The Hughes family had a great Christmas and New Year.
On the lead up to Christmas Katie a friend of Madeleine's from the UK sent over a unique tree bauble. Very Patriotic (UK)!
We hung it with care and took a picture to show all.
On the 23rd of December we all went to the Capitol Theatre and were amazed by the show WICKED. If you haven't seen it yet, book your ticket.
Santa was very kind and we all got lovely gifts, Kay cooked the turkey perfectly and we had a great day.
Boxing Day saw Kay and I catching up with our wider relatives (three brothers who share the same great granddad as Karl).We met them at their parents (Arthur and Vera) house; we were made very welcome and met their wider families and had a great day out.
New Years Eve was spent spectacularly in front of Sydney Harbour Bridge watching the amazing fireworks and celebrating the beginning of 2010.
The 2nd day of the New Year saw the girls and Jarryd (Megan's boyfriend) off to see Mamma Mia. They were very jolly when they returned and Abba was played on our disc player for some time later.
Coolangatta
We packed the car ready for a two day road trip to Coolangatta, Queensland. 9 hours on the road and we reached Woolgoolga, a great place to stop where we enjoyed the beach had a tasty curry and visited a Sikh Temple. We watched the largest fruit bat colony I have seen take the sky, it was breath taking. Then we had a dip in the pool until midnight whilst enjoying a bottle of the sparkling wine, aghhhh :)
The next day we stopped in Byron Bay and had memorable picnic on the beach before visiting the Big Prawn on route to Coolangatta.
At Coolangatta we enjoyed five nights enjoying what the Gold Coast has to offer. Dreamworld was thrilling; the rides were made for the adrenalin rush. The next day Megan and Madeleine visited White Water World and Kay and I took a tour up Mount Tamborine. Fun was had by all.
Coolangatta is a great spot, the beaches are beautiful and the resort we stayed in was spacious. The five nights flew by even though lots of the time was spent lounging on beaches and I managed to try out my new body board that my girls gave me for Christmas, THANKS!
The trip back was again broke by a night stop over, this time in Port Macquarie, the picnic we had at lunch time was at the lovely beach/lagoon called Mooney Mooney. After looking at all the restaurants in Port Macquarie we opted for Italian. Wow! We had a feast, the quality of food was high and we enjoyed every course.
Plans were made to picnic on the way back but rain stopped play. Instead we chose a place called the Two Cows Cafe. The weirdest cafe you would ever visit but the tea, coffee and cakes were homemade and delicious.
A weekend was spent at home chilling before work started and that about wraps up the summer holidays (almost).
The girls were still off school and Kay was busy making a dress for her Citizenship Ceremony.
Australia Day 2010
Kay swore the Oath and became an Australian Citizen. There was no doubt about it, Kay stole the show and has since had many requests for her stunning dress.
Well that was the summer holidays 09/10.
To our family and friends back in the UK, we hope you had fun in the snow at what looked a cold freezing winter. The pictures we saw on the news were amazing but I know from chatting to some of you at times it brought the place to a stand still.
ColKay & girls.
P.S.
The middle spider (Huntsman) jumped out of our aircon vent in the lounge. The Red Back was by the back gate and the Garden Orb is presently outside our front door.
MMMMMMmmmmm!
