Seal Rocks

Apologies to one and all. I've let the blog slip a bit and haven't provided an update for more two weeks.

Ok, so what have I been up to? Well the other weekend six of us high-tailed it out of Sydney, to a place called Seal Rocks, for the long APEC weekend.

We had a great time up there and the place we were staying was awesome. A nice three bedroom house with a fantastic media room built into the basement. The TV was immense and perfect for watching episodes of 'Green Wing' and Underworld's 'Everything, Everything'.

H played chef for the weekend and cooked up am absolute storm in the kitchen. We even had 'Christmas in September'. Why? Because Aussies normally do Christmas in July, in the middle of Winter, when it's cooler, and we forgot to!

Will and I went boogie boarding as well on a local break. It was the first time I'd been out on a point break. It was pretty busy as it was the only break in the area with a decent wave, but we did well in the crowd. We also went snorkelling to an island with H, pissing off the local seagull population when we arrived.

The six of us had a very relaxing time, eating, drinking and playing scrabble and pictionary. I was on the losing team, and we have to host a BBQ for the winning team at Bronte Beach this coming Sunday.

Good times.

BrisVegas, the Sea Eagles and George Dubble Ya

Just a quick one to let you know that I went to Brisbane last week for a jolly up the river. I haven’t been to Brisbane for years so it was good to see the city again. It was a whistle stop trip as I flew up last Thursday, had a couple of meetings and a party, then back into the offices on Friday morning before flying back to Sydney. But it was a quality time all the same and going out with my colleagues is always excellent value.

And on Sunday I made it to Brooky Oval to watch Manly Sea Eagles play with a couple of mates from work. It was a scorcher, as I sat on the hill, drinking tins. Manly won the game but the second half highlight was when a guy decided to take on 6 coppers just a few feet away from me.

Spring is finally here and George Dubble Ya rocked into town yesterday for a series of meetings with a number of other world leaders. Sydney is in lockdown and I have to say I do feel sorry for those people who have spent their savings on a trip of a lifetime to Sydney this week. They get to see lots of ugly fences and even uglier concrete blocks. Sydneysiders are being given a public holiday on Friday in an attempt to keep as many people out of the city as possible so 6 of us are heading 3 hours north to Seal Rocks for a long weekend of surfing, snorkelling, sunbathing (hopefully) and good times.

It looks like the ladies of the night, and day, are up for the APEC summit as well!