Halloween festival in the city

 Halloween has become big in Australia over the past few years.  I went to the Halloween Festival in The Rocks on Saturday and it was great fun.  Lots of amazing costumes on display and plenty of fun camaraderie.

Ghost cinema

Italian festival

A wonderful afternoon exploring the Italian festival with Beata and John. There was a very festive atmosphere. The highlight was the Italian food: Pasta, pizza, cannoli and gelato. All absolutely delicious!

Newtown Festival with Elna

A fun day out with wonderful Elna.

Cherry Blossom Festival with Elna

It was so lovely to get out and about on such an exquisite day.  Wonderful to see Elna too and catch up.

World Press Exhibition and Peru Festival with Elna

World Press Exhibition

Winning photos

Another photo exhibition next door.  I loved these!  I'm going to start taking more black and white photos.

Peru Festival at Marrickville

The Pisco Sours was the bomb. After two, Elna and I were quite tipsy!!

Harvest Festival

Matt and Sam's school put on an evening festival at a lovely wine farm. Good food and wine and some nice chatting with parents from the school.

Camping trip and hiking in Southern Highlands

I celebrated my 43rd birthday by going on a camping weekend to The Southern Highlands.  Juni, a lovely, friendly girl from Indonesia kept me company on the drive.  The camp site was situated on a beautiful, tranquil river in the midst of nature, 45 km's away from civilisation.  We went on two hikes and on Sunday, visited a nearby tulip festival to enjoy a riot of colour.  A great weekend.

Hiking

Camping

 

Tulip festival

Birthday cake