Australia day 14: BBQ and rock and roll, 18th October 2009
Monday, 19. October 2009, 03:09:11
On Sunday we had a lovely chillout - we all got up and took the dogs down to the park for a good run about. We dropped Lis, Kirsty, Gabriel, Elva and the kids off, and then Lach and I went off to play hunter gatherers - we men, we bring women and children food! Well, we did have a cafe and a cake shop to help us out, but yah know...
We got back to the park and ate breakfast, then we spent ages chatting to various other dog owners that were out walking. We also saw some jellyfish in the river, and a dead possum (the park ranger seemed very displeased by being summoned to clear it up!), and Gabriel also impressed us by not falling in the river (he seems to have an unerring ability to fall into pretty much any body of water that he gets close to). I really loved the way that the local community around the park seemed so friendly.
After groovin' in the park, Lisa had the great idea of taking Kirsty to a market to have a look round, and Lach decided that a BBQ would be a good idea so we again went into hunter gatherer mode, and forraged around the badlands of Sydney for loads of meat and loads of beer.
We then went to the market to pick the ladies up and have a look ourselves - I was very pleased to come across some dodgy old prog vinyl (Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Mahavishnu Orchestra).
Then the rock and roll BBQ began! We went home to get salads and dips sorted, started drinking beer, cooked loads of amazing meat, talked complete nonsense for ages, listened to some very bizarre eclectic music (and bird calls) thanks to DJ Lisa, then watched more Mighty Boosh and Primus videos. CSS guru Lindsay Evans also came over for a while to share in the jollity - good to chat to him again (hint: follow Lindsay on Twitter - he is bloody hilarious, and spot on). Pretty much the last thing I remember is Lach deciding to fry sausages at 2am, then eating them with tonnes of hot English Mustard. Mmmmmm, firey! after the beer ran out, we stole Scenario Grrrrl's vodka. I think it is fair to say that we were pretty drunk by that point ;-)
We got back to the park and ate breakfast, then we spent ages chatting to various other dog owners that were out walking. We also saw some jellyfish in the river, and a dead possum (the park ranger seemed very displeased by being summoned to clear it up!), and Gabriel also impressed us by not falling in the river (he seems to have an unerring ability to fall into pretty much any body of water that he gets close to). I really loved the way that the local community around the park seemed so friendly.
After groovin' in the park, Lisa had the great idea of taking Kirsty to a market to have a look round, and Lach decided that a BBQ would be a good idea so we again went into hunter gatherer mode, and forraged around the badlands of Sydney for loads of meat and loads of beer.
We then went to the market to pick the ladies up and have a look ourselves - I was very pleased to come across some dodgy old prog vinyl (Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Mahavishnu Orchestra).
Then the rock and roll BBQ began! We went home to get salads and dips sorted, started drinking beer, cooked loads of amazing meat, talked complete nonsense for ages, listened to some very bizarre eclectic music (and bird calls) thanks to DJ Lisa, then watched more Mighty Boosh and Primus videos. CSS guru Lindsay Evans also came over for a while to share in the jollity - good to chat to him again (hint: follow Lindsay on Twitter - he is bloody hilarious, and spot on). Pretty much the last thing I remember is Lach deciding to fry sausages at 2am, then eating them with tonnes of hot English Mustard. Mmmmmm, firey! after the beer ran out, we stole Scenario Grrrrl's vodka. I think it is fair to say that we were pretty drunk by that point ;-)
WIDGETIZE
lachlanhardy # 19. October 2009, 04:41