#52 Observations about Australia

Hi Everyone I have less than a week left in Australia and I haven't posted one photo from here. I'm going to a big resort area here in West Australia, Rottnest Island, on Tuesday with my brother for one night, and I will be sure to take my camera and take a photo or two to post for you. Rottnest Island is a short ferry ride from Perth and there are no cars allowed on the island. They say the island was once attached to the Mainland of Australia and the Aboriginals lived there. Now it's a short 45 minute ferry ride over and people get around by bicycle. There are lots of these little creatures living there, Rottnest Island's famous marsupial, the quokka, that looked like Rats so they gave the name Rat Nest to the island I also realized that most of you have never been to Australia and have no idea what it is like here. First of all, sometimes I think is a lot like the U.S.A. The people are a lot like us, the houses and landscape are very much like the U.S. The biggest differences are the birds, and the fauna but you have to look closely or you will think it's the same. And the cars drive on the wrong side, like England and India. I'm very used to cars driving on this side now. The beaches are beautiful. Clean, and almost no one there. Miles and miles of beautiful beach and clean clear blue and turquoise water. Traffic is like the U.S., busier in the cities and during rush hours. TV is a shock that so many of the programs are American, everything from American Idol to Glee. PBS is on a station and I get to see that. However, the prices of everything are much more expensive. The One Dollar Store is Two Dollars here and the one closest to us closed down since I've been here. I don't know why I seem to always start this Blog late at night when I am tired, but once again my eyelids are closing and the brain is disengaged and I cannot think of what else to write. So goodnight everyone. I'll get back when I return from Rotto. Love Marie