We had a good Christmas evening watching Christmas shows and movies on TV as a family. Today is Boxing Day-- a big holiday for Australians. This year has a bit of a somber feel though as it marks the first Anniversary of last year's Tsunami. This has been the focus of the news and there are tons of prayer services etc. Going on throughout Asia.
We took off early this morning to stop by the Big Banana-- a real tourist attraction in Coffs Harbor. Took our obligatory pictures and then headed off to Byron Bay. Along the way, we were pleasantly surprised to see lots of wild kangaroos just laying about in the fields on the sides of the road. It is just amazing to see so many of them just out and about in the wild We stopped in Little Italy just to say we did!!
We are actually staying in Ballina about 20 kilometers south of Byron Bay. As we got to Ballina, we spotted several large Australian pelicans. And then more and more of them as we drove through. These are ENORMOUS birds-- the largest flying birds in Australia and lots bigger (maybe 2-3 times the size) of the brown Pelicans we have seen in Florida.
We are now settled in at a very nice resort. Plan to do a bit of resting and relaxing at the nearby beaches for the next couple of days. This is big surf country with huge waves to the delight of the surfers. By the way, Shannon's arm is coming along well. She can just about extend it all the way when asked to do so but she is still very hesitant to use it. We made big progress when she decided to sign the names of all her classmates on her splint-- I think she started writing the names before she realized she was using her right arm. That should loosen things up a bit.
With the Christmas holidays now over, we will go back to e-mailing every couple of days. Love to all. Deb, Sean, Caitlin, Connor and Shannon.
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