Thursday, January 22, 2009
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Friday, January 16, 2009
Our holiday travels in Australia
Well, we hope everyone had a happy holidays. Ours was HOT! Shortly after Christmas, we made a trip north to the Pinnacles to see the eery limestone formations. Along the way we made numerous stops including a stop at an observatory where they are building a quantum gravity wave detector.
We then spent the next week back home with several trips to Perth to the Perth Mint where were able to actually see a gold bar made. We also made several trips to the beach to enjoy the COLD Indian Ocean. Kris and Alex dipped their toes in but never got in the water. We certainly enjoyed our visit with Kris and were sad to see her leave (maybe I should not include Alex in that "we").
After seeing Kris off at 6 am, we headed south to Albany for a visit to another wine region and the Valley of the Giants. While down south, we took a dip in our fourth ocean, the Southern Ocean. The trip to the Valley of the Giants was highlighted by the Tree Top Walk which reaches a height of 40 meters (about 120 feet). Paul was a little nervous mainly because he was not sure about the Australian Engineering Analysis and also because the walk was swaying A LOT! Although not as impressive as the Redwoods, we were still awed by the views of the Tingle trees. The scenery can change quite quickly as one minute you will be in the lush Australian forest, followed by the bush, then magnificent vineyards, then the beach, and then back in the bush. On the way home, we stopped in Denmark (another wine region) where we stopped at a Meadery and sampled the mead and honey ice cream.
The return home ended our holiday travels and Paul returned to work this past Monday after 3 weeks off! This weekend we are headed camping and water skiing where we hope to get our first view of the stars in the southern sky including the southern cross. Although, we have been in Australia over 2 months now, we have yet to see the stars as the city lights or full moon have hindered the stargazing. On 26 Jan, we will celebrate Australia Day with another 3 day weekend and a trip to ......
We still have lots more to see so stay tuned and be sure to check out the great pictures and Sherri's humorous commentaries!
The Aussie Varnadores
We then spent the next week back home with several trips to Perth to the Perth Mint where were able to actually see a gold bar made. We also made several trips to the beach to enjoy the COLD Indian Ocean. Kris and Alex dipped their toes in but never got in the water. We certainly enjoyed our visit with Kris and were sad to see her leave (maybe I should not include Alex in that "we").
After seeing Kris off at 6 am, we headed south to Albany for a visit to another wine region and the Valley of the Giants. While down south, we took a dip in our fourth ocean, the Southern Ocean. The trip to the Valley of the Giants was highlighted by the Tree Top Walk which reaches a height of 40 meters (about 120 feet). Paul was a little nervous mainly because he was not sure about the Australian Engineering Analysis and also because the walk was swaying A LOT! Although not as impressive as the Redwoods, we were still awed by the views of the Tingle trees. The scenery can change quite quickly as one minute you will be in the lush Australian forest, followed by the bush, then magnificent vineyards, then the beach, and then back in the bush. On the way home, we stopped in Denmark (another wine region) where we stopped at a Meadery and sampled the mead and honey ice cream.
The return home ended our holiday travels and Paul returned to work this past Monday after 3 weeks off! This weekend we are headed camping and water skiing where we hope to get our first view of the stars in the southern sky including the southern cross. Although, we have been in Australia over 2 months now, we have yet to see the stars as the city lights or full moon have hindered the stargazing. On 26 Jan, we will celebrate Australia Day with another 3 day weekend and a trip to ......
We still have lots more to see so stay tuned and be sure to check out the great pictures and Sherri's humorous commentaries!
The Aussie Varnadores
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