since the holidays fell over a long weekend, i decided to take one extra day off and head up to byron bay, nsw for a relaxing weekend at the beach! i don't know what it is about byron bay however i must confess that from the minute we arrived, everything seemed to slow down... we headed down to the beach on christmas morning to find the beach littered with people in bikinis or board shorts, wearing santa hats!! there were even a couple of christmas trees decorated!! it was such a surprising sight for someone who's used to experiencing christmas in the cold!! we spent the evening at the beach, listening to a bunch of musicians playing and talking with everyone until the wee hours of the morning...
we had a morning of rain so we headed out to the lighthouse for a walk. the lighthouse itself is quite pretty however the more notable reason for walking to the lighthouse is so that you can stand on the most eastern point of australia!! it was a beautiful walk and the sun came out and provided some lovely clouds in the background for the photos!! the following day, i dragged nicole along to a surf lesson!! we made fools of ourselves on the beach learning how to stand up on the surfboards a million times before we were finally allowed in the water, only to make further fools of ourselves ;-) i did manage to catch four or fives waves while actually upright on the surfboard - there are photos to prove it but no one will ever see them as they were awful!! ;-) it was a fun sport and i think nicole and i might try it again soon in victoria!! we headed back to melbourne that afternoon and truly, i kinda needed another weekend to catch up on the lack of sleep from the one that'd just past!!
i've been busy with life in general as it's summer here which means that things are always a little hectic!! there have been movies, music in the park, an apron party (i'm now the proud owner of an apron that says "what's a nice girl like me doing in a place like this?! :-) and other miscellaneous events. in addition, i just had my dear friend patricia and her husband matt here. they spent a week in melbourne and we were out every night until quite late, eating, drinking and spotting penguins at the pier!! it was great to catch up with her and though i was sad as anything to see her go, i was also slightly happy to be able to go home on friday night, rent a movie and curl up in bed at 11pm...
from a work perspective, i have good news!! the boss has finally gotten around to making me permanent (i'm full-time now!!) and, i've switched states (i'm now covering queensland and new south wales) so i'll be traveling to sydney about once a month... it's taking me a bit to get used to the new places and projects in nsw but i'm sure i'll be doing okay by sometime in feb!!
must head off as there's so stuff i must get done before bedtime!!
hugs to all and i hope that the new year has been going really well for you all!!
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