Christmas Greetings from Down Under....

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Merry Christmas to everyone :) Yep, Christmas Day already here....

It's going to be a scorcher for most of the east coast today - here in my town in Tasmania it is set to get to almost 10 deg C over the average!
I am spending today alone as all my kids are with the families of their significant others..... then we will all get together tomorrow (Boxing Day) for our family day.

Being that the temp is going to be so high, I thought I might spend the day down at the local gorge swimming pool with a good book and a packed lunch, relaxing and swimming.
(For those interested in seeing what I'm talking about, google 'Cataract Gorge, Launceston, Tasmania'. It's practically in the centre of town here.)

Anyway, stay safe and well over this festive season. Eat, drink and love lots xx
 
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Merry Christmas to everyone :) Yep, Christmas Day already here....

It's going to be a scorcher for most of the east coast today - here in my town in Tasmania it is set to get to almost 10 deg C over the average!
I am spending today alone as all my kids are with the families of their significant others..... then we will all get together tomorrow (Boxing Day) for our family day.

Being that the temp is going to be so high, I thought I might spend the day down at the local gorge swimming pool with a good book and a packed lunch, relaxing and swimming.
(For those interested in seeing what I'm talking about, google 'Launceston Gorge, Tasmania'. It's practically in the centre of town here.)

Anyway, stay safe and well over this festive season. Eat, drink and love lots xx

Happy Christmas, WQ :rose: enjoy the day just for you before the bustle of tomorrow :)
 
Christmas Greeting to WQ and to my Australian relations in NSW, Queensland, South Australia, Northern Territory and Western Australia.

Over the past few decades my Australian relations have been breeding like rabbits. I don't think they are in Victoria or Tasmania yet but I've lost count. In 1960 I had 50 Australian relations. In the 1960s a cousin from the UK met an Australian girl in London. They married and moved to Sydney and had children.

In the early 1970s I married. My wife already had Australian relations in Western Australia but they too were breeding and some moved to South Australia.

The total of my and my wife's living Australian relations is now over 250.
 




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In this Dec. 26, 2015 file photo, Comanche sails out of the heads during the start of the Sydney Hobart yacht race in Sydney. Last year, American yacht Comanche, damaged by winds and high waves, won the storm-wracked race that featured 108 starters. The 100-foot super maxi, owned by Netscape founder Dr. Jim Clark and skippered by Ken Read, reached the line 2 days, 8 hours, 58 minutes, 30 seconds. It was the first American winner since 1998 and the first foreign winner since Sweden's Assa Abloy in 2001. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)



SYDNEY (AP) — The navigator for super maxi Wild Oats XI, which holds the Sydney to Hobart line honors race record, said Thursday the 100-foot yacht could finish three hours faster than the mark it set in 2012, based on weather bureau projections for Monday's start.

Veteran Spanish sailor Juan Vila, set to race the Sydney to Hobart for a third time, said weather models suggested the winner could finish in around 38 or 39 hours. That would have Wild Oats XI across the line at Constitution Dock in Hobart on the island state of Tasmania in about 1 day, 14 or 15 hours, well inside Wild Oats' record of 1 day, 18 hours, 23 minutes, 12 seconds.

For Monday's start of the race in Sydney Harbour, winds of 15 to 20 knots north to northeasterly are forecast, increasing to 30 knots. A gusty southwesterly wind change is then tipped to move up the southern New South Wales coast late Monday, hitting the fleet as it approaches Bass Strait.

"Our routing suggests we are almost in record time, just a little bit under, but that can change over the next days with new forecasts," Villa said.

The 72nd Sydney to Hobart, a 628 nautical-mile (722-mile, 1,164-kilometer) race, has attracted 90 entries, including 12 international yachts.

Those overseas yachts include skipper Jonas Grander on Swedish entry Matador, Richard Stain on Britain's Samskara, Kwanymin Rho on Sonic from South Korea and Joseph Mele, skipper of the U.S. entry Triple Lindy.

Last year, American yacht Comanche, damaged by winds and high waves, won the storm-wracked race that featured 108 starters. The 100-foot super maxi, owned by Netscape founder Dr. Jim Clark and skippered by Ken Read, reached the line 2 days, 8 hours, 58 minutes, 30 seconds.

It was the first American winner since 1998 and the first foreign winner since Sweden's Assa Abloy in 2001.


 
I envy you your day at Cataract Gorge. Looks like a great place.
Merry Christmas.
 
Merry Christmas to everyone :) Yep, Christmas Day already here....

It's going to be a scorcher for most of the east coast today - here in my town in Tasmania it is set to get to almost 10 deg C over the average!
I am spending today alone as all my kids are with the families of their significant others..... then we will all get together tomorrow (Boxing Day) for our family day.

Being that the temp is going to be so high, I thought I might spend the day down at the local gorge swimming pool with a good book and a packed lunch, relaxing and swimming.
(For those interested in seeing what I'm talking about, google 'Cataract Gorge, Launceston, Tasmania'. It's practically in the centre of town here.)

Anyway, stay safe and well over this festive season. Eat, drink and love lots xx

Happy Holidays, Queenie.

It is interesting to be reminded that as we celebrate our annual holiday traditions of sleigh rides, hot toddies and chestnuts roasting on an open fire, the annual holiday traditions in Oz and Taz probably focus more on sun and sand.

Cheers and good on ya, missy!
 
Thanks everyone :)
Had a relaxing day, swimming, reading in the shade of the silver birch and gum trees, and munching on a fruit cheese and ham platter.
Home now and time for the first bourbon of the silly season.
Everything is ready for tomorrow with my kidley beans and grandbabies.....
 
Christmas Greeting to WQ and to my Australian relations in NSW, Queensland, South Australia, Northern Territory and Western Australia.

Over the past few decades my Australian relations have been breeding like rabbits. I don't think they are in Victoria or Tasmania yet but I've lost count. In 1960 I had 50 Australian relations. In the 1960s a cousin from the UK met an Australian girl in London. They married and moved to Sydney and had children.

In the early 1970s I married. My wife already had Australian relations in Western Australia but they too were breeding and some moved to South Australia.

The total of my and my wife's living Australian relations is now over 250.

Sure they're not Mexicans?
 
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