Christmas Day

Just as well we went into the town square on 23rd December as it was very quiet on the 24th. This is because all the locals were all at home having their traditional Christmas meal on the Christmas Eve. We did think about trying to find a traditional Christmas meal but with none of us liking Carp it was hard to get excited about it. Still it was a lovely night to be up and about.

After some searching during the week it looked like we would not get a traditional Christmas lunch like at home. I thought this was important for the kids with us being so far away. Luckily, we managed to book the last table at the Hilton's Christmas brunch (from 12:30pm - 3:30pm with all the trimmings). This turned out to be sensational value at $55 a head for adults (including all beverages - champagne etc.). Children under ten were free and they had their own special buffet. We woke at around seven thirty and and as we are seven hours behind Perth realised that celebrations back home were well into the afternoon. This was a little sad as we would have liked to call home around lunch time or before. We had our own little Christmas tree and the kids were very excited to see presents (they thought either Santa, or Frank and I, were not organised enough to make this happen). They had been reminding us for days 'shouldn't you get the presents now'. That we managed to buy, hide and wrap the presents when we are together almost constantly was a feat in itself.

The boys had some kid's non alcoholic bubbly with breakfast. Doubt our liquor laws would ever permit this type of marketing.

Lunch was fantastic! We had a great table and the kids had a visit from Santa and so many games and activities that they were hardly ever at the table.

The bubbles were nice too!

The kids were laden with gifts and cake from Santa.

Though we did miss home, it was a great day.