I took the minimum of leave this Christmas Break, with the aim of using what I have to head to Japan midyear. As such I planned nothing and did the usual trip home to visit family and see how much my niece has grown, she's definitely looking and acting more like a small human now, loving everything she sees and tastes!

I achieved practically nothing, only sleeping 4 of the 6 nights I spent in Adelaide (with a night spent enjoying some drum and bass Kenny Ken style, and of course New Years).

In between I enjoyed a lot of beach time, some great jet skiing on the Murray, a day trip to the hills and Barossa, and some great food courtesy of mum and any other provider within a stones throw of my bro's house at Henley Beach!! So here's a random selection of 'stuff', not overwhelming in any way as I seemed to only use three rolls of film the entire trip. (All on the Olympus RC 35 or the Minolta 7s as the Nikon FE broke the night before I left......all fixed now though!!)

I caught up with Mike whilst in Adelaide and we discussed the fact that the road trip direct from Canberra to Adelaide via the Hay Plain was really just a waste of a day, a commute. We decided that a two day trip via anywhere else would be a far better option so, powered by Volkswagen and Skoda, headed off a couple of days earlier than anticipated and enjoyed the Coonawarra, beginnings of the great ocean road and a great night in Port Campbell. If it weren't for the tourists it would have been perfect (yes, I appreciate the irony!!). I fear that from now on I will have to schedule at least two days for the trip and I do actually look forward to next time.