Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Sal and Nic in Oz

Posted by: Nic

After flying half way round the planet we arrived in Sydney and were greeted by Sal's excited folks at the airport. They put us up in a hotel literally at the the base of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, you don't get any more Aussie cliched than that eh! We spent a week doing family and touristy stuff in Sydney before flying down to Melbourne for a week so I could go to the Australian Bioenergy Conference. There aren't any pics of any of this because we lost our camera.
After finally arriving in Perth my mum gave us a camera, so here is what we've be up to. Of course, family and friends who haven't seen us for nearly three years have dragged us out for food and drinks.


An xmas party with friends and lunch with my brothers.


Xmas party, I had way too much Tequila, does it show?

After a week we finally got through all the obligatory friend and family stuff. We then escaped down south and spent a few days relaxing at Sal's parents farm.


"The Farm"


Lunch at Gnarabup beach (after kayaking - awesome)

We spent a day clearing weeds from trees we planted. And avoiding flies...


Wildlife near the farm, some local emus.
And finally, just for the sake of it, here is some other stuff...



An Australian rain barrel (Sal's folks new 90,000 liter rainwater tank).

A rack of $2000 didgeridoos, I REALLY want one!