. Periodically at hourly intervals they would shoot some firewoorkks into the sky to make sure we didn't get too bored.

Finally at around 11:45 we were perfectly positioned when a Biiig boat got in our way, we all blew our party horns at them and kindly asked them to move, but they didn't. So we headed off down the river a bit and found a nice gap, jumped in there and dropped anchor.
The fireworks shot up the harbour and began the display on the bridge. The fireworks were also coming from some of the cities syscrapers and barges in the river. One was very close to us and gave a rib rumbling explosion whenever a biggy blew up. The bridge looked like it was on fire and the display screen on the bridge displayed the Ying and Yang.

The fireworks actually ended quite abruptly, though they did go out with a bang. (See...I did a funny! That's one of mine)
They were spectacular, a genuine pinch yourself your seeing one of the worlds biggest events kind of moment. A story I will gladly tell when I'm old and withered to the old ladies in the nursing home.

We waited around on the harbour for a few hours as we couldn't go under the bridge untill they'd cleared it all, so after that we headed back to Darling Harbour and caught a bus back to the house. Finally getting back at 4am.

So this morning after our late night, we headed to our friend Jenny's place in Surry Hills. She is house-sitting for a couple while they went to Paris for New Year's. And what a funky little place it is, there's a balcony and a rooftop terrace. Plus a fab kitchen..It had a really nice bohemian feel to it, just what I would like to have in my house. We had breakfast with her and her friend Cudsy. We lounged around for a while, booked some cinema tickets to see Avatar in 3d. And headed off to have a drive down the coast, stopped off at a few spots and looked at the view. We did a blind walk holding hands untill we reached this place Cudsy wanted us to see and saw the most amazing viiew of the pacific ocean.

Avatar Is the Most Amazing Cinema/Movie Experience Ever!!!! I Will be seeing it again. It was incredible. Just fantastic. I won't go on but go see it. Please.

We got dropped off at the house and here we've been since. enjoying the peace. Still very warm though, more muggy than anything. Quite uncomfortable. Never mind, Mustn't Grumble.

That's all for Now folks. We'll post as soon as something interesting happens. Bring on New Zealand!!!

Lots of love

David & Holly