HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY!!

January 26th is Australia Day - the day of the first landing of the First Fleet at Sydney in 1788. That's right we celebrate the day our country was populated with convicts from England, that are our ancestors. Well they sailed for six months on barely any food, landed in conditions completely foreign to them and no insect spray to speak of - they deserve some congratulations. So we have just had a long weekend to celebrate -yippee! Of course, the only way to properly celebrate Australia Day is to have a barbie with friends, eat lamb (well not all of us), drink beer, watch the cricket and of course go to the beach! So we had a few friends around yesterday afternoon to hang out in the back yard and enjoyed relaxing on a sunny day and celebrating being Australian. Then today, it was off to the beach to splash in some waves, dig some holes, play with trucks and make footprints in the sand. All the ingredients of a great weekend. We have been blessed with beautiful weather and having time to wind down and relax is very valuable, as well as enjoying the great outdoors. It gets very busy around this time of year in our town, everyone enjoying the beach and picnic-ing and enjoying the end of the summer holidays/vacation. School goes back next week , so this weekend is really the last hurrah for summer, despite the fact that the warm weather will be around for another two months. So on one hand it's nice to see families together, enjoying their time outside of normal routine, but on the other hand, we won't have to fight for a parking space or spot to put our towel on the sand. Or stand in line for 15 mins at the bakery to grab some rolls for lunch. So there is definitely plus' to everyone heading back to their homes tonight and work and school. Hope you have all had a wonderful start to the year with the first month almost over and done with. Take care and go with the flow........