A couple days ago, I went camping with a couple friends from school. We all went up to Bunyip state park, (that's just past Gembrook) and stayed the night. Plan A was to stay for 3 nights, but not alot of people could make it if we stayed that long, so we ended up staying just the one night. It was alot of fun, and it was good to get into the outdoors with friends.
Our little sleepover ended up being more adventurous than I anticipated. Chris had planned to come up later because he was in the city with friends. He was the only one coming up by himself. Somehow he took a wrong turn and ended up on one of the tracks that had big speed hump things across it. I think they are to help the water drain away, but they were most un-helpful if you are in a car. Chris' car got stuck on one of the humps, and he tried to push it off for about an hour before deciding he was well and truely stuck and should try and find our camp on foot. Using just the light of his phone, and the map I had photocopied him, he managed to find our camp! (I think maybe we were being a little loud) We got into Camerons car and raced off to try and save Chris' car before a 4WD plowed into it! We tried everything, but the wheels couldnt get any traction, the car was balancing on it's underbelly with the back 2 wheels off the ground! In the end we managed to free his car, with 4 people pushing it, but I think maybe the underside is a little scratched.
The next morning I took another look at the map, the track where the car got stuck wasnt marked as a 4WD track, meaning it was supposed to be ok for cars. I think maybe I should write to Parks Victoria and ask them to review their maps, or to review how high they make the drainage bumps.
So that was the highlight of the camping trip, not to mention that we enjoyed perfect weather and a wonderful campfire.

From left to right: Richard, Philip, Michael, Ashley (Michael's girlfriend), Andrew, Peter, Nicole, Shane, Nyssa (David's girlfriend) and David. 

David and Nyssa (David's girlfriend) spent christmas morning with Nyssa's family, and christmas night with the Wheatland gang.  

Mum and Dad, infront of the christmas tree. Mum is wearing her new apron she got from Santa. hehe 

Mum held onto a package from Grandma And Grandpa Lamb, thinking it was christmas gifts, but it turned out to be birthday gifts for Peter and I, what a nice surprise! This is one of the shirts I got for my birthday. :)  

Here I am, sitting in a new camping chair that Grandma and Grandpa Lamb gave me. It's really comfy. 

Phil got heaps of tools for christmas from Mum and Dad, so he spent most of the morning putting them all away into his new tool box.  

Peter, Mum, Philip, Andrew & Lance, on christmas morning.  

Peter, Phil & I, infront of the tree... Phil decided that he wanted to be the same height as Peter and I, so we had to hold him up. 

Merry Christmas, and a happy new year.

Last time I posted, I had no idea what my scores would be for this last semester. Now I do know... I got a distinction in maths, and credits in my three other classes.
Leading up to christmas, I have been working quite a bit. I worked all the public holidays after christmas too, so its been very busy. for christmas we went to Uncle Mark's house for dinner. It turned out to be a really aussie kind of day, with a bbq dinner and everything! It was great to see the whole family in one place. We spent alot of christmas day on the phone to family in America. Luckily enough, we got to speak with everyone over there.
New years eve was the next big event worth mentioning. I went down to the beach with some friends. Mario was kind enough to let everyone stay at his family's beach house, so nobody had to drive home straight away. We were on the foreshore at Rye, watching the fireworks at midnight, and I think that it was possibly the best start 2005 could have had!
Hope you all had a great new years and christmas.
-Andrew