MER....RY CHRISTMAS from downunder!

Merry Christmas to you too Bernieh.

Merry Christmas :o))

Have a great one Bernieh,
The best thing about Christmas ? when its all over its getting lighter every day to spring.
YYeeehh

Merry Christmas this is one place I have never been and would love to visit oh my gosh tell me more about your weather and when the best time to visit is I live in Washington 100 miles from Canada and would love to visit I love this Merry Christmas back at ya from USA

Just had a look Bernieh
Excellent jingle bells and deck the sheds typical Aussie ..Fantastic ..
Have a great X~mas down under ...
We on the other are expecting heavy snow in the East over next 2-3 days
BBBrrrrr cold ....
At least when X~mas is over its getting lighter every day and 8 weeks or so SPRING time will be here
HHuurrrayy ........Mushy

merry christmas from 'up here' Love the kangaroos--- reminded me of a
song.... :~)))

Thanks Nariz and Hywel - hope yours is a good one too.

Happy Christmas & New Year Bernieh :D X

Hi Lujean - summer is definitely NOT the time to visit Oz ... much better to visit during our autumn, winter or spring! Temps. during summer here can vary between 25 degrees C / 77 F and 40 degrees C / 104 F - it all depends on which state you're visiting! Right now up here in north Queensland we're having quite mild summer weather ... so far!!
Visit the website I mentioned in the blog and it will give some indication of the summer weather in various places here.

Merry Xmas Mushy - glad you enjoyed the lyrics of the songs. My favourite is Aussie Jingle Bells - when I was a classroom teacher my little Year 1s would always do this song as one of their pieces at the Xmas concert! It's a perennial favourite.

Hi Pamg - Six White Boomers ... you must know it! Sing along ...
Six white boomers, snow white boomers,
Racing Santa Claus through the blazing sun.
Six white boomers, snow white boomers,
On his Australian run.

Thansk Jacque - hope your Xmas is a great one!

Merry Christmas, Bernieh.. and all the best for 2010.
T,C,T & C xxx

Happy Christmas Bernieh, just going to look at your weather I have friends in Buderim. Would love to visit but hate flying.

Thanks TT - hope you and yours have a fabulous Xmas! Are there some special treats in store for your lovelies?

Same to you Pamd - been to Buderim ... it's a beautiful part of Oz and I think they would be slightly cooler during summer than my spot. Take a cruise!!! Think of all you could see by the time you get here!

Merry Christmas and a happy new year Bernieh.

Hi Bernieh...
Conker, Truffle and Crocus the budgie already have their stockings hanging up in a line, so I reckon there will be plenty of treats from Santa this Christmas. :o) x

Excellent TT - after the year they've experienced together, they will deserve every little treat ... and what about you? Something special coming from Santa I hope!

Thansk Drc ... hope yours is happy and joyful as well!

Hi again Bernieh...
To have my three pets happy and healthy for Christmas will be my best present. Have you made many plans ? Very icy here today in the UK... I guess your Christmas will be warm , however you decide to celebrate. :o) xxx

Yes it will definitely be warm TT. Hubbie and I are going over to Magnetic Island for Christmas Day - Magnetic Island is just off the coast here and a quick ferry ride! We'll be celebrating with members of hubbie's family - brothers, sister-in-law, niece, nephew, mother-in-law - because both our boys and our grandchildren will be elsewhere for Xmas this year! It's the first time we've ever missed Xmas with our boys and with the grandkids since they were born! Might be a little hard to get through ... but the sea breeze and the beach view should help! Hope the weather doesn't get too miserable for you.

Merry Christmas Bernieh, Are we all getting excited yet? Holly hasn't stopped shouting and running around for at least a week now.

Holly... MERRY CHRISTMAS... Is that loud enough ? LOL.

"Magnetic Island"...that sounds very magical, Bernie........
any special story about how the island got its name please ?

Nice that you will be with hubbie's family. As you say, different in that you won't be with your boys and grandkids, but I'm sure you'll be in touch a lot over the holidays by phone and internet ! :o) xxx

Thanks Ian ... we've already visited the grandkids and had a bit of an early Xmas with them for a couple of days ... that certainly got us excited! But right now the excitement has worn off a little. Hope you have a great Xmas with your lovely family over there in the cold! We'll be sweating while you shiver.

TT - yes there is story attached to the naming of the island just off the coast here. It's all thanks to Captain James Cook!! Apparently when he was sailing by back in 1770 he reported a 'magnetic' effect on the ship's compass - he attributed this to the island. Since then of course this theory has been tested ... and not been supported. Still it makes for a great story.

Maybe Captain James Cook had his own personal magnetism... Lol.
Yes... a wonderful story :o)

Could be TT ... or maybe he'd had a few too many hot toddies!!

Lol. :o)

Happy christmas from me Bernieh I hope it's a good one, and I hope you have a great new year.I loved the blog what iv'e read so far it might take me the rest of the day to finish it.

Hope you have a great Xmas Tulsalady ... sounds like it's going to be a chilly one for you. Over here we're getting ready for lots more hot days, hopefully some rain and possibly cyclones! It's an interesting time no matter where you live!

Happy Christmas to you Bernieh...........

Thanks Holly - same to you and yours!

I remember now Bernieh! ( wasn't it rolf harris? )

Hi Bernieh A Very Merry Christmas to you, when we lived over there we spent a lot of the xmas holidays on the beach as there was always loads of barbecues, but xmas day i still did a tipical english xmas dinner, then on the beach we went, funny when there was wishing for cooler weather for xmas but as soon as come back was wishing for the Australian weather.

Yes you got it Pamg! In his own unique style!

Now that we're all a lot more sun-smart Carol, most of us don't spend as much time at the beach during summer as we used too ... or if we do go, we make sure it's not between 11.00am and 2.00pm.

Our Xmas Day has for many years always started with a seafood and champagne breakfast ... then we would move onto the traditional roast Xmas dinner ... then we would play cricket in the back yard or games up on my mum-in-law's verandah! For the first time in over 30 years we're going to do something different this year - the family tradition is no more!

Happy Christmas Bernieh and all the best for 2010.

thanks Bernieh-- trouble is i can't get the song out of my head now.....

No - nor me! Happy Aussie-style Christmas, Bernie! :-)))

Happy Christmas Berneih and all the very best to you for 2010 x

happy xmas berneih to you and all your family xxx

Thanks Mavis, Spritz, Pansy and Sandra ... roll on 2010!

Pamg - have had the same trouble ... just woke up and it was still in my head!! ... and it's Rolf's voice I can hear ... ******!

Merry Christmas and a superb gardening year 2010 to you down there Bernieh
from up here in North Wales x

Thanks Neellan - hope your have a great one ... am looking forward to 2010 as my interest in gardening is growing! This year has been a lot of fun for me out in the garden .... haven't had the time for it for many, many years until now ... so I'm looking forward to even more time out there.

pleased for you Bernieh hope you let us know how it goes :-) we're battening down the hatches -- snow forecast coming from the east--- Russia they say.....
Brrrrrr

Stay safe and warm, Pamg!

thanks Bernieh--- its a week early! :-)

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year Bernieh to you and yours, no matter where we are lets hope its a good one.........