The Best Thing for Her

We finally found a home for Pepper. We know now why we couldn't find one before, it's because she needed to go to this one. She is going to be sooo loved there and left yesterday to join her new family and new doggy mates, Milly, Molly and Oscar. Obviously we are quite sad and I still keep looking for her or thinking I can hear her but we know we have found a fantastic home for her and she will be really happy. We have been fortunate to rehome both Jedi and Pepper with fantastic families who were really grateful to have been chosen to take care of them.

The Quote of the Week

Definitely only funny if you were there and could hear the funny voice Bryan was putting on and see him struggling to put his sneakers on...

"A shoehorn, a shoehorn, my Kingdom for a shoehorn....the Devil considered Bryan's offer but soon realised that Bryan's Kingdom consisted of not much more than a small black dog".

The Seaside Trip

We spent the last few days in Robe, a 3 hour drive from the Adelaide Hills where we are staying. Naturally, Pepper came along too and we found a dog-friendly motel. We enjoyed some beautiful walks on the beach and coastal scenic drives, watched the sunset and fed the seagulls and basically just chilled out. It's a beautiful little town and made me want to live in a place where i could walk the length of the main street and back from my house. Each morning when we opened the door, Pep would go straight to the car and wait to get in. She seems to have resigned herself to the nomadic lifestyle we have adopted and now just goes with the flow. It's going to be very hard to leave her, the three of us have been having some wonderful adventures and doing everything together. She even followed Bryan up these steep rocks, we are still wondering how she did it.

The Weekend

Having finished all our teaching requirements we got to relax this weekend. We went to the Uraidla show and enjoyed the wood chopping and sheep trials. We walked under the native animal marquee only to look up later and get quite a surprise as you can see in the photo with Bryan. We ended the weekend with a game called Buccaneer, where at the end when it was realised that my landslide victory came about by blatant cheating I was condemned by the group and told of how "disappointed" they were in my actions. Yeah right, the game is called "Buccaneer" guys, as in PIRATES. Since when did Pirates play fair???

The Prac Teaching

We have both now completed our 4 hours practical teaching. Despite being sooo nervous before it began, I really enjoyed it and I love planning lessons that are fun and encourage my students to speak a lot. Here's some photos of Bryan teaching his students. They were all in their early 20's, of different nationalities and really keen to learn. The observer passed us both which means we have completed our TESOL requirements.

The Adelaide Zoo

Fantastic trip to the zoo today - got to feed the Lemurs and hold a Bilby and a Rufus Bettong. Saw a very active Echidna and Tasmanian Devil and realised how much I will miss Australia's diverse wildlife. Saw the Pandas too - they were much smaller than we realised.

The Drive to Adelaide

We made in in only two days it was amazingly easy and even Pepper traveled well. Now it's time to prepare for the prac-teaching and get rid of even more things. By the time we leave Adelaide we need to have just one suitcase each - nothing more. Pic shows us leaving Brisbane for the last time.