Byron Bay Fun Run

24/25 October,

Mikey's and my first ever fun run/walk!

The fun run was held at Byron Bay around 2hrs drive south of Brisbane. Nick, Dionne, Rob, Phil and Michael and Maria arrived Saturday afternoon, we had hired a small cabin at Bryon Tourist Park for our overnight accommodation.

After walking around Byron for awhile Michael, Rob and Phil headed of to The Pass and the lighthouse to take some photos before catching up with the rest of the gang for dinner at the Bohemia restaurant. We all went to bed pretty early in the tiny bunk beds as we had to get up around 4:30am to get ready for the 5:45 am start.

View from "The Pass" back to Byron Bay

Lighthouse at sunset

The fun run/walk was in aid of the NSW Cancer Council, details at http://byronrun.com/.

The super fit people did the 10 Km run from the surf club to the light house and back via a 2km run alone the beach (Nick, Rob, Phil, Mark & Sue), while the sensible people (Michael, Dionne and Maria) did the 8km walk which followed the same course but skipped the beach section.

We really enjoyed the walk as it was nice and cool with little wind. At the lighhtouse we got to see dolphins and whales.

The runners do 2Km along this beach

After a quick shower and presentation we headed to the spoon restaurant for breakfast before heading home.

Gallery, Slide Show.

Ganster Ball

17th October (My Birthday)

Our First Gangster Ball at the Tivoli. It's not often we dress up in 20's/30's gear these days, but since the Gangster Ball had a themed dress code we went with the flow. Some of the girls and guys in the crowd looked stunning in their outfits with some girls dressed as a roulette wheel other had a dress made up of cards.

Nick & Dionne, Chris & Jimmy, Mark &Sue and Maria and I enjoyed the entertainment which included cabaret, burlesque, a Swing Band (The Velvet Set) and Swing Dance Demos.

We will now add this event to our yearly schedule.

Gallery, Slide Show.

40th Birthday Dinner

10th October, Early Birthday Dinner.

28 of our closest friends joined us for dinner at one of my favorite restaurants the Blue smoke BBQ to help me celebrate my 40th birthday. Everyone seemed to enjoy the food and the experience of Americian Smoked BBQ.

Afterwards many of the crowd came back to our place to have some birthday cake and drinks and to play table tennis and the wii. We finally called it a night at 2:30am.

Phil, Rob, Kelly, Sal, Dionne and Nick at the Blue Smoke

Mum, Nick, Alex, Maria and Myself

Birthday Kissses

Gallery, Slide Show.

Mt Greville

27th September 2009,

It was a very windy and dusty day as the 2nd dust storm for the week has just hit Brisbane the night before. Nick, Dionne, Marl, Sue, and Rob joined us for a hike up Mt Greville.

The summit in the distance.

Mt Greville is located between Ipswich and Cunningham's Gap near Moogerah Dam just over an hours drive from home.

Tree Hunger Mark

The ascent was via Palm Gorge which was lovely, cool and sheltered and down via South East Ridge which was more open. The descent was a bit tricky as it was difficult to find the various pink markers which were very faded, but we managed to find the way in the end.

Palm Gorge

View From Palm Gorge

View Towards Moogerah Dam and Mt Edwards, notice the dust haze

We stopped off at the nearby Aratula Hotel for a quick refresher on the way home.

Gallery, Slide Show