(Lynn) I've arrived safely!

hello hello ... im all safe down under! arrived a week ago in adelaide and have been busy busy sorting out stuff to go up to the outback tomorrow. Had a bit of a stressful day when i found out there is absolutely no way to get up to the Aboriginal community Im staying with for 5 weeks - no buses no planes no trains no lorries I could find. Thought my degree was down the drain until eventually found someone whos happening to be driving up there tomorrow. phew, im so lucky!

so went off to kangaroo island for a few days and saw lots of firsts - pelicans (they really are al arms and legs and beaks), kangaroos all over the show (the island is size of wales, has 4,500 people, 1 million kangaroos and 1 mill koalas!!), wallaby, echidna, cool hovering kites and big eagles. Also saw beautiful beautiful beaches (almost as beautiful as the north coast!hee hee), slept under the stars (south hemisphere gets to see the milky way EVERY night.humph), oh and saw penguins! theyre so comical ... and a southern right wale - apparently numbers went down from 100,000 to 26,000 within 15 years of white setters arriving in 18th century. so thats me so far!