welcome to australia mate!

technically, i'm a couple of days late starting this but i've finally got some time to sit down and begin sharing the life of australia.

i woke up at 5:30 am on december 15 and arrived at 8:50 am on december 17.

yes, it does that long to get here and yes, i time travelled to the future.

for most of you who will check this, i am 17 hours ahead.

so it being 7:44 am saturday, it is 12:44 pm friday.

somehow it's easier to count forwards than backwards....go figure.

well, anyway back to my flight.

a beautiful 16 hours on VAustralia.

best flight of my life thus far.

the seats had a teal design on them!

i knew instantly that it was going to be a good trip.

i slept for most of it, as i was told that was the best thing to do.

i was awakened though, about 4.5 hours before we arrived by the most beautiful, i mean

BEAUTIFUL sunrise i have ever seen.

after waking up to this, i didn't want to miss anything else.

so i stayed awake and watched movies until we landed.

the the routine, go through customs, wait for my baggage, have it checked again, and then head to the exit.

there were so many people there...the best way i know how to describe it is like from the movie love actually.

when it starts out and there are all the people meeting and finding each other...kind of like absolute beautiful chaos.

imagine that, and you have the arrival section in melbourne airport.

it only took me a couple of minutes to find ian, and we were out of the airport in no time because of the craziness factor.

drove by the city, over a massive bridge, and in between some cool sculptural art pieces and headed to hamish's house.

we got to hamish's and gave him his much needed hug from not only me, but i swear the entire population of graceland.

spent some time there, and then headed out to see more of the area.

met most people on thursday, the michelsons, a couple of the macphees, leigh, and i know there are more to follow over the next couple of weeks.

i'll post again later today with some photos of the arboretum.

beautiful view....stunning really.

i will try to keep this up daily, but more than likely it will be every couple of days.

but nonetheless, keep watching and waiting for entries!

if you are a friend of mine on facebook, you will be able to find most of my photos there.

love from australia.