Australia Day

Today is Australia Day, but I had to work since I do not have the Australian holidays off.  It was nice and quiet at work though, so I was able to get a bunch done.  Tonight I decided not to go out and just relax since I am a bit sore from boot camp yesterday.  While I was getting ready for bed, it suddenly sounded like I was in the middle of a war zone.  I tried looking out the window and did not see anything, so I went out on my terrace.  I was then able to see fireworks around the apartment building.  The park across the street was setting off fireworks (and not small ones) that I could just barely see on my right.  The Eureka tower to my left also had fireworks being set off from the top of it.  I ran back inside and grabbed my camera to take a couple of pictures.  They are not very good, but give an idea of what I was seeing.  It was a pretty cool experience. 

 

Since it didn’t really feel like a holiday to me, it did not occur to me that there would be fireworks, like we have for our Independence Day.  If I had known, I would not have been in my pajamas and would have gone out to the front of the building where there was no doubt, a better view.  Oh well.  At least I was able to see a partial show.