Friday, December 31, 2010 to Saturday, January 1st, 2011
Well another year has come to an end and another year has begun. Not sure where the year went and I know people normally take this time to make a list of their top"whatever" moments from the past 12 months but don't worry........I'm not going to do that.
Scott finally got the lights strung up just the way he liked. They actually provide a lot of light to our eating area.
As expected, the faithful gathered on our rooftop to ring in the New Year. As expected, I still felt horrible so once I got home from work, I took a nice long nap, woke up in time to eat and then watch some fireworks before taking another nap so I could be awake for the count down. Being in Australia meant that unlike most years where I am in one of the last time zones to welcome the new year....I was actually one of the first.
Watching a few of the fireworks that were down on the water front. Lasting about 17 minutes, we only saw the higher ones but they weren't bad. Ok, not the 4th of July in NYC but nothing is really. Apparently the ones we couldn't see were also very good.
No, they don't just appear out of nowhere......there is a rooftop in the way. There were actually 2 more shows that night, all at least partially visible from the rooftop. One was a ways out of town in Palmerston so really it was more like long distance bursts of light. But at midnight there was also a show at Mindil Beach which we had a perfect view of. I should mention the few fireworks that some people from a neighbouring building set off as well. So I guess you can make that 4 fireworks shows for the night.
Debi was well prepared for the night with streamers and sparklers and noise makers so when the clock did strike Midnight we were able to make a lot of noise. Here are a few pictures from the night.
Debi with a noise maker......just like when we were kids.
Stef with a few of the streamers on his hat. Not sure who end up cleaning those up. Perhaps they just got washed away in the rain.
Yes, I am holding my Blackberry (it's shocking, it really is). Just sharing the New Year with my BBM friends back in North America.
Jimmy, Debi and I.
The group on the rooftop. I think Streven and Benny are watching the Mindil Beach fire works. They were awfully excited.
I don't think these guys realize how disheveled they look at this point. And it was only just barely after midnight. That's Tommi, Streven and Benny.
So New Year's Down under was mostly a complete success. It really was fun being a day or so ahead of everyone else. I hope where ever in the world you were on December 31st you got to spend it with friends and family.
Julie
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