Australia!

Well it has taken 13 years but we finally made it back to Australia to visit some of our close friends. We were able to take Dayne and Ali with us which was such a wonderful experience for them. We stayed for 2 weeks and were able to enjoy the day to day life of the laid back lifestyle of the SouthEast coast of Australia.

Kukabera birds that moments later ate Jeff's sandwich out of his hand just as he was taking a bite.

First stop after we got off the airplane. It was 98 degrees and beautiful. We stopped to eat fish and chips which became Dayne's favorite meal.

One of my host families from my year as an exchange student suprised me at dinner. So good to see them.

Ali's favorite thing was the beach. She spent hours mastering the waves.

Three of my good friends. It was so fun to catch up and spend time together. Time may have passed but not our connection. Felt just like we had seen each other.

Dave & Maree let us stay with them and were our tour guides/party planners. So good to spend so much time with them.

This was another one of my host families that I had lived with for 6 months. Aunt Sharon and Uncle Peter. They live on a beautiful farm that Dayne & Ali got to collect eggs from the chooks every morning.

We spent 2 days in Sydney. ( Well 3 since our flight got cancelled and we had to stay an extra day). So fun to show the kids all of the sites.

The view from Maree's porch every evening. WOW couldn't ask for anything better.

Dayne was not so much into the water but loved the soft sand.

Took us about 4 days of looking for wild kangaroos. We finally came across these wallabies. But then when we got the the next town they were everywere.