Hi there,

After a fairly eventful year we decided to ease into xmas and the new year.

We headed off to the Norman Hotel and let someone else cater for us instead of having to worry about the prep and clean up.

The Norman at the Gabba has recently undergone an extensive rebuild and the end product is great.

The food, the service and the decor 1st.class. There was just a group of 5 of us but once more quality not quantity made the night. 

The amazing thing was that 4 different waitresses could not work out the correct change for drinks. The errors ranged from $1.20 to $33.60 a sad reflection of the education system they were all stumped without a calculator to tell them.

 All errors were in our favour, so they were not doing it to dud us. 

 We are planning a 5 day cruise on the Dawn Princess for the New Year and have obtained a greatly discounted rate through Escape Travel with P&O.

Having cruised with P&O before and having experienced their excellent on board hospitality we are looking forward to once again spending time with them.

Sure beats just dreaming about doing it.

We have shelved any group activities until late January, which the first event will be the Connondale Z Rally, normally a good event each year.

Until the New Year , take care.