sculler on Lake Burley Griffen, Parliament House in distant background
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Kathryn & Maxie in Cork Tree plantation along Lake Burley Griffen
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Australia Day 2008 sausage sizzle & fresh squeezed orange juice. Can it get better than that!
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ditto!
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Red Beret descent |
Local VIPs
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new Prime Minister Kev mixing it with the crowd
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Australia Day chair former Olympic swimmer Lisa Currie
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A media scrum not seen at this event before, hopefully not again too.
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F-18s just to add some more noise on top of the 21 gun salute.
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Kev works the crowd with his speach.
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We are always amazed at how informal this is when one can simply stroll up to a citizenship ceremony and listen to the Prime Minister talk to the crowd. Being so close as hear without the need of the PA system and such unobtrusive security. We hope it always remains thus.
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Some of the particiants thought it was a bit over the top and were a little tired of it all.
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garden slowly going crazy
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Looks like we may finally have a variety of apples
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fig seems pretty happy
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snow peas ar a bit slow
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Swimmer tatue dressed for Australia Day.
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