Canberra

The Australian capital city of Canberra taken from the observation deck of the Telstra tower on Black Mountain.

There's gold in them thar hills!

The proprietor of this shop just down Church Street from Peggy's apartment in Parramatta assured me that it is indeed possible to find significant amounts of gold about 3-4 hours west of town.

Peggy

Peggy in the queue to pay for parking at Sydney Airport.

06-10-2007

Sam and Penny October 2007

Kristina sent us these great pictures of the twins. The Boo Bug Babies are growing up so fast!

Pelicans at The Entrance

The Oz branch of Cowpath

Peggy's company sent her to Australia to manage a project and she has been down here since 11 September. I flew down on 6 October and will be back in the states 28 October.

First impressions of Australia are positive. The air is clean, the people generally friendly and laid back. Peg and I toured Sydney Harbour by boat my first day. Then Sunday we drove up the Pacific Coast Highway as far north as Newcastle. We visited The Entrance as well.

I will post as many of our pictures as I can to the blog.

G'day!

Newfoundland Dogs

Since our Golden "Rascal" had to be euthanized a couple years ago, I've been missing having a dog in the house. I need a companion and a set of acute ears. Newfoundlands are amazing big dogs with a lot of love for their humans. The only problem is with both of us working, house training a puppy would be challenging. We'll see.

This picture was taken at the Water Safety Days event at Blue Marsh Lake near Reading. He belongs to one of the members of the New-Pen-Del Newfoundland Club.