Birthday Weekend

For those in the know, I had my 31st birthday today. One of my bestest mates Jen came over from Perth for a fly by weekend visit and also celebrate her birthday (15 March). The picture above is looking over the Merewether Baths here in Newcastle. My new home is going to be about 3 streets away from the baths and the beach here (pictured below)!!




Saturday night saw a bunch of us at Monicas house for a wee birthday and bye bye party. Birthday cake pictured below. Visiting German pilot Katha is heading home on Tuesday - first class but at a high price. Best wishes to her for a speedy recovery and that we see her back here next Summer :)




A couple weeks ago Stu bought home this little beauty. Her name is Jaz and shes an Indian Ringneck parakeet. We've been wolf whistling at her since she came in and I finally heard her repeating it today. Too cute!




Now - some very important news... Due to unforeseen circumstances, Jen and I havent been able to locate a new venue for Sticky Date Pudding. Our inability to even get to Goldbergs left me going on a search through the local supermarket for a quick and easy fix... What i found was absolute GOLD. Homer Hudson has released a flavour called "Digger" with Anzac biscuit pieces and honeycomb icecream... I highly recommend this to anyone who likes icecream, anzacs or honeycomb. The combination of all three will be very, very addictive!!




To wrap todays entry up, I'll say this. I have a feeling that 31 is going to be a very interesting age. If the unpublishable events of this weekend are anything to go on we're going to be in for a wild ride and to this I say... BRING IT ON!!!!

Back to reality???

So folks... Here I am... Two weeks from my 31st birhday (hint, hint) and living in sunny Newcastle and not the UK one. The last 10 months or so have been relatively travel free if you exclude a couple trips to Canberra, frequent trips to Muswellbrook and a few trips down the coast. Even the adventures scene has been relatively quiet with a ball, a HG comp and some galivanting round the Hunter being the highlights to keep me amused. Come to think of it, I think I need to make a better effort to be doing some more blog worthy stuff if I'm gonna start updating this thing :) I guess that will be my challenge for 2009...

Without boring you all by recounting the few things I did do since previous entries, I've just attached a couple of my favourite pics to share :)

This was a bay on the Isle of Pines. We stoped off on this little island during our cruise and it was hard not to fall in love with the beautiful, crystal clear blue water on what was a perfect day!

Me and Monica at the last Westpac Helicopter Ball. Another great night!

Mum came up in November and she, Kylie and I took a little trip up to the Hunter Valley Gardens on a very wet day... First time I'd been there. The place is huge and would be georgous on a bright sunny day.

2009 Hang Gliding State Titles in Manilla. Fantastic comp. Lovely people. Good times :)

Recent trip to Sydney. Went there for work but managed to have some fun playing too! Big Thank You to Ben for keeping me sane when the workshops and workload was anything but!

Finally....

G'day folks...
Just to keep a few grumbly peoples happy, here's a quick note to let ya's know I'll be doing some more updates soon :)
Mwah xx