Australia Day...Our National day to celebrate our Lucky Country......
It began early for us......4.45 am
Off to "The Australia Day Triathlon"
It was a 6.30 am race start which was welcomimg as we knew we had a hot day coming to us......
It was a beautiful venue on our capitals river banks.....plenty of shade from trees that have been there 100's of years, also a nice coolish breeze off the water.....
We positioned ourselves to maximise the spectator watching and maximise the shade......
and boy were we rewarded well....
1st in his age group......
We had a little treat for the kids planned for the rest of the day...
a city hotel stay for the night ....
That included swimming on the roof top pool in temps of 40 c....
Wondering whether we should stay up here to enjoy the evening fireworks show....
We did retreat to the room to wait out the blazing heat.... a game,some reading,TV watching and lazing around....
As the sun went down, the clouds came out and a thunderstorm was brewing....
But we headed the 200 mtrs to the rivers edge and joined many others to stand in some refreshing rain and marvel at the fireworks display....
What a strange day of weather we "enjoyed" today.......
We had a fun day together......and making another memory to tuck away in the family album that one day will be remembered for the weather and .....
celebrating the victories of the man of the house.....
Happy Australia Day!!
(Just for the record the temp reached 41.6 C)
Joining in with "Things I am loving" here.
and
adding to my Do-Gooder list.....
The Good Thing: A night in the city to see the sights and celebrations of Australia Day.Swimming and hanging out.
The Good thing for: Us...the family.
Sounds like you all had a lovely day :)
ReplyDeleteGreat result Derek well done
ReplyDeletePhew, a triathalon in that heat, no thanks! Sounds like a great day was had by all though :)
ReplyDeleteLovely post <3
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous day!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, great run! I love the idea of a surprise hotel stay! Lovely!
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