I know it is too early to be awake on New Years Day, but I am awake, and did get a reasonable amount of sleep last night – not quite as much as normal, but I did get enough. I spent the night with some friends – with a nice dinner followed by watching the fireworks at The Entrance and Toukley simultaniously in the distance followed by a game of ‘Polly Pool’. Then came watching the Sydney fireworks on TV at midnight.

The TV coverage of the fireworks was far better than many previous years, with channel 9 finally working out that people were wanting to watch the fireworks, and not an announcer talking about the fireworks showing a crowd of people looking at them from the Opera House. Radical thought I know, but it took Channel 9 years to work that one out!

Poly Pool was interesting… This is a variation of Pool where the idea is to have your numbered ball being the last one on the table. Of course for this to work you need to ensure that no-one has any idea which ball is yours leading to some interesting tactics where people intentionally miss shots that would sink their ball just for appearences.

What is on the cards now? Well, firstly we plan to all visit the beach sometime later today… I have not been to the beach for a while and I really love going. I cannot even remember the last time I went. Given the weather report I will definitely wear lots of sunscreen. Anyway it is now time for some breakfast…

Happy New Year to all!