We are having a great time here. Yesterday Sean and the kids went to the Sydney Aquarium where they saw tons of sharks, ferry penguins and a corral reef-- should get then ready for our adventure at the Great Barrier Reef. Today, after work for me, we went to the Maritime Museum and then onto an Aborigini Concert of Didgeridoos-- an Aboriginal horn-type instrument. It is a long horn with a very deep sound. It is made from a branch of the Eucalyptis Tree which has been hollowed out by termites. The termite nest is shoved out and filled with hot coals to kill remaining insects. The music was wonderful and was accompanied by a panoramic slide show of sights in Australia.
After that it was back to the Botanical Gardens to watch the flying foxes. We went just before dusk and there were thousands of them. The foxes are actually very large bats with a wing span of about 30 inches. Their bodies are reddish and the faces look like foxes. We even saw mom flying foxes flying about with tiny babies clinging to their bellies!!
Connor and Sean are really getting into Australian Rules Football and watch it every evening. I think the sport is nuts. They wear no pads or helmets and as best I can tell there are no rules!! Tomorrow we head to the Blue Mountains then its on to Coff Harbor for Christmas.
December 26 will mark the one year anniversary of the Tsunami. It marks very sad event for Asia although reconstruction efforts throughout the region are progressing well. And thanks to all the world donations, there is an early warning system under development in most countries Only a few more days till we can take Shannon's splint off-- she can't wait.
More to come later. Deb, Sean, Caitlin, Connor and Shannon.
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