Hi again! I'm back from wonderful and hot Australia. In cold and soon DK. Thank you all for the wishes and suggestions. Hope you all had merry Christmas and good New Year! Between the family events we managed to travel a bit, and I managed to visit the Old Melbourne Goal. Thanks for the suggestion TJ! And another thing! This is the cutest creature I've ever seen!

Glad you had such a great time, Meg! We loved the Old Melbourne Gaol too. Did you take the special tour where they 'book' you? Scared my kids straight! It's great to have you back! Sorry about the cold.

Originally posted by Transmute Jun Glad you had such a great time, Meg! We loved the Old Melbourne Gaol too. Did you take the special tour where they 'book' you? Scared my kids straight! It's great to have you back! Sorry about the cold.

I just did self guided tour. I was to busy to spend two hours over there. I went to watch some tennis afterwards. The atmosphere was great. Thanks TJ! It's great to be back! And the cold seems so much cooler after spending all the time in 30 plus degrees. Have to get used to it again.

Welcome back, Meg! I'm glad you had a fun trip and enjoyed the summer weather.

Yeah, must be nice. I visit my Mom in New Zealand every year. I kinda wish I could go when it's summer over there, but it's generally between 3 and 5 thousand while going over there when it's Winter (and Summer for us) is only about 1500 tops. Glad you had fun.

Welcome back! Sounds like you had fun in the sun

Welcome back, Meg!! Sounds like you had a great time in Australia! Too bad you couldn't have packed up some of that warm summer weather and brought it back with you!

Welcome back Meg, glad to see you made it home safely. This cold weather and snow can end anytime soon. Cain, I found out this past Christmas, that I have a second cousin that lives in New Zealand ... maybe I should try to get to know her better!

Meg, You missed the 40 plus degree's days they've just had recently in Melbourne along with massive bush fires in VIC (Not to mention the tragic incident that happened a few days ago on the main bridge over the river...) Koala's are cute! Did you buy a copy of Blinky Bill while you were here!

Thank you guys! I'm delighted to be back. Back at work now, and finally getting used to the weather here. And sleeping in my own bed! Ebony, I'm glad I missed 40 plus degree's . I'm not used to so much heat. I wasn't coping well even with 35 degree's. I'm sorry to hear about the bush fires. I didn't know about that bridge accident until now. That's terrible. We were lucky with that Coala. It was quite low on the tree to begin with, and then in moved even lower. I didn't hear about Blinky Bill over there. Just checked it on youtube. It's cute. We got "The Castle" from our family I wanted to buy "Secret Lives of Us" but never made it to the JB Hi-Fi. Maybe next time .