My Travels in Australia

1. An esky is a cooler. But it will never be called a cooler.
2. Eventually you will start to use the word "heaps" every time you are saying "a lot" or "many" or "lots". It just happens. But it only happens when you're talking to people with an accent...
3. At first waking up to tropical sounding birds is fine. It makes it feel like you've gotten away and live in a rainforest. Eventually, though, you wish you could teach the birds that until at least 8am they should communicate by miming, sign language or some equally quiet form of communication.
4. Apparently batteries come back to life with little to no explanation. Case Study: A depth gauge wouldn't work. I tested its battery and found it had absolutely no power left. It was allowed to sit beside other old batteries for two days. I hypothesize it was slowly stealing their power. You know, I always thought those Duracell's were sneaky. Now it has been working fine for two weeks.
   
5. I don't know that it's possible to explain how odd a kangaroo looks crossing the street.

Labels: Miscellaneous, Wildlife