Photos from the weekend

Had a great day on saturday - friends over for a barbie, then Riverfire fireworks, then Gomez live at the Tivoli. Rather a lot of photos from Skye's birthday are here. Great to have people over to our place, put our deck to good use and have some reason to tidy up the house :) Going to the fireworks was a spur of the moment thing, but fantastic. The riverbank was thronged with families picnicking and grilling, and when the F-111 flew low over the river with afterburners blazing at the start and then again at the end, it was absolutely awesome. Gomez were good too, even the newer poppier stuff they played was bearable, but the top moments for me were all when they played songs from their first album. They're such a talented group of musicians, the performance was damn good.

Back at work after a big weekend is never great, but there was shocking news this afternoon that Steve Irwin died today. I think a lot people assume that he was just a joker, but after we went to his zoo a few years ago and saw him doing the crocodile feeding routine, I had a flick through his biography in a book shop and found that he was a committed conservationist and a serious naturalist.