In three weeks we have discovered that Kangaroos really are road kill, the weathermen here are just as bad as back home, the "dangerous" animals are rarely seen, possums don't actually sleep upside down and the toilets do actually flush the wrong way.

In Sydney we spent a day at the zoo and got to see all those dangerous animals, but from a safe distance and behind glass. The zoo is set up so you actually get to walk around and pet the kangaroos though and little lizards scurry across the path infront of you.

Glen's fiance, Julia set up a cruise of the harbour for us. We spent two gorgeous hours cruising around and looking at all the incredible houses. I still can't believe how much money some people have.

We spent a day at Bondi Beach, where it's acceptable for women to go topless. Trev had a great time. He even took a few photos - you have to zoom in to see them though.

we spent a coulple of days scouring the city for a car. We found this car market in a parking garage in town. It was such a wierd set up. But really well run. There were a bunch of backpackers and their cars lined up and they were all trying to sell their car to us. We ended up purchasing and 1988 Toyota Hiace (a van) with a bed in the back and everything. It came with all the camping gear we could need and even snorkeling equipment and a boogy board.

We took off right the day we got the car. We drove to Wollongong for the night and then went on our way to Canberra, the National Capitol. We spent a day in Canberra and checked out the museaums and the parliament buildings and stuff. They have a beautiful walk that goes around this little lake and takes in most of the sights.

We were then off to Adelaide - 1200 kms West. It took two days driving to get here. We stopped for the night at a free camp place on the side of the road. Sketchy!!! The toilets were just holes in the ground and covered in spiders. I refused to use them. We headed straight to the nearest toilets in the morning.

We made it to Adelaide late afternoon on Friday. We went to Trev's cousin Dan's place and got cleaned up and met him and his friends for a night on the town. Sat he took us out on a sailboat. There was about 9 of us on the boat, and the weather was perfect. We got some sun, swam in the middle of the ocean and I got to climb the mast (I actually wore a harness and was hoisted).

We took it easy on Sun and most of the week. We spent a day walking around Morialta park. There were supposed to be 3 waterfalls, but they were all dry. It was a nice walk though.

Another day, we went to Cleland Wildlife Park and saw some more Native animals. Lots of kangaroos. I even pet one. It was an albino with a baby in it's puch - so cool! trev tried to pet a big Red Kangaroo, but he didn't like him.

I also got to hold a Koala bear. They let you hold the koalas and they hug you like a baby. It was soooo cool. It dug it's claws into my back though.

We spent a day in Victor Harbour. We did an evening tour that takes you arounda small island and you get to see the penquins coming in off the ocean to their burrows. We saw about 60 penguins, 5 possums, one seal and one water rat. A really neat experience. The penquins just waddle around as if we aren't even there.

Sat we got to go sailing again. But this time, it was in a race. Trev got to help pull up and down the head sail and the spinacker. I was just in the way, but we didn't do too badly. I think we got fourth or something.

The last couple of days we just went to a couple of different beaches. We now need to look for some jobs. We hope to stay in Adelaide for a little bit longer. We'll see how long it is until Dan kicks us out. We plan to do some grape picking for a couple of days, but it's apparently really hard work and doesn't pay well - but hey, it's part of the backpacking experience. I think we will look into more promising jobs while we do that.

Anyway, if you haven't already checked it out - we have some pictures up on a website. Just click on the "more pictures" link and it will take you right there. The site isn't done yet though.

Hope all of you are doing well. Cheers from Downunder!!