Thursday, January 24, 2008

Naughty Corey

Corey,
A teenager in the Melbourne 'burbs threw a party when he parents were out of town......his friends trashed the neighborhood...... and now his sunglasses are famous.
This had been a huge story in Melbourne and this kid makes us all laugh. Watch the You Tube clip. You can't make this stuff up.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3-2pVsKRNX8

Kids these days!

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Australia Open, January 20









Today we (Mark, me, Suzie, Mitch, Johnny) went to "the tennis" at Vodafone Arena. We watched Ferrer, Sharapova, Henin and Davydenko. They make it look so easy.....

Sydney Jan 1- Jan 5, Czyzewskis and Copleys!











We returned to Sydney to hang out with Halina, Adriana, Jeff and Nico. We had a few days to explore before they arrived and we took a ferry to Manly, Double Bay, Potts Point....in general we did lots of walking! When they arrived we went on a Harbour cruise, Market..had a great time!

Byron Bay, Mark, Alexis and Alli, Dec 29th- Jan 1






Beautiful Byron Bay....except for the cyclone. We get to our beach paradise and 3 days of rain awaits us!! Still, it is a beautiful spot and we made the best of it! Thankfully we brought the dominoes!
Alexis

Sydney for the Holidays Dec 26th-29th









We then traveled to Sydney and keep the holiday vacation going!!! The pictures are, from top to bottom, Dad and Alli on our cruise around Sydney harbour, "The Rocks" area surrounding Circular Quay (pronounced "key"), Japanese Garden, pub, Harbour Bridge, Opera House and Bondi Beach!!!!
Love, Alexis

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Australia for the Holidays- Melbourne 12/23-12/26


















Mark and my family came to Australia over the holidays- we had a great time! First, everyone came to visit us for Christmas in Melbourne. Activities included: sightseeing, market shopping, winery tour, Healesville sanctuary, Royal Botanic Gardens, BBQ and beach.

Friday, December 21, 2007

Biking in St. Kilda, Brighton







We went biking today...from Port Melbourne down to Brighton. Notice the little "cabanas" on the beach- they are for daytime entertaining and picnicing. We meandered our way back home through St. Kilda and had some lunch. Sunny all day 'til we got caught in a rainstorm on the way home! Melbourne's is like Texas weather.....just wait 5 minutes and it'll change.
Much love, AMC