Gday Mate!

We are in Australia and the weather is great. It was a long flight but it wasn't as bad as I thought. When we left Toronto it was dark and as we were about 5 hours from Brisbane the sun came up. I had slept for about a half hour and I felt fine for most of our first day. We both were in bed before the sun went down and had a great sleep. We are not feeling any jet lag so far just a little sore from sitting for so long.  My son Mark's girl friend Cherie picked us up at the airport and we came to there home and got into our shorts. Cherie had to work for a few hours so she dropped us off at the beach with there dog Blue. The first thing I notice was when we walk along the sand our feet squeaked! I'm not sure why it's doing that. It's like the Aussies clean the beach so it's squeaky clean or maybe our feet are squeaky clean. The beaches here are great, they go on as far as you can see.

Laurie and Blue

 The first thing Blue looks for is a stick

Blue has really taken to Laurie, or the other way around! 

Here's a green bird we saw walking through town

 Then after Cheri finished work it was off to the farmers market

 

Our second day Cherie took us to the beach for a walk before she had to go to work. What a great place to live. After Cherie finishes work she will some times go to the water and surf a few waves before she comes home.

 

 

I'm going to post a video with in a few days of Blue, Mark and Cherie's dog. They have done a great job training him and he's pretty smart. The video will be called the ultimate hide and seek game. You have to see this!