2024 Pre Christmas Wrap Up

Sam and Ben's Wedding

Congratulations Sam and Ben! Had such a good time celebrating at the beautiful wedding in the Perth Hills. Sam and Ben looked a million bucks, and had some impressive dancefloor skills.

Sip and Pot with Amy

Not as suspicious as it sounds!

Melbourne

We went over for a wedding (congratulations Moana and Nathan!) and had a great time in Melbourne as always. Supernormal was incredible, I can't believe it was my first time there!

I had no idea the Myer Christmas display was a thing, but we went and saw it and it was... confusing. It was Irwin themed, which Santa only knows what that has anything to do with Christmas in Melbourne, but the details in the vet scene, down to the IV and little draws with equipment was... confusingly good? I don't know what to make of it.

A surprise sushi train lunch, and drinks at the Caretaker's Cottage and Eau De Vie was a great way to start the drip.

The wedding was just incredible, such a beautiful location and so much fun!

It's not a trip to Melbourne without meeting up with one of the founding members of the Beer Nerds, and sharing a beer, this time at Westside Ale Works.

The time flew by with more good eating, (magic) coffees, drinking, visiting the NGV, then it was time to catch pneumonia and fly home (it's no joke, I don't recommend)!

Lead up to Christmas

It's Christmas eve today and I think we've managed to snap into holiday mode pretty quickly, everyone was so ready for the break. We saw an incredible Waxahatchee show at the Astor Theatre (enjoyed it with no photos), and managed to squeeze in what's fast becoming a traditional visit to Tsukaya, with Biscottino for dessert, but we all secretly wanted whatever Santa was having.

Christmas outfit for my last Airspace class of the year, which very sadly was Zac's last day before retirement, which was bittersweet for all of his students who will really miss him!

Lunch at Gibney with Andrew's family was fanstatic. It's definitely a special occasion restaurant, but the service was perfect, and the menu is reflective of how showy everything is! Worth a visit, get a martini.

Merry Christmas for tomorrow!

Flying High Student Showcase 2024

Last night was the Flying High Student Showcase, which was October this year for Halloween instead of at the end of the year, and I think everyone agrees not dancing in 40 degree weather is the absolute best!

The performances were incredible as always, with a few first-time performers (Anna's incredibly cute and flexy Come Little Children routine), some people who hadn't performed for a while (Ally who nailed her Lullaby of Woe routine perfectly), lots of creativity (we loved Alison's slit faced woman routine) and a very technical but witty performance from a trio (Q, Brenda and Shirly) who just got back from a Sweden world championship where they performed this routine. A few other highlights were Amy's incredibly difficult and super hot laughing witch routine, Kat's slinky solo despite an injured shoulder, Tammy forgetting part of her advanced routine and relying on the students for what was next (it happens to the best of us haha), and Shirley's speech at the end which was a hilarious depiction of how Tammy does not know right from left, and how that's lead to many near death experiences during complicated moves where moving the correct leg is a life or death decision (but we all know Tammy will catch us no matter what!).

Training for our instructor routine was so much fun, and we just had the best prop ever, with one of our very pregnant instructors Jackie still looking as flawless and light as ever.