Hello,

I have just spent the last month in Melbourne on a working holiday and had a lovely time. Michael, Bali and I took the opportunity to tour around Melbourne on the weekends and see lots of lovely sights (see photos in my last post). Melbourne is Australia’s second largest city and it is certainly an international “melting pot” of a city! There is China town, Greek precinct, Little Italy and a small Malaysian area too. Lots of artists and producers live in Melbourne and of course lots of people from all walks of life.

Next we are on our way to teaching for 2 weeks in Sydney. Sydney is a lovely city. It is like another home to me (along with Hawaii, and Japan!). Right now I am about 80kms away from Sydney in the famous Blue Mountains. It is certainly a contrast to be in the mountains after being in a city for so long. It is gorgeous here in Fall. It is a lovely cold climate and gets very misty when it rains, the temperature averages about 14 celcius, and it is a lovely sunny day today. When it is not sunny the whole area can be filled with mist and it is very surreal indeed.
Walking on the trails can be like walking in another time, I am really enjoying my time off in the Blue Mountains and will send some photos soon.

Aloha!