Hi all,

Here's a picture from the aquarium:

We got to the beach yesterday, finally. Cindy and Sean took us to famous Bondi beach. At 10am the beach had 100's of people swimming, surfing, and lounging. There were large waves and it was fun to watch the surfers. There were many lifeguards, both volunteers and professional. Lifeguarding is a career here. We had fun playing in the waves. Kyra and Mercedes both got summersaulted by some big ones a few times, they weren't too keen on that. One large wave pulled Kyra's bathing bottoms right off! Speaking of skinny dipping, cheered on by his friends, a guy ran down the beach and into the ocean stark naked. The lifeguard made him get out of the water but didn't kick him off the beach. It's quite an education the girls are getting here! We stayed too long and got sunburnt, especially Mercedes. Grammy's rescue cream fixed her right up though. We've learned we have to be more careful here, the sun is extra strong.

Today we went aboard the Endeavor, the same ship Boppy went on from Halifax to Bermuda. We saw where his cabin was but it was locked. We got a great tour of the ship and learned about the cat of 9 tails and the bag it was kept in (letting the cat out of the bag) and also how Captain Cook was killed by natives in Hawaii and then eaten. Again, quite the education. In the maritime museum we saw a boat made of beer cans, among other educational exhibits.

We've been doing a bit of motorhome shopping, sheets, utensils, etc. Still trying to figure out how we can not drive the motorhome here to the hotel, in the centre of the city, and still get all our stuff in it. Cindy, help!

The burger kings here are called 'hungry jacks'

Friday and Saturday nights the streets were busy and noisy with partyers until the sun came up.

Love to all!