turning to winter

Well here we are, gradually going into winter down here in Melbourne, tonight its only 5 degrees, after a fine day which reached 21degrees around 3-00 O'clock this afternoon. Weve had one or two days with a little rain but not enough to really make the water restrictions change. Life carries on the same all over the world, you wake in the morning, get yourself ready for another 8 hour day at work and return in the evening for dinner and to relax befor starting the following day.

 Spent a nice familly day out last weekend, down in the southern suburbs of Melbourne at the new Australian gardens, which are a part of the Melbourne botanical gardens. This new garden is set up to show the native Australian plant species and this time of year there is a lot of colour in the native flowering plants.

 only another week and we'll be away over in Tasmania, Its almost 20 years since I was over there last and I immagine the Isle would have changed a lot since the last time I was there but this time its purely a holiday, where everytime i've been there befor it was for work. I will have to keep a diary of our little adventure over there and fill you in on our exploits, in the Apple Isle. we really want to visit the west coast of Tasmania as this area is purely wilderness and somewhere I have never been, never know may find a Tasmanian Tiger or a Tassy Devil, much more chances of the Tassy Devil as the Tasmanian Tigers been extinct for nearly 100 years now.

 The remains of a Tasmanian Tiger was found, quite well preserved within caves in the deserts of South Australia, these remains have been carbon dated to a time prior to man setting foot on Australia. The tiger is believed to have enjoyed a colder climate and therefor prefered the southern landscapes of Australia. The island of Tasmania was once a southern landmass of the continent and prior to it breaking away from the mainland it was inhabited by aboriginals, the aboriginal people never travelled by boat and now as the Tasmanian tiger, the Tasmanian Aboriginal tribes are also exstinct.

 Its getting late now so must say farewell and chat later.

                                        All our love from Oz.

                                           Robert, Linda and boys.