And what a great weekend it was.  Temps in the high 20s, with a brief shower to clear the beach.

Bondi at noon

Oh and Sculptures by the Sea is on again at Bondi.

please do not touch this artwork

Jamie and Kris complete the challenge today in honor of Val (who unfortunitely passed away on the journey).

Hundreds of riders too part in escorting the boys from Newcastle to Sydney.

Road Warriors - Mount White

The Rocks - Sydney

It's been over two years now, and I'm a little sad to see her change.

And now...

The location was somewhat hidden away, and was quite difficult to find information on the event itself.  But I think it was the right number of people.  Enough to make it a great day out, but without the crowd crush.

Will definitely go back next year.

Check out that super charger on that Vespa!

It's always difficult coming back to a full week of work after two weeks of not doing much at all over the Christmas/New Year break.  After all those sleep ins, being lazy, mid morning/mid afternoon swims at the beach, how am I going to keep myself motivated?

I've got a great all around cupcake/muffin mix that will go down a treat in keeping my energy levels up at work this week.

Preheat the oven to 190.  Grease or line 12 cupcake moulds.

Go and commandeer:

• Salted butter, room temp
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 2 cups flour
• pinch of salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup of milk
• 1 1/2 cups of chocolate chips (dark)/strawberries/etc..

Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.  In a separate bowl whip up the butter slightly then add the sugar. Continue mixing until it is light and fluffy.  Add eggs one at a time, before adding the vanilla extract.

Add the flour and milk to the butter mixture in small batches, and mix until just combined.  Slowly fold in your chocolate chips/strawberries.  Divide evenly between the 12 moulds.

Bake for 30 minutes until the tops are golden brown.

Icing:

• 150g butter, softened
• 2 1/4 cups pure icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• your choice of food colouring

Using a whisk, beat butter in a bowl until pale. Gradually add icing sugar and milk, whisking constantly until combined.

Just a time for a change.  I've had this new domain for a while and have only now found the time, and inclination, to make this my primary domain.

Now if only I could find that unlimited latte fairy...