25/6/05 - The cook did a bloody brilliant job, and looked cute too!! 

25/6/05 - Sod it, we'll clean up in the morning....... 

25/6/05 - A good advert for wine dont you think? 

25/6/05 - Viv blended in well as a bottle. 

25/6/05 - yummmm, mulled wine.....  

25/6/05 - Even the kitchen staff were in festive mood! Viv and Derek doing a great job!! 

25/6/05 - Did Emma's ear taste nicer than the wine? Adrian investigated..... 

25/6/05 - As the mulled wine flowed, santa's helper needed a straw. 

Christmas - British style (Sian)

It is cold here. Not freezing, but cold enough to warrant the English, Irish and Canadians to sing Christmas Carols! I am expecting Christmas lights to be strung across the wide Melbourne streets here. The feeling is most bizare considering England is in the midst of a heat wave.
It was half way to Christmas yesterday and Steve and I threw a Christmas party at our place. I spent hours cooking a Turkey Roast and all the trimmings for 9 of us! The roast came with beautiful Mulled wine, delicious! We had a great time with secret santa, Santa hats, and of course Steve dressing up as Father Christmas!
One of our Australian Friends said it was much like the bizare cold christmas he'd had in London, 6 months ago!
It has really been a Boxing day today too, with cold turkey sandwiches!
Check out our floaties for our Christmas antics.

25/6/05 - Our 'fake' christmas started sensibly. 

12/6/05 - They are so cool and friendly too. 

12/6/05 - A rare sight, a Koala not sleeping! 

wonderful weekend, and scary movies (Sian)

Last weekend we hired a car and Steve drove me around for the day - it was great! We drove though the wonderful Yarra valley stopping off on the way to but some lovely wine from one of the vineyards. The view was amazing and it was an enjoyable day for the both us!
Sunday morning was spent drinking bucks fizz and then the afternoon a stroll in the park with our friends dogs to walk off all th booze!
On Tuesday our flatmate decided to move to Sydney as she had no luck finding work here and the promise of a good job up there. By Wednesday Kate was gone! I will miss her loads!
On Wednesday night we saw the scariest movie ever - The original japanese version of the Grudge . I was so scared that I screamed out loud! I have never seen anything like it! Steve kept on making me jump by stroking my arm too! Our friend Emma was so scared afterwards she had to stay with us in Kate's old room!
Last night we went to see a Bollywood movie that we are in - just a glimpse! It's called Bunty aur Bably and is really good! It's made me want to go to India again!
All this plus the gym and a few drinks with friends! It has been a great week!

7/6/05 - Our hire car for the weekend, a '71 Corvette. Nice. Then I woke up..... 

7/6/05 - Look, straight ahead.....theres Melbourne. From Mt Dandenong, its only 700metres high but its bloody cold up here. 

7/6/05 - Er.....wheres the road gone? No Koalas either....the lazy buggers sleep 20 hours a day!! 

7/6/05 - A drive through these forests is just amazing, only 1.5 hours from the City and its like another world. 

7/6/05 - For those who think Oz is just a big desert......well most of it is but some is nice and green.....think Lake District. 

7/6/05 - Melbourne from across the Yarra Valley