Happy New Year! The boat cruise was excellent fun! Everyone on board was in a good mood to see the year out, and 2008 in. We spent a good while with our table buddies Brett and Hussan swapping the provided face masks in various hilarious combinations (or what felt hilarious after a few drinks!). The free table service drinks flowed all night, and were even better once I realised bottles of wine last longer than beer 🙂
The first fireworks were set off at 9pm, whilst we were worryingly moored under the Harbour Bridge (fortunately no fireworks on the bridge!), then our boat along with the others in the exclusion zone lit up and cruised up and down in the Harbour of Light parade. That gave us the chance to make the most of the band and DJ, who even took the request for 500 miles by the Proclaimers, a song that Caroline danced her heart out alone to, as I was keeping a spot at the front of the boat in preparation for midnight (sorry Caroline – I didn’t know!). Midnight came with the illuminated countdown on the Harbour Bridge, then all manner of fireworks set off from the bridge, with us parked a nice distance away this time!
Here’s wishing everyone the best for 2008!
P.S. Sorry it’s taken us 2 days to get around to writing this, January 1st has always been, and always will be a day to lie low, eat unhealthy things, and vow never to touch alcohol again! 😉