Germany

Germany are apperantly getting Monster Trucks Now I thought this would have to be either those large Tractor tyre type cars or they would be a super long truck ie something like a road train. It isn't though they are calling B doubles 'giga-liners' they are only 25m long and has two trailers. they really need to see a real giga liner and come to Aust to see a road train. Those funny Germans always worrying about something.

Now this is Surfing

The music for this is a bit dodgy but it looks like so muck fun.

Holidays

Hey Everyone,

So I've just had a great holiday with my family. I want to say thanks to Mum and Bernie for putting us up in their house for most of the time (or is that putting up with us). Also thanks to Dad for taking all of his megre holidays to come to the coast to see Min and Myself. Finally thanks to Judes for missing Christmas with her family to come down to the coast.
So some details are in order. Min and I flew down to Sydney in mid december and then a quick trip down to Wollongong to dump our stuff and make some general introductions (Min hadn't met my mum before then we were back off to Sydney for a christmas party with Min's friends. Interesting party good food some drink and stealing presents from each other. By way of explanation there was secret santa but you could either choose a random present from under the tree or steal one from someone else. It made for a fun and long present opening.
After the quick party in Sydney we were off to the mountians to see Min's mum and dad. They were lovely and we stayed in Leura for a couple of days saw them and caught up with the people that Min knows up there in them misty peaks known as the Blue Mountains.
Then it was back to Wollongong and some shopping to finish off getting the christmas presents. Now I have been planning some of my presents for months. For example I bought Mins Digital SLR camera back in November but I had started looking in september so that I knew which one I could afford and which one's were good. I ended up getting the Olympus E500. A middle of the range SLR with a good range of dedicated digital lenses. The other big present I gave was a tree. My stepdad love gardening and he had been searching for a rare plant called a Daintree pine. I did some research and found out that there were no nurseries that sold them in NSW so I contacted a wholesale nursery in Walkamin near Mareeba and then contacted a nursery near mums place and and got them to order a shipment. I then bought the Tree from the nursery in wollongong and got her to hold it for me til the day before christmas. It didn't cost alot but Bernie now has one of only 12 Daintree pines in NSW.
Christmas day was great Glen, Chiara, Dad, Judes, Mum, Bernie and Min were all there and I think everyone had fun. It was good to see people unwrap the presents that I got them. Anyway I will cover the rest of the holidays soon in the next post.