How ya goin' all
After getting our little certificate for driving across the Nullabor from the travel bureau we moved on and overnighted in Esperance -which is a beautiful town - and then arrived in Albany the day before Australia day (January 26). Southwest Australia is quite different than any other part we've driven through. It's green and moisture abounds.....too much at times one might say. You can wash your car with a hose (you couldn't in other areas) and there's no rush to get out of the shower (4 mins is the suggested maximum elsewhere). On Australia day we wandered around town to familiarize ourselves, picked up a few staples for food, selected a couple books and relegated ourselves to the written word on the deck. Over the next few days we generally rummaged about.
On the 30th we were off to Perth to attend an orientation meeting. Now, Perth must be another word for "HOT". It seems to be 36, 38 or 40 degrees C everyday. That's a little too hot for me (Boyd) but Nancy is dearly hoping more of it will make its way south.
Anyway, Nancy has started work: attending meetings and doing esoteric teacher things that I don't understand as well as scrambling to get her classroom ready for her 22 or 23 kids in a couple days. I suspect that will occupy the upcoming weekend and we'll be ready to explore explore SW Australia the following weekend. I'd best be looking for a job too; apparently the vineyards are starting to hire casual labor this time of year.....?????
Cheers
The girls all say hi, we are off to the pool today and then skiing tomorrow.
miss ya lots,
bn