Bushland

Jess's parents gave us the gift of a week stay in Bushland! We had a nice time. We stayed in our own little house, in a Eucalypti forest. This was so much different from a hostel. We had a fresh breath of privacy, comfort, and peace. The main activities we enjoyed were riding our borrowed bicycles around the lake, and over to the tennis courts daily. This is where we would duke it out, on the court. We were happy to at least be able to hit the tennis ball back and forth for a while.
We were both excited to received our 10 lb, and 8 lb four piece fly rods in the mail. Along with backing, fly line, flies, baskets, reels, and a few more bits and pieces. It was like Christmas. Jess and I took turns opening each box within a box.:O)On Tues. at sunset we were riding around the lake to see if any fish were rising, when we spotted a bon fire off near a house. Being the country kids that we are, we couldn't resist the thought of throwing a few sticks in. We ditched the bikes and wandered over. Once we reach the fire we met a couple of musicians. Steve and his wife Sarah. Steve works on one of the largest thoroughbred race horse land in the country.
After the fire they introduced us to their Stallion in the back named Walky, then played us a concert. It was fantastic. Jess and I had just been talking about how this is the area where we would meet real Australians. We enjoyed how down to earth and nice all of the local people were.
The night before we left, Jess and I had the pleasure of seeing about ten kangaroos. One had a joey in her pouch! It was a beautiful sight!
We enjoyed the wildlife. Mostly the Magpies, who were even noisier than the crows. They would flock from tree to tree singing abstract flute-like songs.
Thanks mom and dad!