the Gold Coast

Adam takes us to the Gold Coast and Surfers Paradise, about 45 min. from Uncle Ian. Where we spend almost a week with cousins Adam, Lauren, and roommate Ainsley. We hang out, cook food, see sights, hike, have a barbeque, and swim. Excellent. Lauren lets us sleep in her bed. The weather is perfect. We think the rain has stopped.

he looks like Alison's dad

Ian is wonderful, he lets us borrow the car, stay at his house, and takes us to the bar. He also has a pool, so we try to cook dinner for him.

and queso

Adam asks us to make tacos and burritos, we must ablidge - we make him wear this shirt.

Ian, Adam, and meatpies

Alison's cousin Adam comes to visit, they take us for meat pies. This is a super cute place by Ian's house.

bye for now

New Postings!!! Here's whats been happening in the last two weeks: Nan and Grandad take us to the train station where we hop on a bus, then a train for Brisbane. Uncle Ian picks us up at 6am, we realize it's hard to sleep on the train sometimes, and it's really cold. We spend the day wandering around Brisbane. We are exhausted but happy. And we check out the Brisbane Botanical Garden. It's beautiful, it's raining and we take an hour long guided tour with two other people, one of whom is from Katy, Texas. (Close to where I am from.) We see lily pads, and two large turtles, and large iguanas and lizards, as well as the ibis, my new favorite bird. They have really long curved beaks. Ian takes us to the club (bar) after work and then we head home. Australia is all about clubs ie: rugby clubs, rowing clubs, barefoot bowls - which Ian belongs to and we'll explain later (when we understand). We are back in Brisbane on Friday for a Barefoot Bowls Tournament - which I think we are participating in.