July 22nd

Ian took us up to Mount Coot-tha this morning were we could see quite a distance. He pointed out the high rise building that is on the opposite corner to our apartment. We wandered through the botanical gardens where we saw bush turkeys, lots of ducks and a water dragon (a type of lizard) as well as some amazing flowers and trees.

This week has been very relaxed as Ian has given us time to acclimatise - early evening is still the time when we struggle to stay awake. It has been good to begin to get involved and we are looking forward to tomorrow when we are able to share with the church a bit more about ourselves as we do the children's talk. Ian has said he will have a proposed schedule for the next week when we meet with him on Monday morning.

Tonight the Brisbane Lions are playing Aussie Rules Football at the Gabba (diagonally opposite the apartment buildings) and from 5pm lots of people could be seen streaming towards the grounds. The car park outside our flats is full of cars and now, while the game is playing, the streets are the quietest they have been all week! As the game is being televised we have watched some of it on TV, but we don't understand the rules yet!