Sunday, January 03, 2010

First Jan 2010 - Our first trip down the Nerang River

First up - to get us going - a nice BBQ of sausages and eggs courtesy of the newly awoken Ray!
At last - we've found HP Sauce and good old Heinz Ketchup - Ray has ARRIVED!!!


Our new UTE gets the boat in the water so much easier than the car - with being 4WD its no problem at all on the ramp. Here's a route of where we went http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=104529245393332228671.00047c3b63f94a79cf7cb
The mansions on the river a truly amazing - how the other half live eh?? Most of these mansions have a pontoon and most have HUGE boats moored up alongside. Being 1st Jan - most people were out on the water thus the empty pontoons.
This one even has a helicopter parked outside - just obscene!!!!
and back home for a GnT in the pool. It got a bit choppy on the way back but best thing to do is shove the power on and smash through the waves - good fun but a bit hard on the old bones!!
How good was it to finally cool down in the pool. This was taken about 8.30pm and its was still 29 degrees!!
Chillin after great day out with woofs and drinkies
This little fella visits us most nights. He's totally harmless and eats mosquitos so we're glad he comes round!!
WTF????? I think the bottle of Kahula was in the freezer too long!!!! Not the most appetising image...............................

Doggies first bath of the year

New Year 2010

Preparations for the big night!
This is us opening fabulous prezzie from Andi - it was a beautiful Christmas hamper full of fantastic Christmas goodies - Thanks Andi!!Oh No!!! its starting to rain - we were planning a barbie for all our mates - PLEASE don't spoil it!!!
So this is Neil trying to cook some gourmet marinaded salmon in the soaking rain - yep I got totally drenched - kept spirits up with a constant flow of GnT from the bar!!
The party gets underway
At last we're ready to tuck in -  a bit wet and windswept but it didn't keep the spirits down at all!!!
The bells  horagh!! Oh Oh - is that margharitas in those glasses??? I think there's danger ahead!!!
All up - a fantastic night and thanks to everyone for coming along - great friends, great night and heaps of laughs!

Christmas 2009


Here are a few snaps of Christmas morning before we headed up to Brisbane to spend the rest of the day with Wendy and Fe. Unfortunetly we left the camera behind so we don't have photos of the rest of the day :-(