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 

You know you're in Australia when... (Sian)

A possum wee's on your boyfriends head!

The other night as we were walking down the road we were showing our friend Emma all the local possums who live down our street, we watched a very brave possum tight rope walk along a telephone cable, then stop to wee on Steve's head! Luckily we were just off to the local swimming pool so he didn't smell to much like wee for very long!

We have had a great week here! It started by finding a local Cinema that plays old retro films. We went to see Ferris Buelers Day off. I am going to see Fame their on Monday. Tuesday was spent in a local bar sitting by their log fire sipping red wine. Wednesday after the possum weeing session we went to the sea baths, a salty warm swimming pool - interesting, only all my silver jewelry went black! Thursday I went out with Kate for a girlie theatre night and watched an amazing show of Gothic Fairy Tales. It was part art installation and mostly performance but was excellent. Friday night was spent having a few drinks, then a few more and more... It was good fun!

We have also joined a gym, so will try and get fit and healthy before our return to the UK next year!