Yesterday we headed out to the beach for some fun in the sun. The day before, New Years day, it had been very windy and rainy. That day there were times when the temperature briefly went down to a frosty 23 C, that's with the wind chill... So we were worried that we might not be able to go to the beach the next day. I had heard that there was a cyclone off the coast of eastern Australia and wondered if we were getting some of that. However, Wednesday dawned sunny and calm. The boat ride out to the beach was a little tense as the waves were fairly big, bigger than I've ever experienced before. We hung on tight and thankfully had a skilled boat driver who got us there and back safely. We had a great day hanging out on the beach, enjoying the waves, and snorkelling. I saw a lot of the fish from Nemo, in real life! So neat!

It's actually amazing that I can even post this post. Last night our neighbours rather tall tree crashed down and fell over the road on the power and phone lines. Amazingly all the lines are still intact except they are laying on the ground... The lines come down from our house and over our fence and then go down to the road. So you either have to walk under it or over it. Thankfully, we can just drive a car over the part that is actually lying on the road. The neighbours called the electricity company a few times but they still haven't been by to fix it. Hopefully no one gets electrocuted between now and then...