I was dreaming of a White Christmas!

Christmas Day 2010 - Jasper, Alberta, Canada,  a Northern Hemisphere's winter Crimbo - It was probably something in the minus teens!...

...And Christmas Day 2011 - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, a Southern Hemisphere's summer Crimbo - I think it was plus 24 when I checked on my computer (in the morning)! - Despite what this picture shows it was a really clear and blue day!

After waking up with the boys here at Kangaroo Point, I headed to Rosie's, took the above picture, headed to Rosie's parent's then headed about 2 and a half hours out of Brisbane, into what can only be described as "the middle of nowhere". I still don't really know where we were, but we passed Kilcoy and Woodford on the way there. Until we arrived at Rosie's Auntie and Uncle's holiday retreat home, and the pictures below are where I spent my Christmas day:

After spending all the day eating and drinking a fair amount, spending the day with a small part of Rosie's pretty big family, NEARLY seeing a kangaroo (still yet to see a live one), quad biking round the garden, we decided to go cow tipping at midnight, only to find that we couldn't find any cows...and just 'tipping' just seems pointless. It was another amazingly clear night though, so the skies were perfectly clear again (like my first night in California last November) to the point where you could see the Milky Way, and the stars and planets were so clear and bright. Ended up crashing in a tent over night. We then found out in the morning that the local farmer didn't have any cows, only balls, so in a way it was kinda lucky we didn't find anything that night.

We got distracted on our way home through Woodford....

....Still on the way home through, near the Glass House Mountains

My Christmas presents, the crappy air football was from Rosie's parents on Christmas Day, and ALLLLL the Saints stuff is from my parents, which I only got to open last night (Boxing Day), I waited until I could FINALLY get on Skype.

And apparently I have another parcel on the way...boom!

And thanks to all for my Christmas cards!

Still sorting out what I'm doing for New Year's, but I should have decided and booked my flights by the end of the day. Still waiting to see if I have a place to crash in Melbourne, if not then I'll be heading to Sydney. As long as I get out of Brisbane I'll be happy. This will more than likely be the last entry in my blog for 2011, 2011 the shortest year of my life (as I started it 7 hours after GMT, and will be finishing it 11 hours prior to GMT assuming I'm in New South Wales or Victoria), and a year in which I would have started it in the most Northernly place I've ever been ever (Jasper, Alberta, Canada), and will be finishing in the most Southern place that I've ever been (either Sydney or Melbourne), that's some serious miles (or Kilometers to all my Canadian and Australian readers).

Hope you all had an amazing Christmas, and a Happy New Year to everyone. Much love!