Christmas Day 2011

Wild weather on the Gold Coast

didn't deter me from a drive there to watch the sun rise.  And the weather did not put off the swimmers and the surfers...

I couldn't get a shot of the actual sunrise, because it was overcast - oh yes, and because the beach was not oriented to the east - oops!  But we did have a nice BBQ breakfast

and saw some intrepid runners decked out in festive headgear