Sunday, March 4, 2012

First Day in Australia / Wollongong


We landed and met an Australian lady at the baggage area.  We saw her later when we couldn’t figure out where we were supposed to meet Craig for pick up.  She offered to call him for us!  She ended up leaving him a message letting him know where we were waiting.

Correy started to get into driver’s side of the car, and enjoyed his first ride on the “wrong side of the road”.  The drive to Wollongong from Sydney took about an hour.  The boys talked the entire way!  We learned that “petrol” is about $6 a gallon and deer were introduced to the continent about 150 years ago.  We arrived in Wollongong in the late morning, and Liz prepared a nice lunch of eggs and ham.

We took a walk in the rain down to the beach and around the shoreline to the lighthouse.  The condo is only about 2 blocks from the beach!  The floors are mostly tiled, except the bedrooms, which are carpeted. They have a wrap-around balcony with doors leading out from each room.  The weather has been mild, and the doors are open all day to let the air blow through the home.  For dinner, Liz made stuffed peppers.  I played about 15 games of Mancala with Caitlin the first night.

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