Kate greeting her mum at the Sydney airport.
We went straight from the airport to the Sydney Fish Markets, for some fish and chips!
The Sydney Fish Market... a pretty busy place during the Christmas season.
A Kookaburra on a sign... instead of an old gum tree...
Kate with her sister, Suzi.
Suzi's pad.
Sunday evening dinner tradition at Lou's Chinese restaurant.
One of four poisonous "Saint Andrew's Cross" spiders found on a bush in the front yard of Kate's parents' house.
Kate laughing it up with a good friend, Liz.
Christmas with the fam.
Kate entertaining the masses on Christmas Day.
From left to right: Vanessa, Grandma Sattler, Peter, amd Kate.
Suzi with her Grandpa.
Mmmm..... Christmas dinner. Cold ham, turkey, mussels, prawns, and various salads.
Everyone seated at the table.
Trying to decide which is the closest ball, in an after dinner game of Bocce.
Me, with Pete and Noel, my father-in-law.
Grandpa Sattler enjoying the view.
You can't beat this view! This was our boxing day picnic at a place called Ball's Head.
Boats on the harbour. Many boats were full of spectators seeing the start of the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race.
A tall sailing ship in the harbour.
A very rare sighting of a Tawny Frog-mouth Owl. Kate and I ran home to get the camera, and he was still sitting there.
...A second one was nearby.
Kate and friends.
The Sydney Harbour Bridge closeup.
Walking across the bridge.
The harbour, as seen from the bridge.
The Sydney Opera House.
Here's a place to go if you fancy pizza's made with local meats... croc pizzas, kangaroo pizza....
Our ferry!
The back steps of the Opera House.
This one's for Jenn Toyota... a milk bar!
Kate, on a dinner cruise around the harbour.
Me, on that same cruise.
Our future house?
On the deck on the cruise ferry.
I like the shadow of the bridge in this shot.
