Australia, What an Amazing Country!!!!!

Sydney,Melbourne,Bisbane,and many other cities in Australia were prison settlements,but not Adelaide. It was the first city to be settled by free people. And fortunate for them Colonial William Light was sent from England to plan the city. He had integrity and perseverance.He wanted it to be the most beautiful city. He wanted it to be a city with many parks, wide streets and a city easy to walk around.The four sides NSEW are exactly one mile from the city center. He wanted to have a river running through it so he chose a spot where the Torrens river flows through. According to Jodi,our tour director, against great opposition his plan prevailed and is still followed. The first settlers were very rich people,but had to stay in tent cities until the plans were completed. Jodi thinks the city is highly under rated.

One thing I noticed about Adelaide it never feels crowded. There are also many benches to sit and rest under the many large shady trees.

Bangkok has its Sky Trains. Adelaide has an Otoban...a bus that can travel on tracks and road. This helps people living in the suburbs fast access to the city center. It
was brought from Germany.

I went to the Nature Conservative yesterday with Jon. I really liked the way it is set up. The whole area is fenced in but most of the native animals are free to roam around freely. I enjoyed walking among the many different kinds of kangaroos. I was surprised to learn some are as small as a rats and there are so many different kinds.
According to Jon these marsupial(pouch)animals are only found in Australia. We also saw some Echidna. They lay eggs but also raise their babies in pouches. They have some really strange animals. We also saw many native birds,swans,ducks,goose,and I didn't realize how big pelicans are. The dingo looks very much like a German shepard to me,except leaner and smaller, and I understand cannot be domesticated. They are very clever and unpredictable. They have beautiful like brown air. I really enjoyed spending the whole afternoon at the nature conservatory. Oh yes and the Koalas and snakes and other reptiles,etc.

Today Lois, Jon's mom and I went to the history museums in Adelaide which tells the story of the aboregines of Australia as well as New Guinea,Solomon,Caledonia,Tonga,and others islands near by. I am learning a lot about peoples in these area.

My head was getting dizzy from seeing so much and was really happy to just sit on a bench outside with some Japanese sushi we picked up from the food court. Before getting to the Otoban bus which took us closer to our parked car we allowed ourselves to relax with a cup of capacino(spl)coffee. In Australia it is always sprinkled with chocolate.

Tomorrow I will fly back to Sydney and return to the Cousins. After resting I will fly to Brisbane on Saturday and remain there for five days and again rest in Sydney before going to stay for a few days in the Blue Mountain area with Mary Ellen Powell who I met in Turkey. We enjoyed being on the same three day gulet boat trip in the Mediterranean Sea. That was a wonderful trip. We had so much fun and Rakhat recieved some extra special lessons on women from these gals.

Aloha until next time.