Just got back from Hamilton Island
Hamilton Island, Queensland.
Spent the 1st Christmas in at least 20 years with my brother. It was a blast.
It is was also the 1st Christmas I have ever spent with kids. My bro has 3 sprogs, who all got way better gifts than I did. The 8 year old got a Kindle!
I did get a couple of kids toys to play with, a water balloon machine?, a plastic rocket and some silly putty, all from the wife.
My brother and his wife gave me a Hamilton Island stubby holder, which will get a good work out.
Five days i the tropics was pretty cool.
My brother runs the mega expensive resort on the island. It is the place where major celebs such as Oprah and Pink stay when they are in Australia. Heaps of super rich people holiday there as it costs round $1400 a night.
Anyway, we got to eat there twice.
Lunch the first time, a pretty fancy seafood platter with the usual oysters and prawns and stuff.
2nd time was an 11 course degustation dinner, with a pre dinner amuse of caviar.
Drank a 2003 vintage Dom Perignon and some other way cool wines.
I will post the menu if anyone is interested in that sort of thing.
As a chef, I thought this was a darn fine present, especially as I am so broke at the moment I can bearly afford a cheap steak and a glass of beer.