Nelson, B.C.

Our next adventure will unfortunately not include Whiskey Jack (watch for blog entries later this summer). However we will soon fly to Australia  to spend approximately 4 weeks in the State of Queensland. This will include a 4X4 tour of the Cape York peninsula, a day at the Aboriginal Dance Festival and a visit to the Great Barrier Reef.

After Doug spending 1998 working in Australia and our visit in 2005 we vowed to return to this fascinating country. Wish us luck and if you  are so inclined use this blog to follow along. Keep in mind that we will be visiting some remote areas so regular internet access could be problematical.

“Australia is mostly empty and a long way away. Its population is small and its role in the world consequently peripheral. It doesn't have coups, recklessly overfish, arm disagreeable despots, grow coca in provocative quantities, or throw its weight around in a brash and unseemly manner. It is stable and peaceful and good. It doesn't need watching, and so we don't. But I will tell you this: the loss is entirely ours.” ― Bill Bryson, In a Sunburned Country