I know it’s been a while…..apologies. Hope that you have all
had a great Christmas and now a new year to look forward to.
We have just celebrated Australia Day again with what has become our annual party for all those not off in sunnier places. A record crowd this year including 11 aussies , some by marriage and having emigrated from elsewhere, but we still think of them as ours. Some even travelled from other parts of the country and stayed overnight creating a bit of a weekend party atmosphere.
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| we hang flags all through the house |
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| an english friend brought along her friend |
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just one of the drink stops - not really representative
of the amount of booze consumed |
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| first arrivals always congregate in the kitchen |
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| Aussies exchanging experiences |
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| four nationalities here, including an irish aussie |
Lots of coconut prawns, chilli crab cakes and kangaroo for
that true aussie experience. And of course,
pavlovas, lamingtons and anzac biscuits to finish. Much french wine consumed as
the aussie stuff is too expensive and difficult to get locally – there’s always
a sacrifice.
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| disappeared in moments |
One friend , wanting to share that aussie sense of humour, even read The Loaded Dog to the gathering. They loved the ending and for many of us it evoked memories of the australian countryside. Apart from the aussies we also had english, french, irish, italian
and thai guests. We are grateful to have such an international community here
and so many good friends. Even our canadian neighbours who had gone home for the
winter phoned to wish us a happy Australia Day.
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| mellowing toward the end |
The party ran on longer than planned, naturally, so we are
confident that a good time was had by all.
Bonne Année
