Walking, walking, and more walking

that is basically what we spent our weekend doing . . . can you imagine why?? No baby yet so we spent time close to home doing things that required alot of walking. On Saturday we went to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary (Zoo) with Evan so we could go feed the kangaroos. Now that we have a family pass for the year we get free kangaroo food and can feed them as much as we want. Well, Evan all of sudden has a "no fear" attitude and will just walk up to the kangaroos and shove a hand full of food straight at them . . . it's quite the site.




On Sunday we went to the Brisbane Botanical Gardens at Mount Coot-tha near our house. Evan actually enjoyed walking amongst the flowers, plants, and trees. He even fed the ducks at the lagoon. We spent a couple hours just walking and taking pictures so it was a nice leisurely afternoon. Unfortunately the walking hasn't induced the baby to come so I'm sure there will be more walking in our future for the next few weeks.


Also, here are some pictures of Bryan's recent trip to New Zealand. Alot of beautiful scenery that he wants to go back and explore further . . .

Australian Education: This may not be considered "education" for you but it is definitely something I need to learn to deal with while living here. Australia is known for lizards of all kinds . . . and these lizards are NOT contained. We have Eastern Australia water dragons that are near the lake in the park by our house, as well as running around the zoo and gardens where water can be found. Large, kinda scary looking, but very interesting creatures. We have also discovered small, opaque gecko's . . . on our front and back porch, in the garage, etc. I have asked around and these creatures actually get in your house and climb on the floors and walls. We currently have towels shoved under the door leading from our garage to the house because I have found that I dislike the idea of these creatures coming in our house about as much as I dislike mice in the US. I have included recent pictures of a few that we have found in/around our house.