Reunion on the Gold Coast

Byron Bay, Byron Bay, what can I say!!! Well what an Edinburgh reunion on the Gold Coast at the weekend! We hired an amazing 3 bedroom house walking distance to the beach. The trip started off at lunchtime for me, when I already started on the champers and kept it going until we got to our destination!! As you can see from the pic, we all ended up having a great reunion and a good few laughs, although I kinda had to get dragged out of the club as for once, I didn't fall asleep first!! Top night was had by all, and lots of dancing when we got back to the house! Even some shopping trolley action that scared Jen quite a bit!!

So this is the beach at Bryon - totally amazing! Spent a bit of time swimming and jumping over the waves - its great when the water is really warm! The sky was amazing too - just love the picture to the right....

On Saturday we spent most of the day at the beach, and then went to a Hotel for lunch that overlooked the sea. Then wandered around the shops looking at all the alternative shops and bars. Byron is such a cool place - think its the only town in Oz that doesn't have a McDonalds or a KFC! Must be a good thing! The walk along the beach is just amazing - white sand and gorgeus water.

We ended up getting loads of food, tried to have a BBQ and realised there was no gas in the house! Typical! So our ozzie bbq was done on the grill and in the oven! Still tasted dam good though!!!

The next day, we headed up to Surfers Paradise for a bit. Emma and John left to get an earlier flight as they were going to see the Melbourne Victory final (which ended up 6-0 in case your interested), and I hung around with Peter and Jen. We took some random pictures on the beach, had a wander round the shops and a spot of tucker in the Irish Bar. Surfers is a bit like Magaluf, except with a stunning beach. Its funny how 2 places so close together can be so different. Byron has a much nicer vibe to it - more chilled out, and Surfers, although it looked glamorous, just felt a little bit tacky... I'm not slagging off the beach though, as you can see, its SWEET AS!!!!!

Far too much Fun in Feb!!

Well its been a great month so far - lots of stuff going on. The month kicked off well with a trip to see Kasabian, at one of the Big Day Out side show gigs - how good! We all met at the Espy in St Kilda and watched the sunset with a few too many beers. They rocked St Kilda and a top night was had by all - but man did I suffer the next day in work!

Had a bit of a leaving night out for Fraser and Antz, who have headed back to Sydney. Fraser was disgusted to see the poor standard of Yellow Pages deliveries in the city... He always does the job properly you see.....






My birthday also falls in February, and it reallly was weird not being at home, plus being in the sunshine! Everyone around me was just fab though - Jules took me on a surprise road trip - planned the day so nicely. Top sista, even remembered to pack an esky with brekky!! We went to the Dandenongs first, its the mountain ranges about 40ks west of Melbourne with stunning views. However, as Julie's ozzie trademark song is "everywhere you go always take the weather with you" it rained!! Was nice tho, as its been so hot for weeks! Then we went to the Yarra Glen where there is about 60 winerys all within 30 k30 mins of ech other - heaven!!! We had lunch at one of the winerys after visiting a few of them so we are vino connesiours now!! Such a fab way to spend the day.



That night, Emma dragged me along to a Hibs night. I was sceptical at first, but it was really good meeting lots of Scozzies and dancing around to the Proclaimers! Lots of see you Jimmy Hats action going on, and the night finished with a trip to watch Scotland beat Wales in the first nation. Man did Murrayfield look cold!! Brrrrr..


St Kilda also has a festival in February and a group of us headed down to that. Free live music and entertainment ALL DAY! Superb. Saw ozzie rockers Airbourne who were awesome and then got persuaded to go on some dodgy fairground rides where I was nearly sick! The thing I loved the most though was that you were not allowed to drink on the street. The police came round to stop people, and were giving people the choice to either pour it out or skull their cans - so basically they were encouraging people to get hammered. Another reason to love Melbourne haha!!!!