An Aussie Xmas

So it's New Years Day, 2009 baby!! I'm in Frankston (near melb) staying the night at Britt's house before I head off to Jacqulyn's (host sis) place to pass some time between now and Tasie. I just spent xmas on the beach. It was amazing. I couldnt' get over the fact that it was DECEMBER and I was in the ocean. It's mind boggling. It didn't feel at all like Christmas mostly because no one here in Oz decorates. . .but also cause it's hot. The thing I missed most was the atmosphere of a Colorado Xmas. There's just something about being in a warm house with the tree lit up while it's freezing and snowy outside. But it was good anyways. The beach was beautiful. Much like the ones you see in the Cruise Ship adds, calm and greeny-blue and clear as clear can be. We left Nazza on the 18 of December and spent a few days in Warrnambool hangin about the beach then we drove along the Great Ocean Road a couple hundred K's and set up cam at Apollo Bay for Xmas. While I was in Warrnambool I caught up with Channie from Denmark, we spent a few hours boogie boarding. She is living in Warrnambool for her exchagne and until I took her out, she had never been in the Ocean. . .SHOCKIN!!!

This is our tree, Andrew stole it off the side of the Road :) Then we planted it in a bucket of sand and called it good. Now that's an Aussie Xmas :) haha



I learned how to boogie board on this trip, it's the easy version of surfing. Takes much less effort :) AKA it's the Aussie wayCept then Karen and Andrew went and got me Surfing lessons for Xmas, what wonderful people they are :) It was just as hard as everyone says it's gonna be, I nose dived several times and got many facefulls of salt water but by then I had been swimming in the ocean for nearly a week so I was used to the sting. Apparently the Sruf Instructers were flirting with me like mad. . .I however was completly oblivious to all of it and just splashed them back, thinking it was innocent. . .I managed to stand up a few times but it was after the board had stopped moving. . . I did get up on my knees several times and now I can say I've been surfing. . .In december :)


This is me and Jacqulyn's Sand Man. We didn't have any snow so I improvised :) Isnt' she lovely?
This is me on Xmas, my family sent me a magical package full of American goodies. Including lots of lacey undies and Reeces Peanutbutter Cups and home made party mix and fudge and more chocolate and Hayley even went to one of those 'make your own teddy' shops and made me a Koala. I was happy as a clam :) Oh! And they sent me my awesome xmas hat!! It's a santa hat that's got a spring on the top instead of that floppy red bit :)

This is me on Xmas day. Jacqulyn, me and Duncan went down the beach planning on boogie boarding with the flippers cause they propelled you so you could catch more waves, but the surf was flat as flat can be. . . so we just floated around in the water and caught some rays. Jacq and I thought this photo was bloody brilliant :)