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| Wild Camels |
It has been 10 months since we moved to Australia and
gradually I am picking up on bits and pieces of their culture. While I still have yet to camp and sleep in a
swag, I have started to put my sheets and blankets out on the clothesline to
dry. Most houses here have a clothes
line, and quite a few even have a concrete path leading to that line - many of
the Australians do not have driers. For
those that know me well, please know I draw the line at hanging my undies out
to dry!
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| Sheets on the line - they dry in about 15 minutes. |
When we first arrived, we were all taken aback by some of
the differences in food – you can refer back to my blog post “To Eat or Not to
Eat”. Now there is no issue when dining
out or deciding what to make it home – I clearly understand that a snag is a
sausage and have been enjoying the many “sausage sizzles” we have been invited
to. Another thing I have discovered here is pumpkin, the Aussie’s refer to all
types of squash as pumpkin and they use it on everything. I in turn order it everywhere, I love
it! I have had pumpkin and feta pizza,
thai pumpkin soup, beef – pumpkin and goat cheese salad and pumpkin/ pesto
foccacia – my friends have made fun of me because I always seem to have it on
my plate. Once again, we all have a draw
the line point and that would be a burger (could be lamb, camel, beef or
kangaroo) with a fried egg and beet on top, in other words, “loaded” – I am
afraid this combination is a no go!
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| The camels, right in front of the car. |
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| Perentie Lizard |
I am getting used to seeing wild animals ever where, it is
nothing for me to see a giant lizard running across my yard. I almost wrecked the car when I spotted my
first perentie lizard in the road, at first you think it is a log but then it
moves and has a face! I have held a
snake, pet a skink and fed wild wallabies – but even with all of that I was
amazed when this Sunday we saw a group of wild camels – yes , camels. We were
driving back from a night at Glen Helen when a herd of camels was spotted on
the side of the road, they noticed us and decided to remove themselves from the
safety of the dirt and jump right in front of us – it was utterly amazing!
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| Our most recent trip to feed the wallabies - Dillon is petting a joey. |
Some friends have asked if I have picked up the lingo and
while I have picked up a few phrases, I am afraid I sound more like a tourist
from Texas than someone currently living here!
The boys on the other hand are pronouncing the letter Z as zed, they say
yeah with an Aussie flare and asking to have morning tea instead of a snack – I
love it! I was told by a wonderful
friend of mine back in Texas that an Australian accent raises the cute meter by
2 points, if this is true I think I will have my hands full keeping the girls
away from my boys!
