There weren’t actually any goats, although if you want to assume I’m talking about my brother, that works too.

There weren’t any notes either, I just wanted something to rhyme with boat.

Yeah…

Anyway- the day after whatever day I left off at, involved a boat; some of our friends had a 36 foot monohull, that we took through Sydney harbour, inspecting expensive houses and monuments:

We went out of the heads for about 30 seconds, turned around and came back to eat lunch.

Fast forward to Christmas, because that’s the only significant event I can remember, and while I expect no one wants me to simply state all of my presents I do have to thank and comment on my present from my Nana- tickets to see the ATP (association of tennis professionals) cup.

We ate lunch at the apartment we are staying in, cooking tasty ham and…

More ham I suppose.

On Boxing Day we went on a long walk, known as the Bondi to Manly walk- we didn’t do the entire thing of course, but did a portion- 15 kilometres, joined by Liam, our Irish cousin we met on the other side of he globe in Sicily.

It’s been quite smoky lately, courtesy of the fires raging around the state, we didn’t notice it in Brisbane, partially because we experienced some particularly heavily rain that resulted in the downfall😅 of our street.

However, when driving to Sydney, we drove past acres and acres of burnt out forest and even what may have been the start of another- a burning car that was slowing spreading to the dry grass along the side of the road…

Tasty food, great scenery, and lots of activities, all for the price of about 5!

Suffice to say it’s rather expensive.

Could just be Italy…

I’m still not completely used to reality yet…

But the differences in prices are probably why Sydney looks like this:

And Italy looks like this:

Possibly not the best photo meant to denote the wealth of the Italians, but their economy really is just dying, so you get my point.

We drove here, our plane budget being somewhat depleted, but since we live in Brisbane, it was a relatively easy trip, as we took it slowly over a few days. We stopped at a few, relatively uninteresting hotels- that being said, one had a tennis court, which automatically gives it another one or two stars in my opinion.

Since the main point of this trip was to visit family, we are currently staying in an apartment adjacent to my Nana.

She is a very smart person.

Because she follows this blog.

Like you should if you aren’t already.

I strongly to desire to gain more followers than my brother.

On a completely relevant note I had some very tasty pork ribs that night.

Nearly as good as the lunch I had the day after, cooked my my other grandmother, whom I call ‘Tutu,’ as she is Hawaiian, which included beef, chicken, rice, and an excellent (let it be known that this has been and will ever be the only time I have used such a word to describe such a food:) salad!

Also the first time in history that I have willingly eaten salad for seconds too, and seeing as I eat seconds from almost all available meals, this is no small feat.

It was somehow moulded in to a jelly, actually containing lime jelly, as well as pineapple, cheese, and of course, salad, and it somehow worked, and it was delicious.

Now let’s finish on a high note

Coming next time: I’m not sure yet…