Australia day twenty twelve

January the twenty sixth

is Australia day

is the national day of Australia where we celebrate the arrival of the first fleet which arrived in Sydney in 1788

it is where we get to celebrate this great nation in which we live

the land of hot summers and beautiful beaches

the land of the long weekend

{and of course lots of other great things!}

so to celebrate we headed to the beach

it was far too hot to go out during the day so we waited until late in the afternoon to venture out of the air conditioning

we took the boat out for some sea biscuiting

we relaxed on the sand

and swam in the ocean until the sun went down and the thunder and lightning show began

it was a beautiful evening

the heat wave is continuing here in western Australia
another day of forty degree temperatures today
the clouds have rolled in so it is very steamy
just like being back in Cambodia!