australia day in london...

I've just spent my first Australia Day away from home - it was enough to make me rather homesick!!

But I had a good day. In the morning I took the bus to Hyde Park and walked down to Kensington Palace where Princess Diana lived for a while. (Thanks Sharon, I got in for free, no probs!). Downstairs there were a few rooms showing projected footage of Princess Di throughout her life, and upstairs were (relatively) modern apartments and the older 18th century Kings and Queens rooms.

From there I walked back the way I came, stopping to play with the cute, fluffy and friendly squirrels along the way (they miss you Sharon).

Across from Hyde Park runs Queensway, and I walked down there to the Prince Alfred pub where I was meeting fellow Aussie friends for a few drinks. It was very noisy with loud music playing, but we stayed for 6 hours yelling at each other.

I left my camera on the table for anyone to use - and this is the result!!

[Top left, a fairly quiet start to the arvo, Damo, Ingrid & I ; then below, Anna, Elisa, Ingrid and I. Top right, Mike & Anna, Steve & Elisa ; bottom, Scott doing a Tim Tam slam with Guinness! A waste of hard-to-come-by Tim Tams if you ask me!!!]