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Published: December 17th 2006
Ho Ho Ho!
I've been to the city today trying to capture for you the essence of an Australian Christmas. I even climbed the Harbour Bridge for you to get some good shots (pretty pleased with them I am!)
Lots of shopping going on, usual hustle and bustle but I miss the festive lights and atmosphere of Christmas in a cold climate (but not the cold climate!). I've avoided the usual round of parties and wining and dining which has been excellent for my waist line which is under strict orders!
So whatever you are doing my friends, wherever you are, in Florida or Hawaii, USA; Calgary or Vancouver, Canada; Barnes, Ladywell, Aberdeen, Ipswich, Reading, Brighton, Ealing, Watford, Burnt Wood, Millbank, Paddington, Chiswick, UK, or here in Oz in Mount Martha, Carnegie, Coburg, Tamworth, Hendra, Newport, Belrose, Brisbane, Ashfield, Westleigh, Chatswood and other places too many to mention - I wish you a very Happy Christmas and a brilliant New Year and look forward to keeping in touch with you in the future.
I'm off early January in my new campervan (well it's not exactly new except to me) up the coast to a summerschool in Bellingen
on 'Life Stories' - check out www.campcreative.com.au - then joining up with bush poets stalwarts (I'm a bit rusty in the poetry department but have been invited to perform if I can get my act together) at Tamworth Country Music Festival (www.tamworth.nsw.gov.au/asp/index.asp?pgid=26601) until the end of January.
Then off to Melbourne to meet up with my Mount Isa buddies to spend a bit of time chewing the fat about the good old days when we worked for Mount Isa Mines in NW Queensland, paid very little tax and enjoyed a bonus for living in an isolated area. No deprivation there...enjoying life to the max, in our staff quarters with meals prepared for us in the staff mess. Oh those were the days!
Thanks for all your messages. Will send a blog from Bellingen and/orTamworth.
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Rae/Rowena
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And a hot Christmas to you too!
Hope you have a good time in Sydney over the holiday break and look forward to the Bellingen episode. I am very fond of that area myself. It has a special atmosphere, I find. Am on my way to Melbourne for Christmas with Gina but can still be contacted on my mobile ... and hotmail because, naturally (!!!) G's is a computer friendly house L O L Shall be there until 12 January.