The Magic of Australia

It was 37 degrees and sunny yesterday as I drove around to people's homes to interview them. One of my interviewees said "you've picked a bad day to be out and about". I guess she's never weathered a
 - 30C snow storm!

A few of us agreed to meet at the beach for a swim. When I arrived Louise said, first of all we have a surprise for you at Lori and Bob's place (who live nearby).   

So we headed there but she wouldn't tell me what the surprise was. I was thinking that a Canadian academic whose in town to present at a conference must be over for tea.

But, as we entered the yard I was told to be quiet.

And then I saw him or her in a small eucalyptus tree right beside their patio.

S/he had quite the overbite!

It's hot and windy and apparently the koalas, not usually in this neighbourhood, go looking for water. Lori and Bob have a bucket of rain water in their garden.

While we sat in amazement s/he fell from a higher branch down to a lower one, crawled back up and as if bored with it all...

hooked it's claws around the branch and promptly went to sleep!