Mike, Toby and I woke up at 3.20am on Friday morning and headed out of the house at 4.10am. We were supposed to get away by 4am - but Mike made up time on the way to the airport. Guess there is never any traffic at that time of the day.
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| Sweaty iced latte on Thursday |
He dropped me and Toby off to check-in while we went for the long term car park and the shuttle back. We headed through customs and waited for our flight.
Which was delayed.
But we did get to chat to some ex colleagues of ours from years back (Virginia and Rachelle) to pass the time.
When we finally boarded and headed for the runway, it was 45 mins late. We thundered down the runway only to have the pilot abort the takeoff before we had left the ground and park up. Turns out some "minor" light needed some extra attention.
It must have performed well when they restarted the system as we took off and never fell out of the sky. Yay!
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| Seriously, this was the best coffee pic Toby took. Why do I ask him? |
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| Exploring Sydney - their "dead gaze" look to blend in with the locals. |
Landed in Sydney, absolutely starving. Found the train and went into Sydney proper. Ate a Keto bowl while the boys found a burger. Hahahah.
Iced latte in the Rocks.
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| Exploring The Rocks |
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| Guess where we are? |
Yeah - Sydney is a lovely place to visit.
Headed out to Blacktown on the train and Karen collected us. Saw Tyler and Abby after school and then got ready for Little A's. At this point Mike had succumbed to a migraine so went to bed. Not surprising really given what we'd crammed into our Friday so far.
I helped Scott set up and watched Abby and Tyler do their thing. Such fun. Javelin. High jump. 1500m run. Shotput.
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| Helping with Little A's |
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| Attack of the licky dogs! |
Saturday was a good day. The day of the party! Tyler and Toby made brownies while the rest of us went to watch Abby play her semi final in indoor netball.
So - turns out my wee niece is an amazing netball player. I knew this. But seeing it in front of me? Priceless. I won't forget that in a hurry. She was amazing. Just warming up I was stunned at how she reads the game and positions herself to get the ball and sees how to feed it onto the best receiver for a shot at goal. Her last quarter when she was GA was a blinder!
Very proud Aunty.
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| Birthday! |
4pm saw us heading to the venue for Scott's birthday. We were very early. Hahah. Time for a drink or two before the main party arrived at 6pm.
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| Nom,nom |
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| Lots of people celebrating with Scott |
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| Party time! |
Loads of people. 100 I think Scott said. Awesome speeches. Cliff was hilarious. Scott was funny and kind - as always. Thank you Scott. It was a pleasure.
I took the kids and Mike home at 10pm. That was midnight our time. Karen and Scott stayed until 2am! Hahahah.
Sunday we sent the kids into Sydney by themselves on the train to visit Luna Park. They did so well - especially as there was a rail replacement to get to Milson's Point. And we had brunch across the road.
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| Brunch at The Corner Cafe |
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| Ossshhh - he is ready! |
Monday was Oscars day and we sat yummy food while we watched the red carpet and half the ceremony. Saw Tyler and Abby after their school day, said goodbye to everyone and then Karen dropped us back at Blacktown station.
Fast train to the airport and another delayed flight saw us get away 45 mins late. Doh! Mike got us the movies for free when he asked so politely on how we use Airpoints to buy movies as it didn't recognise us. Cool! I watched some movies I saw in the Oscars. Crazy Rich Asians (hahah - Karen, I had to watch that one) and "Can you forgive me?". I enjoyed both.
The delay meant we drove out of the long term park at 1:02am and it stung us for another $19 for being later than 1am. That hurt.
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| Tuesday stunning in the best wee capital |
Happy birthday to Col today! It is stunning in the capital. Woot!
Love,
Angela
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