Australia Day 2011

26 January 2011 (not that it really needs clarifying....)

Aussie day started of pretty quietly. Yan and Lawrie gave Silver a well deserved scrub and the girls just hung out in the morning. The boys decided that they needed to get into the spirit of things and started off with some Jenga and scotch.

Washing Silver

All clean!

Early Jenga and scotch

Intense Jenga

Jane & Jim graciously offered to host the 2011 Aussie Day celebrations. This was great as their place is only a quick walk from Yan & Amanda's'. We tuned into Triple J's Hottest 100 and based on their suggestion we started up a swear jar for flood relief. We were pretty well behaved up until lunchtime, which was very tasty (Thanks Jane and Jim for cooking duties too).  

J&J's backyard

Lunchtime!

Our awesome hosts

Yan just chillin'

Lawrie

The newly(er)weds

Just hanging out

Lawrie and the umbrella pole

When the weather had cooled down a bit we headed over to the park for some cricket. Lawrie was super impressed with Jim's double ball bowl and his double ball hit - even better when Yan dropped the catch.

Boys playing cricket

Girls chatting and drinking mojitos out of plastic mugs

Jim batting

After the park we headed down to the beach for a swim and to watch the sun go down over the Indian ocean (exciting for us - maybe not so for the Perth residents)

Walking to the beach

Boys on the beach

Lawrie and Yan in the surf

Sunset over the ocean

We had a brilliant day and were really sad at the thought of having to leave Perth and our friends the next day. Kitty is trying to convince Lawrie that moving to Perth is a good idea....

 Waterfall

The Final Scores