here is something beautiful for you. everyone over here has plumeria in their yards, i love it!! i am not missing my plumeria at home since they are so plentiful over here.

also i went to the library yesterday and discovered that the birds i like so much i thought were parrots really aren't, they are lorikeets. they are related to parikeets i guess, although they are bigger than a parikeet. they are still neat birds what ever they are.

i also read about the mammals of AU and found out roo can comfortably hop at 20-25 ki an hour, and up to 45 kh. that is pretty darn fast, i guess i won't try to outrun any like a dumb tourist. i have been trying to get a pic, as we have seen them on a couple of occasion.

one more thing while i am thinking of it. while i was at the library yesterday, the librarian was making calls to folks telling them their book they had requested was in. it was amazing to me that most people were home. when i call HSB volunteers for something, 5 out of 80 may be home.

just another fun filled observation from your reporter down under...