Three Confessions, Australia, new exercise aid

I do have a confession.   I did use money to take two holidays.  The first I took in the summer of 2008  I took my daughter to Australia to visit a cousin and her family.  I went back in 2010.

It was a total break and to find a cousin who I had spoken to for about five years online.   It was one of the most life renewing things I have ever done.   Sydney was lovely with the harbour and the  culture and the restaurants but I feel in love with two other areas.

I had friends that live in the Illawara area on the south coast of New South Wales.  It is a great beach area and amazing coast and with the small city of Wollongong.  The other area is Adelaide and the area down Victor Harbor.   We stayed a week in Sydney and then travelled over to Adelaide where we were met by my cousin and a friend who picked us up and drove us the best route down to Victor.   We also got to see some of the small towns that are in the area,   Strathlbyn  and Goulwha  at the mouth of the Murray.
Then we went back to the Illawara before heading back into Sydney.  It was fascinating, the birds that animals the fauna and flora.   The Sydney Art Gallery also stunning.   Situated on another cove of the harbor with a small lunch area that overlooks the bay.    Is it possible to fall in love with a country?

Yes, so I decided to go back this time on my own to stay longer with my cousins in Victor Harbor.  I also stayed for a short time in Sydney and took a trip to the Jervis Bay area of New South Wales.  I also went around more of the Fleurie Peninsula on South Australia and got to see more of Adelaide.  I returned in March 2010 and stayed for six weeks.    I hired a car and drove down from Adelaide to Victor on the first day I arrived.  it is only an hour and a straight road.  I seem to have adapted well to driving on the other side of the road.   I spent my time resting as the air off the ocean is very invigorating.  Victor Harbor is on the Southern Ocean and is directly across from the Antarctic.   I took the trip to Kangaroo Island a boat ride off the mainland and a motor coach trip around the island.  The only disappointment was not seeing Vivonne Bay, the most pristine in that part of the world.   The rest of the island was rugged and mostly wild.  A bird sanctuary, Magnificent Rocks to amazing coves, sea lions then a wild preserve with Koala's. kangaroos, wallabies.  Back in Victor Harbor food that was so amazingly good.   This area is dairy farm and horse country.  A fish shop with species not seen in the northern hemisphere.  

So sometimes it is better to enjoy what the world has to offer then to have a perfect home.

Last but not lest.  I decided to use a video of Celine Dione's world concert to exercise to.  The music is great and looking a Celine with her wonderful figure is also inspiring.   The cats, and Fred and  Rooster alias Roostie are having there mid afternoon siesta.   I think today I will go and stretch and do yoga!