Happy New Year!

I got back to Manly mid-day on New Year's Eve, and then chilled out on the beach in the afternoon. Tess & I had wanted to go into the city for the fireworks, but most of the guys wanted to be lazy and see the fireworks from Northhead. From Manly, we would've had to take the ferry in by 7pm and would have to rush back on one of 4 ferries after midnight. No one wanted to fight the crowds. I almost went in on my own, but gave in after couple of drinks and decided to join the rest of them. We got to Northhead just in time for the 9pm fireworks for the kiddies. Although we got a clear view of the city from where we were, the fireworks were quite at a distance as I had feared. Then we had to kill three hours until the midnight fireworks. It was chilly out, and not much of an atmosphere. We passed the time by playing games and listenning to Chris and Ben singing some muppets song (barararump). That got old after about the second hour of it. When midnight rolled around we couldn't count down because no one knew the exact time. Fireworks went up in four different locations, and we could see all four. Fireworks also went up over the Harbour bridge in the end. It looked like it would have been absolutely awesome if we watched it somewhere closer or with the Opera House in the foreground. I want to come back some day and do it right next time - from a posh suite with a view in Circular Quay.