hny 07

Happy New Year ! ! !

For this year's New Year's eve celebration, Malc & I stayed home. This was our first New Year in our very own home in Sydney. And, one of the best things about living near the CBD and the water is that it's easy to get to the good vantage points for the midnight fireworks show. So last night, after dinner, we headed off to Darling Island wharf, which is about a 5 minute walk from where we are. The area was not as crowded and full of inebriated people as Circular Quay (we were there 2 years ago, and never again).

And, the show was fantastic . . . okay maybe I'm overstating it a bit, it was good, but not as good as the natsu-matsuri fireworks over Nagoya bay or the yuki-matsuri in Tokamatchi (Niigata).

As for our New Year spread, (with another mortgage under our belt) it was most definitely simplier than 2006. Last year, we were in Adelaide for a New Year's Eve dinner prepared by legendary chef Cheong Liew at The Grange restaurant. Nevertheless, we still managed to fill our fruit bowl with round fruits to bring us good luck in the new year.