Freezies, Beach, Jonchos, Beers, Fireworks - The Perfect Australia Day!!!!!

So yesterday was Australia Day. Another excuse for Aussies to get completely drunk and cause mayhem. The day began with Marie-Claude and Jonathan meeting at my place before heading down to Claremont's FREE Australian Day breakfast at the local pool. The breakfast was free, but it still cost $5.00 admission to get into the pool area. It seemed a little strange to be serving people a large meal right before they went swimming. We were so heart broken that we just headed back home for our own brekkie and freezies. Enter Face Paint!

Me with the Union Jack, Maple Leaf, and an Aussie star
Marie-Claude sporting the AUSTRALIARM
Jonathan pulls out the Tatts!

After the disappointment of the "free" breakfast, we painted our faces, and biked down to City Beach to meet up with Tom. It was very windy for 35C, and the waves were pounding a bit. I went in for a little with an ear plug (remember the ruptured ear drum). The beach was pretty good.

Losing the face paint after the sea water

After the beach, we headed back to my place for some Jonchos. Mmmmmm Jonchos! Jonchos are nachos that feature sliced chicken (thus actually making it a proper meal). Other ingredients include green and red pepper, onions, tomatoes. The secret to the Jonchos is layering! In a way it's similar to a lasagna. No chip should be left without any cheese. We then watched some Russel Peters and had a good laugh with our Jonchos. Also consumed many more freezies!

Jonchos

Off to a Party at Shonny and Jen's place in Subi. The train was rocking. There were 3 people in Australia Flag Capes, and a beach ball was being hammered back and forth throughout the train.

The party was very good. The highlight for me was playing PS2's Sing Star. A karaoke game that scores how well you hit the notes in a song. I did a little "Paint It Black" ..... I lost...... It was starting to get dark, so we headed off to King's Park to check out the fireworks.

Checking out the fireworks

King's Park wasn't the most spectacular place to see the fireworks. South Perth would have been better, but they were still very good, and lasted for 30+ minutes. In a way they actually rivaled the Sydney Fireworks.

After they were over, Marie-Claude, Jonathan, Matt, and I biked back to my place before reloading on some Freezies!!!! FREEEEEZE.