A year today at Pacific Mags

A year today since I started at pacific Magazine and entered back into the world of work after such a long time off...

I have had a great year here, really enjoy the work and the people I work with! I have 4 magazine I work on......

Manly weekend

The Weekend started off on Friday night when we decided to re-live out Brazilian experience with friends ( Not quite...we went to a Brazilian restaurant!!) and have to say we were quite disappointed! it was set in a bar/restaurant called Favelle just round the corner from us! The cocktails were great but the all you can eat meat not so much! Ali and johnny were still hungry afterwards!! so we stopped off on the way home for ice cream and a quick drink at our local...Tilbury!

Sat morning we work up and it was a gorgeous day so we headed out to Manly to see our friends Muz and Mo, we took the bike and stopped on route at the fish markets to get jumbo prawns for dinner!!

When we arrived the first thing we did was head to the beach! The boys went for a swim and me and mo had a coffee and a stroll along the beach....lovely!

The surfers were out...

Manly beach walk way

We then headed back to muz and Mo's for dinner and drinks, first the men had to do man jobs ( putting in new light fittings)

Ali and Murry sussing out the job in hand

Right plan in to Action!

One hour or so later the guys managed to get the living room light up and working so we decided to get dinner on the go...

Murray in his Oktoberfest apron....

Me with our starter, Eggplant parmigiana ( BBQ with cheese and pesto)along with some fresh prawns...yum!)

Then it was on to main course.....

Mo shelling the prawns!

Murray with his new BBQ...it was huge!

After dinner Murray went to turn off the living room light and the fuse went.....we were in Darkness.....

Murray and Ali trying to see what went wrong

Ali then had to turn to the "How 2" manual for some tips!

They managed to get the lights back on and we had desert! A great weekend spent with good friends :0)

Sunday we had a relaxing day, went for lunch and went to the cinema to see Star Trek, it was very good!!

New Neigbours

We have some new Neighbours! There are 2 little cats that have just moved into our block! we see them every day when we leave for work! and they have taken up residency on our balcony to constantly stare in at us eating breakfast! Ali was using the BBQ last night and when I came downstairs they were running around the living room....we have called them Snickers and Haggis!!

Investigating the BBQ!

Having a seat!!

Pilobolus

Had a busy but good week! Tuesday night I got offered a free ticket ( though work) to the opening night of Pilobolus...Wow it was good! They appeared on the tv show here " So you think you can dance" and I remember thinking how good they were and thought about getting tickets!

We also got to go to the after party for drinks, food and meet the dancers, I was really surprised that a lot of them did not come from a dance back ground...one guy was from Hawaii and surfed and another from the US who played quarterback football! There next stop is Rio...I wish I was going too!!



Pilobolus

The legendary US Dance Company's premiere Sydney Season and exclusive to Sydney!One of the world's great dance companies for nearly forty years, Pilobolus has created a unique style of movement that blends astonishing feats of balance and strength with wit and grace.Using the dancers' bodies, the choreographers create the most amazing shapes, transforming them into everything from exotic creatures to tumbling tumbleweed.

A Year Today

Well today its officially a year since we left Fiji and landed in Sydney! I think it has come round so quickly...I remember arriving in the morning and heading to Kirribilli!! I also seem to remember it being a bit Warmer this time last year!!

This is the first photos of us in Sydney.....beside Luna Park!... Ali just loves his hair in this picture

Autumn times

We decided to have a low key weekend as the last few have been fairly hectic.....and wanted to make the most of the weather before it turns to Winter!

Sat morning the Sun was out so we decided to go for a walk along all the bays, we left our flat in Potts point and passed Elizabeth bay, followed by Rushcutters Bay and then Double Bay where we stopped and had a really nice lunch beside the water

Rushcutters Bay

The view from the hill between Rushcutters Bay and Double Bay

On our way to Double Bay we came across a little block of apartments called "The Annery" which I reminded me of mum!

Double Bay

We then walked all the way to Bondi Junction, where we came across a international food market, they were serving all different cuisine from different parts of the world along with some live music!

We then reached the huge shopping mall where we decided to have a look round and then headed to the Cinema to see Wolverine!....quite good! and then when we came out it was absolutely pouring with rain, cold and dark! we could not believe it as it was such a nice day in the morning! so we had to jump in a cab to get home as we had shorts on and no umbrella!

On Sunday there was a festival at Kings cross ( right beside us) full of stalls selling food, hand crafts and wine! not to mention the free samples!! They also had a stage with live Music, marshal art demonstrations and a doggy show!!! I was quite disappointed as we missed the doggy show, but we could guess who came in what as there was lots of dogs running around with rosettes on them!

Easter Trip away....

Easter is such a big thing over here in Australia, we got the Friday and Monday off work plus all the supermarkets and shops etc are closed on Easter Friday and Sunday! you would not think that would be the case for a capital City!!!

So we decided to take full advantage of the time off and head on an adventure! Since I have been travelling the idea of Camping did not scare me so much...well we settled for a camper van, the best bit....it was called a Juicy Lucy!!! cute eh!

We decided to head down the South coast to an area called Jervis Bay and booked in a little campsite in a small town called Huskisson. The adventure started on Friday morning when Ali went to pick up the Juicy Lucy and we hit the road! The Traffic was unbelievable! it was so busy and took us around 4.5 hours to do a 2 hour drive!



We arrived at the Campsite to discover it was right by a lovely beach...perfect! so first thing was to set up- okay parked the van! then we decided to relax a bit

Ali next to our home!

(Left) Sink, fridge & cooker

Ali taking it easy at the Campsite!

Once we sussed out the Campsite we took a walk along the beach and headed to Huskisson to have a look round! It was a small town with lots of Shops and Cafes! we saw an old style ice cream van, so needless to say I had a Whippy cone!!

After we walked around we went into the Huski pub for a tipple to discover it was Happy hour and all drinks were $2!! needless to say we stayed for a good while longer and then headed to an near by Indian for a Curry!

We then headed back to the Campsite in the Pitch black! ( it gets dark at 6pm here now!) and it took us a while to get our bed set up!

It was actually very comfy!

We were woken up very early by the sound of Kids running outside!

Ali making the breakfast!

We then decided to take a stroll the other way in to Jervis bay, it was such a nice walk by the sea and we passed some amazing houses!!

Ali decided to test the water, bit cold!

The Next Day was Easter Sunday and we knew that they were having Markets etc in Huskison so decided to check it out! There were lots of stalls selling food and nick nacks! Not to mention a little petting zoo! It was full of baby farm animals....so cute! I should have taken a photo but I was too engrossed!

We then came across a Scottish pipe band!

We headed back to Huskisson at night time as they were having a fireworks display...it was really good! we managed to get a spot outside the back of the Huski pub!

The last day of our trip Ali was determined to go for a swim in the sea....I decided it was too cold so looked after the stuff!!!

Feet in first!

Second thoughts maybe not!

Bye Bye Campsite.....

The Husski pub

We had a great weekend, really relaxing and nice to get away from the City!