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happy Australia Day

Australia celebrates her birthday today! It's a tradition for our family to pack a picnic with home made meat pies and coconut covered lamingtons and to head down the road to Sydney Harbour to watch the Australia Day festivities on the water. There's a Ferrython, RAAF fly-bys, Tall ships, Concerts and Fireworks. All good fun to watch as we swim in the public harbour pool directly opposite the Opera House

If you'd like the Meat Pie recipe, see after the break

who wants to go to Paris?

*Sigh*

high tea at The Langham Hotel, Sydney

A promise is a promise, and I promised my daughter a belated Christmas present in the form of a high tea. She chose the venue; high tea at The Langham Hotel in The Rocks, Sydney. Delicious sweet morsels of Creme Brulee, Cheesecake, Fruit Tart Chocolate Mousse, Macarons, The Langham cup Cakes and Smoked Salmon, Cucumber and Egg sandwiches. All too much and we were unable to gobble through it all, not for want of trying

happy Australia Day 2012

January 26th marks the official national day of Australia, a day to commemorate the arrival of the First Fleet into Sydney Cove in 1788. On Australia Day there's always much celebratory action around the harbour, so we walked down to the Sydney foreshore to watch the Ferrython with home made meat pies and watermelon in our picnic basket. Afterwards the sun came out and we had a quick dip at Maccullum Pool (above), a heritage harbour pool in Cremorne Point that's tucked away beneath sandstone rocks and over-hanging trees with arguably the best view in the world. And better still it's quiet, clean, free and a gem that not many know about