Archive through April 03, 2001
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Juju bon voyage dog:
Archive through April 03, 2001
Soeur | Tuesday, March 27, 2001 - 08:25 pm  Juju, you've been in Australia for 2 weeks now! |
Juju2bigdog | Wednesday, March 28, 2001 - 05:47 pm  G'day all, Soeur, you have outdone yourself this time. Don't have time to look at them now, however. Just got back from a steam powered paddleboat cruise on the Murray River on the paddleboat Emmy Lou at Echuca (which means meeting of the waters), across from Moama (which means place of the dead). Almost got invited for a visit by some people from Canberra (which means meeting place). Saw a great bunch of corellas underneath the bridge. Next we are off to Swan Hill. May spend the night there or in Mildura, probably two nights in Mildura if we don't spend the night in Swan Hill. Less than two weeks to go now. Ta ta, mates.
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Soeur | Wednesday, March 28, 2001 - 05:55 pm  It is easier to bear your absence with all these lovely messages. You really are wonderful to share your holiday with us. Now, what does corella mean? |
Lancecrossfire | Wednesday, March 28, 2001 - 05:55 pm  Juju, thanks for sharing this as you go, and glad to hear that you seem to be having a great time. Thanks to Soeur for providing a bit of a feel for where you are. |
Soeur | Wednesday, March 28, 2001 - 05:58 pm  Lance, we can tell our friends that we have been to Austrailia. It almost (very distant almost) feels that way. lol.  |
Soeur | Wednesday, March 28, 2001 - 06:02 pm  corella!! |
Soeur | Wednesday, March 28, 2001 - 06:13 pm  Swan Hill |
Norwican | Thursday, March 29, 2001 - 07:12 am  Yes, you have outdone yourself Soeur... even found out what a corella is! Thanks for providing us with a peak into Juju's trip... it's so enjoyable looking at the pictures |
Willi | Thursday, March 29, 2001 - 11:48 am  Hi Juju! Awesome job Soeur! What an education you're giving us. A virtual trip fer sure.
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Wink | Friday, March 30, 2001 - 06:32 am  Hey JuJu just got back from my own trip and have gone thru this thread following you around Aussieland. Fantastic job Soeur. What a wonderful adventure you lucky puppy. Just don't be trying to sex any of those corellas!!!  |
Soeur | Friday, March 30, 2001 - 06:49 am  this is a lot of fun. If you had given clues, Wink, we would've followed you around Vancouver!!! |
Wink | Friday, March 30, 2001 - 06:53 am  That would have been great fun Soeur. I only wish I had had access to a computer. Don't have a laptop and no time for an internet cafe. I sure did miss this place but it's so much fun getting back and catching up. |
Juju2bigdog | Saturday, March 31, 2001 - 04:35 pm  Hi folks, We are back at Wandong for a couple days. Returned from the Murray River yesterday. We ended up spending the two nights in Mildura rather than one in Swan Hill and one in Mildura. Once again we found a wonderful two bedroom apartment to spend a couple nights. This one even had a washing machine. Highlight of this trip was a trip to the outback to Mungo National Park, where we saw the Walls of China (Soeur, add New South Wales to the search if it doesn't come up). This is where they found Mungo man, supposedly the oldest human skeleton found to date at 62,000 years. We saw a skeleton of a Tasmanian tiger, which I presume is now extinct. The flies were something fierce, as they always are in the outback, but most of them were not of the biting variety. We had an aborigine guide for this part of our trip, although we did not set out to have one. Bigdog ran across a tour group going the same place we were, and struck up a deal for us to go on their narrative part of the Walls of China. This afternoon we are going to see the Alegria show of Cirque du Soleil down in Melbourne. No plans yet for Monday, then probably Tuesday in a wildlife sanctuary. Wednesday is back to Sydney for a week. Speaking of wildlife, we had an emu dart across the road in front of us on the way to Mungo National Park and saw several flocks of emus. We say about five kangaroos, which is a lot considering it was daytime, and they are mostly nocturnal. Juju2Aussiedog Looks like the formatting is not working today, so this is all running together. Ah well. |
Moondance | Saturday, March 31, 2001 - 04:38 pm  Juju I LOVE kangaroos! How fun that must have been to see them! Hope you have a great time at the wildlife santuary:) |
Lancecrossfire | Saturday, March 31, 2001 - 04:56 pm  Great to here from you Juju! It sounds like a vacation of a life time. Thanks again for checking in with us as you go along. |
Digilady | Saturday, March 31, 2001 - 05:50 pm  Oh me too on the roos! WantDong? What kinda place is that?? |
Nancy091158 | Saturday, March 31, 2001 - 06:56 pm  lol One of my cats(the only one alive right now actually) is called "roo" because she used to get on her hind legs like a kangaroo as a baby kitten...and my s/n for a while was "roosmom" now its rooskanga on a couple sites...(roos "mom" kanga hehe) sorry love winnie the pooh too LOL ;-) |
Guruchaz | Saturday, March 31, 2001 - 09:18 pm  Ah, the Cirque du Soleil. I know you will love that Juju. I was amazed the first time I saw one of their shows. It's awesome! It sounds like you two are doing just about everything on this trip, so don't leave any Australian stone unturned. Have fun. |
Soeur | Monday, April 02, 2001 - 06:25 pm  Walls of China painting Travelling through the drought-stricken areas of northern New South Wales in 1944, Russell Drysdale camped at Lake Mungo, a prehistoric dry lake bed bounded on one side by a line of white sand dunes called the Walls of China. 'Sitting beside the fire on a brilliant moonlit night, he found it one of the most extraordinary places in the world.' Lake Mungo is one of Australia's richest archaeological sites, and many years later Drysdale learned that archaeologists had unearthed human remains there, dating back 40,000 years. |
Soeur | Monday, April 02, 2001 - 06:33 pm  Mungo National Park cool map of nsw Lake Mungo Lake Mungo Lake Mungo Lake Mungo |
Soeur | Monday, April 02, 2001 - 06:46 pm  New South Wales New South Wales Tasmanian tiger |
Soeur | Monday, April 02, 2001 - 06:55 pm  Tasmanian tiger (again...) emu Kangaroo irresistible baby 'roos (joeys) |
Soeur | Monday, April 02, 2001 - 06:57 pm  the making of a joey |
Moondance | Monday, April 02, 2001 - 08:19 pm  Those are precious pix Sis! |
Wink | Tuesday, April 03, 2001 - 09:45 am  Okay putting in my official request now. JuJu sweet puppy please bring me home a baby RuRu. You're just having too darn much fun but so glad we're getting to share thanks to you and Soeur. |
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