Australian Christmas (Aussie Chrissy)

We made our first trip to the Southern Hemisphere and have been greeted by a hot summer heat.  We arrived in Sydney and got to wander the Harbor area.   We really enjoyed being back in a country/continent that speaks English, even if they abbreviate almost every word.  Kara has liked going to stores and asking employees for help and opinions, and understanding their responses.

We then took a short flight to Adelaide to hang out with our friends, Deb and Graham.  They have been so kind to host us and invite us to their family Christmas where Graham made a traditional Aussie Holiday Barbie.  They have shown us beach after beach, animal after animal, and winery after winery.  It has been an amazing run with the days packed and fun at every turn.  Kara's goal of seeing a quokka happened and we also got to hang out with a few other marsupials.  We went on a boat cruise to see dolphins and got some nice looks.  More amazing, during a gorgeous beach sunset, Nina turned and thought she saw a shark, but we were thrilled to see it was actually a group of curious dolphins.