Hi All
Its been a while and so here is an update on what we have been up to the last few days. We had a good few days in Melbourne last week, taking it easy as we both were feeling a little under the weather. On the Monday we went to my Auntie Marjorie and Uncle Arthur for lunch. It was lovely to catch up with them as I have not seen them for a little while. It was also great to have a home cooked meal! The rest of the time in Melbourne consisted of some sight seeing to the Art Gallery, Cathedrals and the Botanical Gardens as well as spending more time with my family. We spent Maundy Thursday evening at a Passover meal and service at my cousins church. It was great to do this especially as we spent Easter in the out back, far away from a church!!
Last Friday we headed off for a weekend camping in the out back with my cousins and families. We travelled 800km in 2 days (didn't cover that much distance on the map as this place is so huge!). We headed for a place just north of Mildura called Lake Mungo. A bit deceptive as it was not a lake at all, it had dried up about 18000 years ago!! This place has a lot of history as there is evidence of man living here some 60000 years ago. It was such a vast place that shows how big this country is with big sand dunes in one bit and a lunar type landscape in another. The landscape is quite barren in places and very interesting. We also did a fair bit of Kangaroo & Emu spotting and it was good to see them just wandering around in the wild. As well as spotting kangaroos we ate some Skippy steaks-they were quite nice! In the evenings it was lovely to look out at the star filled sky and see so many more stars and galaxies than you would see in the city, truly memorable. It has been great to spend time with my Australian family and meet some new members. Thank you to you all for your kindness, a great time camping and for looking after us .
We returned from the out back on Monday and are now in Sydney having a great time seeing the sights. We'll update you soon.
With love from Penny (& Linda too) xx
3 comments:
What d'ya think of the Opera House?
BSL Expeditions happy to oblige. It was a fun weekend! (Certainly more fun than the subsequent week at work with no airconditioning!) :-( Alison
Hi Linda and Penny,
Am having a fab time at Spring Harvest althought the rest of the country is basking in sunshine and Skegness is covered in sea-fog! Flippin' typical!!! Glad you enjoyed Melbourne, the camping sounded brilliant - I remember the big skies in Oz, especially when you get away from the light pollution. Our God is a Great Big God!
Time running out in the Internet cafe so must go - lots of love and prayers
Kim
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