Tidbits and Shout-outs

Here are some interesting bits we wanted to send home, and some random images. Most of them are boring pictures, but made us think of one of you

Fatties

Almost everyday while we were living in our car included a stop at Mickey-D’s for ice cream… mock, snicker, whatever – they’re DELICIOUS, convenient and cheap (50 Aussie cents and 30, oddly, in the Sydney metro area… basically free).  We had to limit ourselves to 2 per day.

Cuckoo’s Nest

There are a lot of pretty and interesting birds we’ve seen and heard here – the Kookaburra and the Magpie we love… and there’s the Cockatoo.  At first we were excited by the exotic bird just hanging out in the middle of cities, parks, beaches…  but they are F-ing nuts – they screech constantly, swoop around uncontrolled, harass other birds, and knock into things.  We hate the Cockatoo.

Menthol

Like a scorching Hungarian steam room, the forests of Oz are oozing with the scent of Eucalyptus – it’s awesome!  And no fat men in weird torchure devices.

Size Matters

It took a day to get used to, so we can understand the confusion:  the Aussie $2 coins are the smallest of the group – is that why everyone who asks for money on the street asks for no less than 2 – 3 bucks?  Rude

The Rumors Are True

The Aussie beaches are filled with oppressively hot bodies:

Edna for Steven, Adam, and Kyle – she’s plastered over the whole MAC counter at Myer, the big Aussie dept. store.

For Jenny & Kevy – Saint’s Alp in Hong Kong!

For Brad – They have the Long Way Round / Long Way Down DVDs at truck stops in the middle of the outback.  I couldn’t believe it when i saw it!

For Ky – I was close, but i only had about 8hrs, so  Hong Kong Disneyland got cut from the itinerary.  All i got you was these ears on the highway sign

For Gary & the other NYU mo’s – tear :_(

For the other mo’s – did we know that there is a sovereign Gay and Lesbian Kingdom that succeeded from Australia!?  Here are their stamps, found because of the philatelist i travel with, and some INFO

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