The office Christmas parties...

We have attended office Christmas parties in
Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland this year.

Auckland shopping

Each location was vying to see who could impress most
to have the most fun on a limited budget.
It was great to see how different each event was.

Auckland Symphony Orchestra carols at the Town Hall

Sydney got off to an um rather spectacular start

with the naked man on the balcony

followed by a Brazilian BBQ at Darling Harbour.

I'm not quite sure that combination of words sounds right either...

But that's where we went and what we ate!!

Roadside sculpture Auckland

Melbourne's party was a band in a garage

all hip and trendy.
It was fantastic, although rather too much
like corporate speed dating for me.

I had 60 seconds in between very loud music
to talk to people I'd never met before

before the next song drowned out all hope of conversation.

Albert Park, Auckland

Everyone in the office had chosen their favourite song.

Great idea, except I didn't have a song.

New Zealand's christmas pohutakawa flower bursts forth

Music, or lack of knowledge of it,

can really make you feel like an outsider.

Forgive me for being a boring Pom, but

The Violent Femmes - who?

Christmas cake display Langham hotel, Auckland

I know, I know all you Aussies and Americans are shouting
What? where were you?
I must have been under a
Blondie rock at the time...

Give me a "Come on Eileen' or even 'I will Survive'

and I would have been the first on the dance floor...

Just 'beam me up Scottie'!

Auckland's Sky Tower dominates the city

Auckland is a great, if somewhat hilly, place to explore.
From the fabulous Light Show at the Auckland Art Gallery
to Auckland Symphony Orchestra carols at the Town Hall.
We had a blast!

Auckland harbour side

Oh and the office Christmas party?
Auckland decided to go sophisticated
with dinner at the harbour

Perfect!

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