Bushwalk near Ant and Margrit's house, Killarney Heights, Sydney
Ditto
Beach on same walk near A & M's house
Ditto walk
Anthony, Margrit Colenbrander w Jan, Xander, Richard
Dee Why beach, 15 mins from Ant and M's house
Dee Why beach
Lydia and Margrit
L with Anthony and Margrit at Dee Why beach
Balmoral Beach, looking for good spot to eat fish & chips
Balmoral Beach
Traffic heading north out of Sydney
Lower deck, Yarraangunthi (V den B's holiday house), Smith's Lake
Upper deck, Yarraangunthi, (V den B's holiday house), Smith's Lake
Christmas gingerbread house
X in the waves
Xander in his element!
X having fun
Margrit and Ant
With Margrit and Ant, ?Boomerang Beach
Life's a beach
Best fun!
More fun!
Taking shelter from the sun
Seal Rocks beach
Seal Rocks Beach
At Seal Rocks Beach
Boys playing poker, New Year's Eve 2007
New Year's Eve, Yarraangunthi, Smiths Lake, 2007
Our glamourous hostess, Anita
Anne Colenbrander w Steve at Smiths Lake
R preparing for action, Robbert's boat, Smith's Lake
More preparations
To the boat...
Getting ready...
Brent van den Bogaardt
Xander wooshing along merrily
Steve (Anne's boyf), Xander on tube
More Xander whooshing...
Justin van den Bogaardt
Anne Colenbrander
Steve's a pro!
And again!
Xander
Richard's turn
And again
Anne in action
Richard up on the skis!
Still up!
Returning to shore
View of Yarraangunthi, taken from short path from the shore
Anthony
Chair with a view
More chair, more view!
Another chair, another view - upper deck
Anthony settles in for the sunset "booze cruise"
Robbert, the Happy Hour skipper
The house, Yarraangunthi, is tucked behind the trees in the background
Jan and Lydia
Toasting the good life with his "other favourite"
Strange celestial phenomenon - not the champers, promise
Robbert, King of the BBQ
Typical dinner scene, all meals eaten outside on deck
More dinner...
Holidays can be exhausting, not so, Justin?
Surf's up - huge swells resulting from cyclones further north
Jan mid-wave
Gizmo, George and Donna's cat, Newcastle
Xander, with Gizmo observing
Playing "Civilization" at George and Donna's house, Newcastle
More Gizmo
The allure of the screen is great
Donna, George Voss' partner
At Fingle Bay - George talking trigonometry to Richard
Donna's son Dan, girlfriend Carly
Choppy waters, where we were hoping for exposed sand spit to walk over
Fingle Bay, Nelson Bay area
No sign of sand spit!
"I see no sand spit!"
Xander, Jan, Richard, Lydia, after steamy walk up hill at Shoal Bay
Spiders en route
Walkway up hill, Shoal Bay
View over Shoal Bay, from hill walk
Shoal Bay, seen from hill walk
Looking across at where sand spit was meant to be!
View from hill near Shoal Bay
George Voss and Donna
More spiders en route
Xander knows how to make himself comfy anywhere
We recommend the full breakfasts Donna cooks
At breakfast, at G and D's house, Newcastle
Seen on scenic drive back to Sydney, along the Hawkesbury River
Nala, Detta's adorable corgi
At Detta's new house, Cammeray, Sydney
Detta's new house, Cammeray, Sydney
In Detta's new house
Outside the Aquarium, Sydney
Inside the Aquarium
Penyane
Cheeky Ibis, Darling Harbour, Sydney
Replica of Otzi, "Iceman" mummy, Museum of Maritime History
Sydney skyline, from Darling Harbour
Darling Harbour
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sydney Opera House