Wordless - uh... Thursday?

The Brighton Beach Boxes

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CO surfing.

More pictures - can you believe it?

Oh yeah baby, Obama Sauce
And also to add to the fun, it's at Lord of the Fries... lol.

Me at our "aunt & uncle's" farm
Feeding Lucky the lamb.

Amber with the possums in Catani Gardens

Uncle John at Altona Pier

My favorite news anchor (aka presenter)
she always wears the raddest outfits

The Shrine of Remembrance

View from the Shrine of Remembrance
They planned it so that Melbourne's "main street" would look to the shrine.

Sunset from our apartment.
It never gets old.
See the palm tree??

Proof that I had 7-11's Free Slurpee Day TWICE this year!
(Australia does date-month-year, so I observed 7-11 twice!!)

Pics from Cairns and GBR

Cairns

Cairns sunset

Cairns harbor
The view of my seat at a fabulous restaurant
Tha Fish!

Sad - no swimming at the beach in Cairns
If the STINGING JELLYFISH don't get you, the CROCODILES might!
Port Douglas - a beautiful town
It'd be great to stay there!

First view of the GBR

The Quicksilver Platform
(Had its positives and negatives)
If you're thinking about going to the reef, email me!

Me, happy to be on the reef!

Me/catwoman in my jellyfish-sting-prevention suit
Head to toe spandex is not flattering!

Beautiful blue water!

Me after snorkeling

What the poor fish saw
(there was a strong current, so I wore a life jacket)

Blue starfish!

On a semi-submersible with one of CO's profs and his wife
(they just happened to be on the same trip as me!)

On the way back - more reef!

Pics...

Here are some long overdue pictures!

Manny, Chris, and CO
(CO doesn't normally drink champagne, but you have to at the races!)

Roobles, the horse I cheered for.
Yup. It came in dead last.
And yes, we were that close to the action!

Me on our balcony :)

CO and I at the races

Hi Dad!

Well, we're back from Tasmania, and as soon as I can figure out how, I'll do so... but we had a great time hiking, spending time with family, visiting wineries, and seeing echidnas :)



I did end up quitting my job. It just wasn't worth it. But, being a nice/lazy person, I agreed to stay on until she found someone else, and she has interviews lined up for Friday.

Picture Pages

Here are a whole bunch of pictures... some seem to be missing still and I can't find them on my computer :(

The Prahran Market - where we get fresh pasta

Cook's Cottage
(as in Captain James Cook, explorer)
why they moved it to Melbourne from England, I shall never know

Statue of Cook close to his house

Conservatory in the same garden - great place to read!

St. Kilda sunset on the way to see little penguins

Melbourne

Little penguins - no flash is allowed, so I edited the pics so you could see the birds

Flat Stanley project for my cousin's kid -
Yes, there really are koala crossing signs.

Visiting Sovereign Hill - set in the period of the gold rush

Panning for gold. I didn't get any :(

Daylesford Lake - very calm and relaxing!

My host on our girls day
Louisa at Daylesford Lake

Mineral water at Hepford Springs
It was disgusting to drink!

Lavender farm

CO heading out to surf with Manuel (from Spain) and Dan (from UCLA)
They have nearly weekly trips out to Bells to surf.

Another perfect day at Bells

Hanging out in Federation Square with John and Buelah
and Peter and Fiona (from Sydney)