G'day!
actually, realising that "down under" is only a 17 hour flight and ten minute taxi ride away is quite awe-inspiring and makes me wonder why I have never been! No.1 son first went when he was three and has been a couple of times since. I've got "family-by-marriage-although-now-divorced-so-does-that-still-count...-yes-they're-Italian" way down in Melbourne!
Not from OZ either, but my alpha reader and best friend (I know, not the best idea- best friend=alpha reader, but she is bloody brilliant) is an American transplant in Brisbane.
Once upon a time her now-husband came to the US for work with the Australian Embassy and the rest is a love story built for Hallmark. Oh crap, Aussies, do you have Hallmark? Hallmark was first a greeting card company, now has a television channel with sickly sweet movies reminiscent of greeting cards....
I visited in December of 2001. My Australian experience reminded me of the pictures in the old children's Highlight Magazines wherein two pictures side-by-side at first glance look identical, but at closer examination have tiny details that are different. Oh crap again, do you have Highlight Magazines? :shrug: well, I know you have google
I'm always a little scared to enter these threads.
Backing out quietly...
Following your lead... upside down and over my head.... Was only compelled to chime in because someone on the new member page was just talking about vile creatures found in the bush and I had just added your poisonous frogs.
