Dave's parents arrive in Sydney

Dave's parents arrived in Sydney on Friday so went to meet them at their hotel on Friday evening for a couple of jetlagged drinks. On Saturday they were due to pick up their campervan so we went with them early in the morning to the rental place - it took quite a while to sort everything out but eventually we were on the road to the campsite that they had booked for two nights. That is an actual picture of their campervan by the way - talk about advertising to the world that you're a tourist!

Despite some dodgy Googlemap directions from Dave's dad we eventually found the campsite. Only 20 minutes or so out of Sydney, it's situated in the Lane Cove National Park which is beautiful - I never even knew it existed until Saturday! Back at our apartment we decided to organise a picnic from David Jones Foodhall (if we could do all our food shopping here, trust me, we would!) at the lounge area by the pool to make the most of the gorgeous weather. We spent the rest of the afternoon splashing around the pool, sunbathing and reading (like most weekends recently) whilst Dave's parents chilled out a bit and got over their jetlag. Saturday evening we went out for a few drinks and a posh curry by Darling Harbour. The photo on the left is the view from the restaurant - beautiful hey?

Sunday was Dave's cousin's birthday (she lives in Sydney) so Dave's mum surprised her by gatecrashing the party. After a few drinks we decided to go for a wander around the Opera House and a drink at the Opera Bar to make the most of the evening sunshine. Then back to our flat for what turned out to be  a delicious BBQ (beef, parmesan and sundried tomato burgers followed by Dave's delectable chicken skewers, various salads and a good bottle of vino bianco). 

A rather exhausting weekend but lovely nonetheless. Dave's parents return on 24th December just in time for the Christmas festivities - that is lots of mince pies, chilled mulled wine and Christmas cake!