My sister Nicole, and her husband Michael, live up there on an acre or so of land and we are staying with them for a few days before a quick 1,500km road trip to Sydney to collect Bernard once he has been released from quarantine. We will then turn around and the three of us will return to Adelaide and move into our own short term accommodation.
Over the weekend the weather was great and we had a relaxing time catching up with not just Nicole and Michael but also my aunt Christine and her son, my cousin, Marcel when they came up the hill for lunch on Sunday. Marcel and I could not work out how long it had been since we had last seen each other but that didn't matter it was just really nice to get together again.
After lunch, we had a nice surprise when some Australian wildlife presented itself to us. We noticed a pair of koalas in one of the large Eucalyptus trees that surround the house. These koalas are apparently regulars here. The trees around Nicole & Michaels' house are part of their territory. We managed to get a couple of nice photos of them, one of which you can see below.
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| This koala was quite happy to have his photo taken! |
On the jet-lag front, we are slowly getting over it. We tend to run out of steam around 4 or 5 o'clock each afternoon but with company we have managed to find a second wind and stay awake until about 9 pm before having to give up and go to bed. Then, almost like clockwork we will wake up just after 2am each morning - we lie awake for an hour or so (sometimes two), then fall back to sleep until we finally get up around 6am for a coffee while we listen to the birds stirring and watch it become light outside as the new day begins.
Soon enough our body clocks will be in the right time zone and we will be back to normal.
Next post will likely come from somewhere on the road between Adelaide and Sydney. Stay tuned...
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