Sue's wonderful tour of Palm Beach and the Northern Beaches

Sue took mum and Mike and I on a great tour of the beaches of Palm Beach. The weather and scenery was gorgeous. We also shared a lovely meal at the local RSL Club.

Penrith Whitewater

I went on a camera club outing to Penrith with Susan and Jack  to photograph a whitewater canoeing contest. The contest took place in a man-made set of rapids that was built for the 2000 Olympics. We spent a fun morning taking photos. I was delighted to discover there is a Spur in Penrith so we relived my childhood by stopping there on the way home for a Hawaiian Burger and Pecan nut Sundae. Yum!!

Playing with Picasa's movie maker

It automatically identifies photos of you and creates a movie all in two minutes flat. Very cool.

The Myburghian Leap catches on!

Thanks to Russell's marketing efforts, the Myburghian Leap is taking off amongst the Geocaching Community in Cape Town.  There is even a Myburghian Leap Event coming up to co-incide with this month's leap year!  Well done, Rusty.  If I'm ever immortalised, it will be all due to you!

Clontarf beach with Roger

A lovely morning at one of Sydney's few dog friendly beaches. Lovely to spend quality time with Roger and Mack had a ball (quite literally!)

Sue

Letter to Sue (Dec, 2012)

Hi there Sue

Thanks you very much for your friendship this past year, as always.  It's something I really cherish.  I miss my family in Cape Town greatly, but having family like you in Sydney helps greatly.

Here are some of the things I greatly admire about you and some of the memories from our friendship that I'm really grateful for:

• Your general zest and energy and passion for life - very, very inspiring indeed.
• How positive you always are, even during really tough times like your big operation a little while ago.
• How young at heart you are.
• How you love to laugh.
• Your great love of travel and exploring new places - I can so relate!
• Your passion for photography and taking great shots, we're kindred spirits there too of course.
• What a great friend you are to all your friends - how you constantly keep in touch and nurture your friendship.  Something I've learned from and aspire to.
• Your wonderful, wonderful photography - it's always such a pleasure working on your photos, there are always such gems there.  
• All those merits and credits you've got - it's been a privilege to help select and sometimes work on some of those photos
• Your great encouragement with my own photography - you are always so good for my confidence which is something I struggle with a bit at times as you know.
• Fantastic outings we've been on together - like Hunter Valley, Newtown, Penrith Whitewater, Balmoral, Vivid Festival and more.
• The three musketeers - you, me and wonderful Guy
• Taking my family on that great tour of Palm Beach - they so enjoyed it.
• Taking me out on The Sailing ship in the harbour, a lot of  fun.
• Your love of a good movie, something I enjoy too.
• Treating me to some lovely meals out.
• Your love of Africa and wildlife - and those incredible Safari photos you've taken.
• The fact you cherish your memories so much and savour them, something I've learned from too.
• Your delight in the blog we created together - it was such a fun and fulfilling project , and still is, and it's been great to share in so many of your memories from your life and travels.
• Those delicious meals you've cooked me - how I do appreciate a delicious home cooked meal!
• Your willingness to always learn new things, and how well you've done with your new Apple computer despite it's many frustrations and being so different from your last computer.
• Your love of Mango Groove - what great taste in music!!
• Knowing you're there for a chat if I'm feeling a little down - you never cease to cheer me up!
• Being able to be real with you - I don't have to put on any pretences.
• Your general awesomeness.

All in all, thanks so much for being you!  I look forward to many more years of great friendship.

Have a wonderful birthday and Xmas!

Hugs, G

Matthew's party

Thanks for the photos, Jo.