Happy New Year!

Well hello 2007! Down here we got there a little earlier than you guys and at midnight there was a leeeetle problem with the phone networks and my alcohol consumption - as those of you who received a million repeats of the same text message will already know. Sorry! (Mark, you got your revenge yesterday with your repeats so I assume something similar happened?). We saw 2007 in in style here in Sydney.. from around 3pm we were camped out on rugs on West Circular Quay opposite the Opera House with a big gang from our house - Matt, Elena, their friends Rob and Tracey, Livvy and Katie, Trina and Vicky and their Irish chums + some random Brits we met along the way. Sydney was kind and allowed us to take our own booze so Pete and I started on the vodka redbulls as Pete had been working since 7am and needed it. Then we moved onto the beer and red wine (goon mixed with red bull makes an interesting take on calimocho, you hispanophiles may be interested to know). Drinking games helped our lubrication with the infamous Kings Bowl being resurrected from my birthday with bag-wearing gimps and all. 9am saw the children's firework display, which was a cracker followed by the magnificent finale at midnight... there were fireworks going off from all directions - from the bridge, from over the Opera House, from the buildings behind us. We oooh-ed and we aaa-ed and we snogged and we smiled. All in all a fantastic night. And not a raindrop in sight! Bring on 2007, it's going to be an Asian (fire)-cracker!

PS: Birthday greetings to Paige, Happy Birthday kid. And to Emily .. I hope 2007 is a good one for you ladies! X