Since we arrived on Sunday, and too late for church, we just took a walk around the Opera House and the Royal Botanic Gardens near there. There was a lot of variety in the vegetation, and many different kinds of birds that we don't have at home. There was an area where there were a ton of bats hanging from the trees. They sure are a noisy bunch. Also, we saw a spider as big as the palm of my hand. Creepy!
After we walked around the park, we happened upon a free tour of a Government House. This is where the current Governor would live up until 1996. The view from the large back porch was beautiful. Although we were extremely sleepy from jet lag, we learned a lot about their government and the way things work here in Australia. I learned that the Queen of England is still Head of State for Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and some of the Caribbean Islands. I love to talk to locals here to learn more about them. Maybe I should have known all of this, but I didn't...until now.The worst thing about this whole experience is that my hair loses the curl the minute I walk out the door. The ocean air along with the cloudy weather kills the curl. Oh well, I guess I'll have to tolerate it until I return to our wonderful dry air in Utah.
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