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Published: January 1st 2008
Hello folks, did you miss us?
Happy new year!
Hope everyone had a good Christmas. We certainly did! But before that we had 3 days in New South Wales, catching up with my relatives in Valentine. As well as enjoying delicious seafood and a few dips in the pool we also managed to squeeze in a wine tasting trip to the Hunter Valley (-thanks Paula) and our first 'Christmas Dinner'.
On Christmas eve we flew over west to arrive in Perth. On Christmas Day we were up bright and early due to the time difference (and of course the call of presents). The Perth weather was a bit of a shock to the system, whilst it had been warm in Easter Island and NSW, the Perth heat was something else. On Boxing Day we actually reached 44 degrees! We had to have frequent dips in the pool and there certainly wasn't any sunbathing. On Christmas Day we headed to the beach (gloat gloat) first thing, then came back to open all the presents! We waited till things had cooled down a bit before having a turkey dinner, but it was BBQ'd turkey (whole) and salad rather than a
The Whitehead brothers
Handing out the presentstraditional roast, much more suited to the climate. But we still had Christmas pudding, as usual a generous serve for me!
We've generally spent most of our time catching up with family, mostly Jamie's but I also spent 2 nights with my cousin Carolyn who has also moved over to Perth now. We played in the surf at the beach and ate fish and chips in Fremantle, and we even managed to squeeze in yet another wine region.......the Swan Valley.
Finally we saw the New Year with Steven (Jamie's brother) and his girlfirend Corvette at one of their friend's houses overlooking the Swan River. I have to admit we didn't join in with the 3am canoe across to join another party, but we did have lots of fun! Impressively though we managed to get up and see off the Whitbread round the world yacht race, where amongst others there was Liverpool '08 yacht, sponsored of course by none other than UU!
Tomorrow we head off to Uluru, and then on to Cairns, so watch this space.
Jenny, and Jamie
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Jo
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Happy New Year
Hi guys, happy new year :o). I'm really glad your still having a great time. Easter Island sounds great. Not too far from my Dad on Pitcarn Island! I am a bit jelous of Christmas on the beach as it is a bit rainy here but we've had a really nice Christmas catching up with family and friends. See you soon xxxxxxx