The "sing along". Susan and Phil
Simon, "peace sister"
Getting more serious about eating......
Susan and Carolyn making bruschetta. YummmmWelcome to Australia Party February 21, 2009
Susan put on a “Welcome to Australia” BBQ for me and invited a bunch of friends to join us at Woodstock. The first party was cancelled on Feb 14th as we were flooded in, and this one almost was cancelled too. The four bridges leading to Woodstock were flooded again the day before. We prayed for only gentle rains and got it.
The typical Aussie BBQ is grilled “bangers” (sausages) and as much as you can drink. I passed on the meat bangers, but found some “tofu bangers” at the local store so as not to miss the essence of the grill meat. Everyone brought their own “drinks” and a potluck dish as well. It was great fun, the weather even cooperated for the most part. One heavy, short rain shower, and several smaller ones. It could not have been better. It was nice and cool. Being at the BBQ was sort of like looking at a photograph from the 60’s and 70’s. About half the group were laid back old hippies, complete with strong opinions about the good old days of rock n roll vs rap. You can imagine which way the conversation leaned. Susan played music by Australian artists from her iPod, and then about 1am, the guitars came out, and traditional Australia sing-along folk songs began! It was very surreal! Everyone was pretty wasted one way or another and it all seemed so “normal” at the time. It makes me laugh just to think about it.
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