Saturday, February 4, 2012

January 2012 Down Under

Well now that I have finally finished blogging about our trip to Tasmania. I can tell you about what we have been up to Since New Year.

The New Year started with a bang on New Year’s Eve. It started with Mark creating yet another amazing dish of Beef Wellington.

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After dinner we headed into Adelaide to see how New Year’s Eve was celebrated in South Australia. We headed to Elder Park for a free community concert with fireworks. Can't quite remember the last time I spent New Years Eve dancing to a DJ on the banks of a river in 30C heat. It was good fun.

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We started the New Year with a BBQ at friends, and when the temperature dropped we headed for a swim at Port Eliot.

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The following weekend we had our New Year/birthday BBQ. It rained!!! To the point that we had to watch the weather charts, to work out when it would stop raining. Allowing us time to go out and cook the meat on the BBQ. Apart from the rain we had a lovely time and we hope our guests did too. I have to thank everyone for my presents, but a special thank you to Jen for my sunflowers and Judy for my Aussie Guide bear.

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On my birthday I returned to work following a 2 week holiday and went out for dinner at Glenelg. It was a lovely seafood restaurant with a sea view. Mark booked the table to time the sunset, so I got to watch the sunset whilst eating my main course. It was beautiful.

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The following weekend we had a quiet weekend. Mark had a baking session and make blackberry cheese cake. I never knew I had married such a good chef. We also enjoyed a drive around the hills to try and escape the heat.

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Mum this is my new dress.

Last weekend we spent Saturday doing our research on tents available in South Australia, but I was a little worried to see this on one of the shop shelf.

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As the Adelaide Hill wineries were having a festival on Sunday. We went to take a look. I enjoyed a couple of glasses of wine and Mark found some amazing cakes. The views were also awesome.

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