ANZAC Day BBQ

This morning we headed out to get some meat for the BBQ today. I took Ross to the "cheap Chinese butcher" that Julia had shown me last week. We bought a leg of lamb, an entire beef tenderloin and 2kg of mince. Like last time, we took everything to the little room with the two ladies who operate the bansaw. They sliced the leg of lamb into 13 chops, the tenderloin into 16 steaks and the 2kg of mince into 6 pieces and it was all cheap as cheap (well, compared to the supermarkets here anyway). You may see in the slideshow a photo of Ross with all the meat - he was really impressed by Lucky butchers.

About 12.30, Brian arrived in time to watch the last of the dawn service from the Australian War Memorial in France. Simon, his wife Rima and their three children plus her sister Riska and her little boy Ethan all arrived in time for the first bounce of the ANZAC Day clash between Essendon and Collingwood.

It was great to have Simon and all his family around as it had been ages since we had seen them. Their three children are adorable - Amy (8), Hayley (6) and Luke (4). Riska's little boy Ethan (in the photo) was an absolute doll too - not a compaint out of him the whole afternoon.

Later in the afternoon Sonja arrived after picking up Ian. Another couple from Hughes in Perth, Martin and Mel, came over as well. They happen to be on holiday in Malaysia. It was nice to have another couple of Aussies around on ANZAC Day!

We had enough food to feed a small village (thanks to the satays and chicken that Rima brought around) and the kids amused themselves with Singstar on the Playstation most of the afternoon. It was a really nice way to spend ANZAC Day.