Our good friend Cor sent these questions about Oz, which I had to post full answers to. This way, we all benefit from my learnin':
1. does the toilet/sink water drain in reverse?
I just tried to confirm this for you, but I have to admit my experiment failed. Its really hard to tell. I haven't gotten any good whirlpool action in the sink and the toilet water goes straight down. That said, some very triangular shit happened in my brain the first week we were here. I was consistently confusing left & right, north and south, and continue to wake up in the middle of every night for no apparent reason. There are definitely gravitational/hemispheric forces at work.
2. are the animals nice? i have heard that aussies think of koala's as we do pigeons.
The animals are so rad and seemingly friendly. I'd say that the analog to pigeons at home are parrots here. I've seen people feeding parrots and cockatoos from their hands and old people throwing seed for them from park benches. The birds are, literally, the breeds sold in pet stores so its both amazing and disconcerting to see them perched on telephone lines. Initially I kept thinking that the entire country's pet parrots had staged a massive jail break.
Most of the Ozzies we've talked to about them are pretty infatuated with the koalas, so I think they're more synonymous with badgers or a hedgehogs or something furry like that. Koalas don't really do anything except eat eucalyptus and nap. They're basically cuteness professionals, which I think makes them universally lovable.
3. are you safe from the crazy weather that seems to be on that continent? I have no concept of the geography there or size.
The weather here is as extreme as the sports. Cyclones, typhoons, bush fires, flooding, plus a 10 year drought - it seems like something nasty crops up daily. Its the only place I've traveled where I have to watch the news to avoid meandering into a random cataclysmic act of God. Thus far we've been lucky to avoid anything major. Though we have had cyclone-related rain and non-cyclone related bush fires for the last 9 days. Which hasn't been ideal for touring the coast line.
Thanks for reading, Cor. We miss you guys!
1. does the toilet/sink water drain in reverse?
I just tried to confirm this for you, but I have to admit my experiment failed. Its really hard to tell. I haven't gotten any good whirlpool action in the sink and the toilet water goes straight down. That said, some very triangular shit happened in my brain the first week we were here. I was consistently confusing left & right, north and south, and continue to wake up in the middle of every night for no apparent reason. There are definitely gravitational/hemispheric forces at work.
2. are the animals nice? i have heard that aussies think of koala's as we do pigeons.
The animals are so rad and seemingly friendly. I'd say that the analog to pigeons at home are parrots here. I've seen people feeding parrots and cockatoos from their hands and old people throwing seed for them from park benches. The birds are, literally, the breeds sold in pet stores so its both amazing and disconcerting to see them perched on telephone lines. Initially I kept thinking that the entire country's pet parrots had staged a massive jail break.
Most of the Ozzies we've talked to about them are pretty infatuated with the koalas, so I think they're more synonymous with badgers or a hedgehogs or something furry like that. Koalas don't really do anything except eat eucalyptus and nap. They're basically cuteness professionals, which I think makes them universally lovable.
3. are you safe from the crazy weather that seems to be on that continent? I have no concept of the geography there or size.
The weather here is as extreme as the sports. Cyclones, typhoons, bush fires, flooding, plus a 10 year drought - it seems like something nasty crops up daily. Its the only place I've traveled where I have to watch the news to avoid meandering into a random cataclysmic act of God. Thus far we've been lucky to avoid anything major. Though we have had cyclone-related rain and non-cyclone related bush fires for the last 9 days. Which hasn't been ideal for touring the coast line.
Thanks for reading, Cor. We miss you guys!
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Thanks Rodney! Miss you guys too but LOVE reading the blogs and checking out the pictures.
Hugs to you both!
Hedgehogs are not furry ;-)
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