Happy New Year from Semakau!

What more could anyone wish for the New Year?!

Blue skies, wild shores, fabulous creatures, good friends.

It was a wonderful day on Pulau Semakau for a public walk. A slow afternoon, out in the wilderness, catching up with friends, planning exciting new programmes for 2006. And of course, the traditional Toast-on-the-Beach with pink champange.

Well, perhaps the weather could have been better...

We got a very impressive lightning show from Mother (Nature), followed by a very good wash. Thus, of course we couldn't actually go out to the shores.

Nevertheless, it didn't dampen the spirits of this very sporting bunch of visitors and guides at Semakau yesterday. We had the traditional toast in the cosy confines of the NEA building. The power of digital manipulation helped complete our wishes.

But I couldn't have asked for a better New Year's Eve.

Looking forward to the new year!

In January, we'll hopefully get a second chance to show these really great bunch of visitors Semakau's shores. And the rest of the year, more wild adventures on the shores.

Happy New Year!