I spent the first half of monday doing nothing, and the second half doing plenty. Our plans to hit the Moonlight Cinema fell through, but Loz came over anyway and we made new plans. We rang LittleM and decided to drag him along on our adventure.
First Stop: Maccas for dinner. It took us two hours to eat happy meals and converse on the state of the world. Then, we had coffee, to sustain us through the next part of the adventure. Our coffee was served to us by two men that i recognised from a medieval acting guild thingy, so it was very theatrical java.
Step Two: We headed up the freeway, juggling our coffees, to the Lobethal Lights. We somehow took a long-turn and headed into very wolf-creek like territory, which had me checking the rear-view mirror in fear of seeing the creepy John guy from Playschool in my backseat. After we left the dark, deserted roadway, we hit the main drag, all lit up like a fairy village on the summer solstice (like the imagery?). We parked and went straight to the market. Clearly, it was time to spend some money. We looked at hilarious ties, got in trouble for taking photos, bought glowsticks, fudge and nougat. Then, we got immersed in the jewellery stall. Loz and i clearly stated what we liked, then bought it for each other as belated-Christmas presents. Yay! Pretty, shiny, jingly earrings and bracelets. Plus, we got each other $2 lucky dips, which were a hoot. I scored a One Tree Hill-Nathan/Hayley bracelet (those in the know will understand the reference) that will now make it's way into my regular wardrobe rotation. Then, LittleM was guilted into buying us necklaces, which were just so cool. It was an excellent half hour of gif
t giving.
Third Step: Finally, it was time to actually look at the lights. We walked up a big hill and 'oooh-ed' and 'aaahhh-ed'. Then we walked along a backstretch, which was again eerily reminiscent of a scene from Wolf Creek... except this time we were walking, there were no cars, and there weren't even any christmas lights! Eventually, we found our way back to the main street. We went back to the car and drove around, hoping to find some more impressive light displays... and that's where we found it - the coolest, twinkliest display ever. The front yard was huge and all of the front windows had displays in them (i'm not sure where their furniture was...!). There were arches, elves, Merry Christmas spelt out in lights, a helicopter full of pressies, a life size santa, expanses of lawn ringed by little animals and Pooh-Bears and snowmen and angels... It was amazing. I LOVE shiny things. This was like my heaven.
After that, we had to go home - after the magic house, we couldn't do better! Foolishly, we took the advice of the boy and took a different turn off home... only to be stuck on an incredibly windy road for the next hour. Behind a person doing 40kmph until they realised i was being driven insane and pulled over to let me pass. And then it started to rain... Loz was worried i'd kill us all. Personally, i have greater belief in my talents. The road came out at the top of Macgill Road somehow! But i got us all home, at 1am, safe and sound.
Another excellent Christmas adventure!!
First Stop: Maccas for dinner. It took us two hours to eat happy meals and converse on the state of the world. Then, we had coffee, to sustain us through the next part of the adventure. Our coffee was served to us by two men that i recognised from a medieval acting guild thingy, so it was very theatrical java.
Step Two: We headed up the freeway, juggling our coffees, to the Lobethal Lights. We somehow took a long-turn and headed into very wolf-creek like territory, which had me checking the rear-view mirror in fear of seeing the creepy John guy from Playschool in my backseat. After we left the dark, deserted roadway, we hit the main drag, all lit up like a fairy village on the summer solstice (like the imagery?). We parked and went straight to the market. Clearly, it was time to spend some money. We looked at hilarious ties, got in trouble for taking photos, bought glowsticks, fudge and nougat. Then, we got immersed in the jewellery stall. Loz and i clearly stated what we liked, then bought it for each other as belated-Christmas presents. Yay! Pretty, shiny, jingly earrings and bracelets. Plus, we got each other $2 lucky dips, which were a hoot. I scored a One Tree Hill-Nathan/Hayley bracelet (those in the know will understand the reference) that will now make it's way into my regular wardrobe rotation. Then, LittleM was guilted into buying us necklaces, which were just so cool. It was an excellent half hour of gif
t giving.Third Step: Finally, it was time to actually look at the lights. We walked up a big hill and 'oooh-ed' and 'aaahhh-ed'. Then we walked along a backstretch, which was again eerily reminiscent of a scene from Wolf Creek... except this time we were walking, there were no cars, and there weren't even any christmas lights! Eventually, we found our way back to the main street. We went back to the car and drove around, hoping to find some more impressive light displays... and that's where we found it - the coolest, twinkliest display ever. The front yard was huge and all of the front windows had displays in them (i'm not sure where their furniture was...!). There were arches, elves, Merry Christmas spelt out in lights, a helicopter full of pressies, a life size santa, expanses of lawn ringed by little animals and Pooh-Bears and snowmen and angels... It was amazing. I LOVE shiny things. This was like my heaven.
After that, we had to go home - after the magic house, we couldn't do better! Foolishly, we took the advice of the boy and took a different turn off home... only to be stuck on an incredibly windy road for the next hour. Behind a person doing 40kmph until they realised i was being driven insane and pulled over to let me pass. And then it started to rain... Loz was worried i'd kill us all. Personally, i have greater belief in my talents. The road came out at the top of Macgill Road somehow! But i got us all home, at 1am, safe and sound.
Another excellent Christmas adventure!!
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