ABC News(Australia) have asked the flood victims to record their experiences of the onset of the floods in their regions.

Anne and Bruce Chater, a schoolteacher and doctor from the small central Queensland town of Theodore returned from a trip to Nepal on 20 December in time for Christmas and are now coping with floods waters surging around their house and surgery and are now providing updates and photos.

http://blogs.abc.net.au/news/after-the-deluge/

I will try to get along to see some of these films.

Flickerfest Shorts 2011

Bondi Beach.

Flickerfest 2011 Festival Trailer

May the Shorts be With You!

Check out the trailer for Flickerfest's upcoming 2011 festival,

screening at Sydney's beautiful Bondi Pavilion,

by the sea and under the stars, 7-16 January, 2011.

Flickerfest celebrates its 20th year in 2011, and is Australia's only dedicated short film festival that is Academy® accredited and recognised by BAFTA!

We'll be screening 100 of the best films from around the galaxy,

hand-chosen from over 1790 worldwide entries!

Join us for the summer cinema season at a venue near you

- find out more at www.flickerfest.com.au

Two photos of the floods in north eastern Queensland.

Depot Hill, Rockhampton.

(MECHIELSEN LYNDON/AFP/Getty Images

Rescued Kangaroos, Wellington.

Rodney Dowton ferries a boatload of kangaroos

through floodwaters near Wellington, Australia.

(AP Photo/Lake Burrendong Sport and Recreation Centre, Tracy Woods

I got these two photos from

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/01/australian_flooding.html

My brain has been in holiday mode

and I am finding it hard to put fingers to keyboard

to type some posts.

Last day of my hols tomorrow.

Merry Christmas, Everyone.

Outside Nativity,

St Marys Cathedral,

Sydney, Australia.

Christmas ... Aussie Style.

Thanks to Kristy01 for posting on youtube.

This morning I caught the train up to Newcastle Showground at Broadmeadow to go to the Newcastle Farmers Markets. The train journey was more relaxing than driving and battling the Christmas shoppers traffic.

I had a lovely time and came home with

a 6-fruit loaf, a blueberry and banana loaf

and some home made soaps.

Photos courtesy of http://newcastlecityfarmersmarket.com.au/

Early tomorrow morning I will be driving up to Coffs Harbour to spend a couple of days with my sister, Cathy and B-i-L, Greg.

Christmas Pic of the Day.

Christmas Tree in Martins Place,

Sydney

Highlights of the Oprah Show in Australia today.

Christmas Pic of the Day.

St Marys Cathedral, Sydney, Australia.

This is a nice video of my local area

- Central Coast, New South Wales,

Australia.

Christmas Pic of the Day

.

This site is very funny - http://nycsantacon.com/

Santa's Survival Guide:

What to expect
Santacon is an annual convention for Santa and his holiday brethren.
Expect holiday cheer, unconventional gifts, naughty carols and general mayhem.
Do not expect to be entertained: Santa IS the entertainment!

How to be Santa
Santa doesn’t just wear a cool suit and invade your dad’s liquor cabinet: he also brings gifts!
A gift can be a reindeer game, a song, a dance or a joke to entertain Santa and tourists alike.

How NOT to be Santa
Santa never endangers his reindeer with violence, vandalism, inappropriate groping or theft.
Santa never gets SO jolly he needs babysitting.
Santa never expects to get away with behavior that an ordinary citizen wouldn’t.

It’s not a bar crawl
Every time you call Santacon a bar crawl, a sugarplum fairy dies.

Pic of the Day

My new guest room

otherwise known as the second bedroom.

My sister, Cathy and brother-in-law, Greg were on their way down the coast to see The Eagles at Acer Arena at Olympic Park, Sydney. They stayed for a couple of days and the room got a tick for comfy.

I was up early today to put a second coat of white paint on the wardrobe in the second bedroom which previously been stained and then spent this afternoon vacumning, putting the handles back on the wardrobes, changing the doona cover, sheets and pillowcases and hanging curtains. Photos tomorrow.

The Second day of December

Its the First Day of December

and Christmas is on its way.