Now I'm in real australia, lots of little towns and villages, lots of gum trees and evidence of fire damage, much nicer than being couped up in a big city! I'm just looking for an Aussie cowboy now!!! One thing I have noticed is the roads are much busier than in New Zealand and I'm going to have to re-learn the art of roundabouts, its been at least 6 months since I had to negotiate one (that was in Rangiora back in September in a recently picked up automatic hire car, eek!!)
I've finally arrived with our friends in Anakie, a little village half an hour out of Geelong and have been spending my days sitting on the sofa and watching the ponies in the dust bowl of a paddock! There are two liitle ponies (literally about 2ft tall) Carli and Blue. Carli is definately the boss, if Blue does something to upset her he'll feel the full force of her hind legs!! The dams are empty adn there has been no rain for far too long, so very little livestock to look at either! I went to Lorne the other day to sit on the beach and look at all the clothes I'd love but can't afford and today I've been to the wool museum in Geelong, obviously right up my street! No real live sheep though, mainly wooden ones with a fleece thrown over them!! Still very interesting, and lots of souvenirs I could have bought but refrained from.
