so far..

It's unlikely anyone back home has heard this story

but recently near Byron Bay (an hours drive from us) a shark attack

was reported and the surfer in the accident died.

(We thought we'd start this post on a positive note)

 It's likely you're now wondering why on earth are we are telling you

this, however, it has been a subject much deliberated

over our time here as early morning swims are seen 

as a necessity on the other side of the world and 

can you imagine the fear that struck everytime you ran into that

ocean just wondering if feet away there was a man eating shark ready

for dinner. 

Ok, we're kidding it isn't as bad as that but compared to home

it sounds a lot more dramatic if you add a shark into the equation.

Realistically we just added a unnecessary amount of drama to a 

traditional morning swim.

(which are actually very refreshing)

 So, what have we been doing in Australia so far?

We started our trip doing what any typical tourist would do and

decided to go to the zoo to take photos of the native wildlife.

(from this we learned koalas smell and all kangaroos are wanna-be models)

Australians are known for their outdoor nature and so we decided

it would be fun to try some of their activities,

kayaking and paddle boarding.

(Which was especially amusing because Megan lacks a necessary

quality which you need in paddle boarding, balance) 

 As a child if you didn't watch a programme called loony tunes 

or Scooby Doo or any Warner Brothers cartoon then

you kind of missed out.

(What a throw back and it's not even a Thursday)

The inner child was telling us to go to the movie world theme

park which has rides on all the superheroes as well as the old school

cartoons. However, the rides had nothing on meeting the actual

real life bugs bunny, tweety pie AND scooby doo which

 was probably the highlight of our day, or life.

 

 Finally and probably the most important place we've been this week

is a little shop called Max Brenners. At first thought, this doesn't

sound like anything special, oh how wrong you are.

This is a bar with a soul purpose to spread happiness through

the most amazing chocolate known to human.

They have every hot chocolate you could think of,

(and it's pretty much just melted chocolate in a pot)

every brownie, cookie, brioche, cheesecake, shot, pancake, waffle even

chocolate pizza and damn does it taste good.

So, if you ever get the opportunity to come to Australia you're number one

place on the list of places to go is there.

 We hope everyone is well back home

lots of love

Megan, Robyn and Erin

xx

P.S it's a bit late but happy 15th birthday to Ellie,

we hope you had a lovely day