A local Adelaide Aussie Rules Football player was recruited to kick for Wake Forest. We hope it works out for him. If so, he'll be a long way from home!
http://eye-on-recruiting.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/26895818/28707287
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Winter in Adelaide
So we're not in Russia but we get a bit cold at night during the Adelaide winter. It has yet to reach freezing temperatures but the sun rarely comes out and the wind picks up pretty good. The houses here are not centrally heated or have great insulation. Needless to say, these New Orleanians are cold at night! The 3 best investments we've made this winter have been in an electric blanket, a comforter and a space heater. Then we still sleep with 2 or 3 layers of clothes on! With the cold weather, it has been great eating reds beans and rice on Mondays, warm jambalaya and Shawn just made some awesome chili the other night. The chili flakes and Tabasco sauce really kicked it up a notch! Also, we looked up a recipe that called for zucchini which we've never put in chili before but we figured why not and it turned out really good.
Oh and thanks Mom for the LSU slippers...I'll be wearing them all winter!
Oh and thanks Mom for the LSU slippers...I'll be wearing them all winter!
How We Celebrated the Queen's Birthday
Since Australia is part of the Commonwealth, it celebrates the Queen's Birthday holiday on the second Monday of June each year so we had the day off. We looked at it as our delayed Memorial Day weekend. We took the Red Beast out for a ride. First, we drove out to Mount Lofty where we hiked about 2 kilometers up to the summit (equates to roughly 1.2 miles). Certainly no Mount Everest but we still rewarded ourselves once we reached the top by toasting her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, with a chocolate chip muffin. We didn't buy 85 candles to go on the muffins though. Then I thought we took pictures of the views from the summit but I guess we botched that one too.
Further along the trip, we passed through a town called Hahndorf where many of the Germans settled two hundred years ago. We got some blackberry and plum jam from a place called Beerenberg's which brings you out to pick strawberries during the spring and summer....maybe we'll go back later in the year to get the full experience. The jam is delicious by the way.
We ended the Queen's Birthday in Victor Harbor which is a popular summer home destination in South Australia. It's also home to 1-foot tall penguins of which you have to pay to see. However, we tried to take a few pictures peering through an electric fence which came out a little fuzzy as you can imagine. No, it wasn't really electric but the guys did get some thorns in their shoes from the thorn bushes planted to hide the penguins' nests. Also, we saw some camels but didn't get camel rides. Apparently they were introduced in Australia some years ago and now there's an overpopulation issue in the outback. Weird, huh?
Shawn was being eaten by the whale-looking rock (he's in the bright red sweatshirt):
Scott was struggling to make it up a rock. This rock had no easy way of getting up on it. I am still amazed by his determination. Shawn gave him a boost but still...I thought we were going to bring him to the hospital before the day was over:
One penguin behind the fence of which you can hardly see:
Further along the trip, we passed through a town called Hahndorf where many of the Germans settled two hundred years ago. We got some blackberry and plum jam from a place called Beerenberg's which brings you out to pick strawberries during the spring and summer....maybe we'll go back later in the year to get the full experience. The jam is delicious by the way.
We ended the Queen's Birthday in Victor Harbor which is a popular summer home destination in South Australia. It's also home to 1-foot tall penguins of which you have to pay to see. However, we tried to take a few pictures peering through an electric fence which came out a little fuzzy as you can imagine. No, it wasn't really electric but the guys did get some thorns in their shoes from the thorn bushes planted to hide the penguins' nests. Also, we saw some camels but didn't get camel rides. Apparently they were introduced in Australia some years ago and now there's an overpopulation issue in the outback. Weird, huh?
Shawn was being eaten by the whale-looking rock (he's in the bright red sweatshirt):
Scott was struggling to make it up a rock. This rock had no easy way of getting up on it. I am still amazed by his determination. Shawn gave him a boost but still...I thought we were going to bring him to the hospital before the day was over:
One penguin behind the fence of which you can hardly see:
Australia v. New Zealand Men's Soccer Game
We watched the Australia and New Zealand men's soccer teams play each other one day in Adelaide. Definitely wasn't like we were watching Spain or anybody like that play but we still had fun. Australia is much bigger into its cricket and football than soccer so we'll give them a break. Australia won 3-0.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Northern Territory
Shawn visited Australia's Northern Territory back in early May (while he was growing out his beard - remember that blog?). He ventured out with a group of guys to work with missionaries located in the regions populated by the Aboriginal people, native Australians. Shawn learned a lot about their culture, including the interesting fact that they do not mention a person's name ever again after that person passes away. Erin held down the fort in Adelaide. So here are some pictures from his travels:
From the airplane flying in:
Interesting landscape:
Devil's Marbles:
Off-roadin' it:
Walking with some Aboriginal children:
From the airplane flying in:
Interesting landscape:
Devil's Marbles:
Off-roadin' it:
Walking with some Aboriginal children:
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