This year for Christmas, Women In Racing had their party aboard the MV Southern Cross for a cruise around Lake Burley Griffin.
Starting with drinks and nibbles on the dockside, we were treated to perfect weather - warm and sunny, with no wind at all. The Hawaiian theme meant that many people had transformed their appearance, so it sometimes took a while to work out who you were actually looking at. For many, it was was an opportunity to wear outrageous fashions bought on holidays past that never actually seemed to suit any subsequent events. For example, Burl turned up in a Fijian sulu wrap-around skirt that would probably get him accosted if he wore it out in Civic.
At 6:30 the boat headed off, with the Skipper having to earn his pay avoiding the fleet of sailing boats circling around us. We cruised around the main part of the lake seeing the major buildings, such as the Carillion, the headed down Kingston way, and then back up towards Black Mountain. Many people stayed outside a lot of the time to enjoy the view.
We were treated to an exhibition of Hawaiian dancing performed by the Committee. With gyrations and swivelling hips they performed two floorshows, one downstairs and one upstairs. Each show was followed by applause and cheers from the appreciative audience. It's clear that they could hire themselves out as exotic dancers if necessary, but looking at some of their faces afterwoods, it may have felt like an aerobics exercise class.
Santa made a surprise appearance, and walked through the boat handing out chocolates to the good boys and girls. If anyone missed out on getting some chocolates, then maybe they should take the hint from Santa.
All too soon the trip was over and we had to return from Hawaii back to Canberra. It was clear that everyone enjoyed themselves because the crew almost had to turn off the lights to get people to get off the boat.
Our thanks to to the Committee for organising this event and the others during the year and making membership of Women in Racing such good fun and value.
A slideshow of the event is below. If it doesn't show on your browser just click here and then click on the slideshow button.
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