Family Traddition At Xmas!

Here Here!......... Spend the $$$$ on camping gear :)

Well, we are certainly breaking with tradition. This will be our first Christmas with NO family, except each other. We are in Tassie and will be spending Christmas in Hobart at Glenorchy Showgrounds in the caravan. We chose to go there (rather than bush camp) to be in Hobart for the finish of the Sydney to Hobart race.

We were going out for lunch, but have now decided to do our own thing, so a visit to Salamanca Markets (with the crowds) looks to be on the schedule for Christmas Eve.

Hope Santa finds us!

Norm C

Hi Axle,
This year we will travel up the road to the mother in-laws for Chrissy dinner and head home Boxing day Arvo.
Usually we stay a few days, but this year the five of us will head up river to a nice little caravan park on the banks of the Mann River for a couple of nights.
This will be the first time that we'll try this. After a long year it might just be the trick to recharge the batteries before New Years.
Hope you enjoy your change too Axle.

Yannow Axle, Its those traditions that your kids remember when they are older. Christmas is a stressy time for me too but we do it cause we do it. There's time after the big day for camping and ourselves but Christmas is a day of compromises and if noone does it then we all end up doing our own thing, and in the end we end up alone, which is the crappiest place to be at Christmas time.

YMMV but for my money, put up with the whinges and whining and take a deep breath and enjoy the day.

Hi Axle, We spent last christmas in Tassie and the one before that in Andamooka S.A. Tradition is what you make it. This year will be back in Tassie. Was asked if we were flying over for inlaws chrissy lunch. I said no but you are welcome to come here. "What all that way". What a shame LOL. Have spent a few christmas lunches up the bush with family over the years. Have a good day and don't worry about the rest, it will just give them something else to winge about when your not there LOL.

Josh

Hi Axle,
Our families tradition has always been breakfast with my oldies,when all the family is together apart from me as most of the time i work away and am usually on Xmas and New Year BUT for the first time in 5 yrs I'll be home.

Xmas tradition is what we make it, and what our Children will remember.

Hope Every one has a safe and happy Xmas and New Year

Cheers
Ann

A

G/Day Axle.

We are breaking tradition this year, instead of being hot and drinking heaps,we are going to be bloody freezing and drinking heaps. LOL

In fact yesterday we woke up to -14 and today it is a warmer -10, with snow.

We did actually do something traditionally the other day we went out in the freezing snow and picked a Xmas tree then we cut it down and Philip will help his mum and Oma decorate it tomorrow.

We have some photo's I will put up a little later.

Cheers Steve

The two boys ,their wives, and grand kids are coming to our place this year.
It doesn't worry us as we don't go away until the kids are back at school anyway. Then it is down the South coast as it is to dam hot to go north.

Have a great Christmas and New Year

Tony

We are flying in to Sydney from our home in San Diego on Wednesday to have a family Chistmas this year.

But this year it's different as my Dad passed away on Christmas Day last year and I think my Mum will need some support from the family this year.

Sorta makes you count your blessings and family at a time like this.

We'll then head on up to our farm in Childers before heading home to the USA mid January.

Merry Christmas to all.

Bruce

Hiya Axle

When the Matriarchs of our family were still alive Xmas gathering was performed for the masses at Anglesea, Vic. We would be up to 50 half enebriated souls wandering around falling over kids who were opening presents or playing Pool in the sun room. Everyone was talking at once and it sounded like a flock of geese in a swamp. Uncle Keith used to buy a Pallet Load of beer and by nightfall on Xmas day those who wanted to go home had to wait for a taxi!

But time has moved on and all the oldies are gone (we are now the oldies...lol) and that tradition has been broken. So now we have our own tradition staying home out here in the sticks and invite friends over. This year Xmas day will have an ExplorOz flavour as EO Member visitors are coming from Broken Hill and Riverton (SA) for the day and some may stay over depending on how liquid the day has been :-)

Merry Xmas to you and your family and all the best for Twenty Ten and trouble free Toyota motoring

And I hope we can continue our Tongue in Cheek exchanges in the future...lol

Cheers

Hi axle,

Your normal xmas day sounds like my normal xmas day. I have to have some quiet ones just to keep sane.

Next year i'm doing what you are , Now thats living life.

Have a good one and a great New year.

Cheers Wilko