Christmas Down Under
December 30, 2005 12:37 pm General
It’s been a pretty wonderful Christmas so far, with lots of great company, wine, beer and pool sessions. You get the usual things like the standard Christmas dinner but with a slightly Sydney slant. The day after Christmas we headed out with Shane, Katie and family who are friends of Sharon and Dic on their boat, primarily to catch the start of the Sydney/Hobart race. During the morning the boys and girls got dragged around, with a little time for water skiing at the end for me. The main attraction was the race, and we caught up with the crews with choppers flying overhead, all to see a few boats. In reality, it was an amazing event. Although we only caught enough to see the big maxis at the start, by virtue of running out of fuel right amongst it [ooops], it was just an amazing sight to see them cruise away with such ease and splendour while the other hundreds of vessels scrap for position in the harbour.
