This year, of course Tam & Paul have joined us, to help us celebrate the closing of 2011. Tony, Rebecca, Theabella, Christopher and Rebecca’s parents also join us on the streets to enjoy the festivities. The street parade is themed "Carnival", and floats and exhibitions are vibrant, as paraders don wigs, wild make up and exuberant costumes.
A quick game or two of pool soon follows at the local pub The Star, in which Team Jase-Tam kicks Team Paul-Eve’s bum until the final match (for “The Champions of the Wooorrrrrld!!!”), in which Paul turns the game around and wins in a nailbiting shot.
We wander through the carnival to gawk at the usual stuff: stale fairy floss and soggy hot chips, carnies taking money from unsuspecting children and grandmothers, aloof teenagers impressing each other, and squeals of delight from the various rides on offer.
On the banks of the Moyne River, families gather and count down to midnight in an unsynchronised fashion until interrupted by the crack and whistle of the annual fireworks display.
This is a brilliant way to conclude a year and a brilliant way to welcome the new.
Happy New Year to everybody!
this sums up PF at NYE just perfectly.......
ReplyDeleteGreat shots of the paraders and the Carney....and of course those crazy hooligans watching the parade!
those fireworks lit up the Moyne like daylight, fantastic....