After a successful trip to the UK over Christmas and New Year, we arrived back to a warm Sydney on Wednesday night, less than 24 hours after leaving a cold Heathrow airport.
The last few days have been very warm and quite a shock to the system again, but a few evening walks along Curl Curl and Dee Why beaches have helped the readjustment! Yesterday morning started off very warm so Sue and I went to Curl Curl beach at 9am (since we are now waking early from the time difference) for several hours on the beach, including trying some body boarding with Caroline's board which has spent much of the past year in a cupboard so we've decided it needs some serious use! The sea wasn't too rough so it was a good introduction for us and good fun!
On Saturday evening we took Rebecca with us across to the city where the free 'Jazz in the Domain' concert was taking place and we had arranged to meet Rebecca's friend and parents there. We arrived in good time and found a suitable spot to sit and by the time the main band started at 8pm there was hardly any grass left to be seen with people closely packed in and large groups enjoying picnics and chat in the evening warmth. The band seemed to be a background performance to the socialising going on but it was an entertaining evening.
Earlier today we had another early trip to a beach - this time to Castle Rock on the inner harbour - and took Caroline, Rebecca and her friend who had stayed overnight with us. Sue and I also christened our new snorkeling gear around the beach and rocks area which was great and although not quite the Barrier Reef, there were plenty of fish around.