It's been a while.

I haven't posted on this for ages - for a while because I didn't have much to report and then also because Paul and I went to Spain for a wedding and afterwards travelled through Europe. I've put some photos on facebook but it would be inappropriate to blog about it on 'Helen goes to Oz'. Or maybe just there is so much to tell it would be a big project.

So to start things off again here's a few photos from this weekend, officially springtime now. Paul and I went to the beach (not a great beach in Aussie standards but pretty good by mine). Also I went for a walk in Lysterfield Park, where there were loads of kangaroos. At one point the herd decided to move en mass and headed off jumping one after the other across the path. We watched them for a while - there must have been about 30. They go pretty fast too.

Spot the kangaroo (cos Kangaroo's spotted you).


Bull ants - they're massive and they like to bite, apparently.


And this is an Australian 'daisy'.



And philosophers will understand why I got excited when I saw this black swan. Paul says that here, it's the white ones that are weird.


And another thing about the wildlife - magpies swoop on you. I got swooped in the supermarket carpark so I ran away. Pedestrians are advised to wear cycle helmets around the place. Cyclists are advised to arm their cycle helmets with cable ties sticking up out of it.

Strange country.