I spent the afternoon in Perth's famous Kings Park. I'm making the most of my last work-free days by wandering the city, enjoying coffee and reading a lot. After 10 days in Australia, I've found a job! For the next six weeks I'll be working at a restaurant at a small town about an hour outside of Perth. The woman who owns it is actually Scottish and she sounds very nice. Don't worry, they'll train me! I think it will be mostly cooking and serving, and I'm looking forward to a simpler life. It will also be a great way to safe some money so I can go and visit Sydney (and the important people who will be there!!!) Right now I don't know if I will have internet access, but hopefully there will be stories and pictures to come.

Adapting to life in Australia is going pretty well, in some ways it seems a lot like Canada, and in all other ways it reminds me of Britain. The only problem is crossing streets and passing people on the sidewalk. When I come to a crosswalk I sing a song we taught in grade one at Fuhsing (only I change the words: "Look right then left for safe-ty") and the whole time I'm walking on the sidewalks I keep muttering to myself "left, left, left." If you've always lived in North America, maybe you've never thought about it! At home, when you meet someone head on, you always go right, and when you stand on the escalator you always stand right, but here it's the opposite. Try changing a subconscious instinct you've developed over 25 years!
Here are some highlights from Kings Park; I love photographing the flowers of Australia! Have you ever seen such a weird looking thing? From a distance Other flower shotsThe park memorial Thanks for your patience while I got this blog started, more to come!