2008 Highlights

Well, 2008 is nearly over. It's been a great year for family and trips and house hunting. The three top highlights were Mum and Mike's visit to Australia (and exploring New Zealand with them), Jo's visit to Sydney and the finding of our beautiful new home (we are still pinching ourselves.) We also got to explore Tasmania and The Northern Territories and we added a new member to our household - our adorable Mack...

Below is a list (more for my benefit) of all we have been up to this year...

Our New Home
First peek inside
Photos of our neighbourhood
Floorplan
Arial photos
Moving in (Jul)
Buying new plants
Our bed arrives
Getting our guest bed ready for Jo
Peruvian Art
Our first dinner party with our new dining room table (Sep)
Housewarming Party (Oct)
Our adorable new dog, Mack (Nov)
Getting our barbecue (Nov)

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Family

Matthew's 5th birthday party with a pirate theme (Jan)

Sam's 8th birthday (Apr)

Ally's birthday party picnic at Mc Mahons Point with all our friends (Jan)

Mum and Mike visit us in Sydney (Mar 2008)

Family's holiday to Mauritious (Apr)

Family holiday at Blanco Farm (Jul)

Mike's 70th birthday (Jul)

Trish's 60th birthday (Jul)

Jo comes to stay with us in Sydney (Sep)

Mike visits Amsterdam (Oct)

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Friends

Bruce and Kristy's wedding (Feb)

Andreas, Ingrid and Sebastian arrive in Sydney (Apr)

Fondu evening with Yvonne and Holga (May)

North Sydney Food Market with Andreas, Ingrid and Sebastian (May)

Nicola and John visit Sydney (May)

Fish barbecue with Katarin and Charles (May)

Chilling with Baby Lucas (Jun)

Holga's birthday (Jun)

Photographing Sebastian (Jun)

Playing in the park with Ella and Brendan (Jul)

Playing with Sebastian in the park (Jul)

More photos of baby Lucas (Jul)

Cycle in Centennial Park with Doug (Aug)

Ella's special persons concert (Aug)

Centennial Park with Andreas, Ingrid and Sebastian (Sep)

Ingrid's 40th birthday in the park (Oct)

Colleen gives birth (Oct)

Trips and Travel
Trip to New Zealand with mum and Mike (Mar) - photos mum's account
Camping at Jervis Bay with Katarin and Charles (Jan)
Exploring Tasmania (Jan)
Exploring Sydney with Mum and Mike (Apr)
Strolling around Manly (May)
Trip to Northern Territory and Uluru (Jun)
Muogamarra Nature Reserve (Aug)
Hawkesbury River (Aug)
Bondi Beach with Jo (Sep)
Jervis Bay with Jo (Sep)
Watson's Bay with Jo (Sep)
Canooing down Kangaroo Valley (Nov)
Hiking in the Royal National Park with Bruce (Nov)

Photographic Outings
Botanical Gardens (Apr)
Bobbin Head (Apr)
Bobbin Head (Apr)
The Fish Market (Apr)
Royal National Park (May)
Circular Quay (May)
Tarronga Zoo (May)
Long Reef sunrise (Jun)
Luna Park (Jun)
Narrabeen (Jul)
Sydney skyline (Jul)
Dusk at Macquaries Chair (Jul)
Narrabeen sunrise (Jul)
Longreef sunrise (Jul)
Pope visits Sydney (Jul)
Manly sunrise (Jul)
Sydney Opera House at sunrise (Jul)
Luna Park (Jul)
Opera House sunrise (Jul)
Macquarie's Chair
Opera House competition (Jul)
Harbour Bridge (Jul)
Opera House and Luna Park (Jul)
Royal National Park with photography course (Aug)
Sydney from the Air with the photography club (Aug)
Monavale Pool (Aug)
Birds at Bobbin Head (Aug)
Narrabeen (Aug)
Pelicans at sunrise (Aug)
Monavale Rock Pool (Aug)
Photoprocessing workshop (Aug)
Sculptures by the Sea (Bondi) (Oct)

Favourite Books
Jack Reacher novels
The Count Of Monte Cristo

Favourite Movies
Slumdog Millionaire
The Dark Knight
Spooks (TV series)
Rome (TV series)
The Notebook