Australia

Hello everyone! This is just a quick update to let you all know that I am now in Australia! I'm in Sydney at the moment, and will be going to Adelaide via Canberra today (arriving Friday at 3 PM). I'm really looking forward to this trip. I'm going right up the middle of the continent, then down the east coast to ultimately meet Weston back in Sydney the day after Christmas. So, Canberra today, Adelaide tomorrow, and then countless other 20+ hour bus rides!

As you can no doubt tell, I left Matamata yesterday as well. It was sad to leave, but it was time. I had been there for two months. I got to see most of the North Island while with Scott and Eira. Nicola and I went to a show in Gisborne at the beginning of November and I got to see where Captain Cook first landed in NZ. I also went over to Napier one weekend because Scott and Eira had a Japanese girl down for a few days. Napier was lovely! It was destroyed by an earthquake in 1931, so they rebuilt it all in Art Deco and Spanish Mission style.

And the puppies! Scott's dogs had two litters, and Jackie's Welshie had 9 puppies! So I spent most of November playing with puppies. And one Jack puppy, my favorite, was twice the size of all the others in her litter, and she would sleep on top of the others all the time. She's the one they're keeping, and Scott's naming her Warwick Wisconsin after me.

Anyway, I should be updating more now, as I will have access to wireless more frequently. It's miserable trying to update and do all the other things I have to do on dial-up!