Chevron Island...

Well, now, I've moved on from Chevron... it was a sad affair to leave my Aussie home. Now I'm spending half my time with Greta's folks, and the other half with my sweetheart, David. I really enjoyed living on Chevron Island in the end... it was really close to everything but also had that neighbourhood feel... just a short walk from a bottle shop, pizza place, sushi train, an curry restaurant, a few pubs and a few variety shops. Perfect for quiet nights (and some nutty karaoke nights too). And we were also quite close to Surfer's Paradise, which can be a good and bad thing. Always close to shopping and home after big night's out, but also close to all that tourist thing going on...

One of the last nights, I decided to take David on a picnic at Budd's Beach which is just over the bridge and facing Chevron, dividing by the Nerang River. We were enjoying the peace and quiet and the red wine when Dave spotted a dolphin in the river. So we walked out on the beach and there were a few guys doing surf lifesaving drills and then more and more dolphins came up. There were about 20 of them and it was unheard of seeing them so far up the river. It was just amazing. Dave waded out to try and get some closer pics but all we ended up with were splashes of water where the dolphin had come up.

It was a wonderful night though. I'll never forget it...

sports stars and cheerleaders!!

Left to right: Chris, Sean, Blain, Me, Mark and in front Zara... the CC Music crew...

So, every year, Blain and his brother Liam, have a theme party. Last year was military. This year was sports stars and cheerleaders. I think I was the only cheerleader there. Never been one so it was okay for one night. We had the best time. The crew was as follows:

Me - Cheerleader
David - 60's basketball player
Greta - Mascot trainer
Blain - baseball player
Sean - Capieora man
Chris - Karate man
Mark - 70's Tennis player
Simone - Rodeo Barrel Horse racer

As usual, props were broken, there were dramatic fights, some of us ended up in the pool and many other strange characters which made for great photo ops...

G and Me

David showing off his tight outfit and super white upper thighs.

Blain and Jay - who was supposed to be a synchronized swimmer but came solo. Don't know who was the braver man, Jay or the David Hasselhoff dude...

Mark got carried away again, John McEnroe style, and broke his racket. We found out that as a kid he actually went to tennis camp, and threw up all over the wall on the top bunk.

sports stars and cheerleaders!

How funny is it that David is standing miles away from Mr. Baywatch?

David, Me, Alisha and Blain

Chris showing off his hoola moves. I have no idea why its in b/w.

The crew at the end of the night.

rock the vote!

November 18th...

David and I - at the beginning of the day, believe it or not...

A few weeks ago now, David and I went with a bunch of friends to a music festival in Brisbane. A block of Aussie and NZ bands played, Shihad, Resin Dogs, You Am I and we had a premium time. Amid all the running around, dancing, and jamming, we managed to fit in a turn on this crazy amusement park ride. It was a grand day and night...

Kate (Dave's sister), Lisa and me

Dan and David... Just after we got off the best ride - right behind them...

Ben, Liam (Dave's bro) and David

Me, Liz and Dan