Maybe The Dingo Ate Your Baby!

This is Gina, posing as Jon...Day 3, it's only Monday!? Here.

Ok, I'm going to bed so here's Jonny!

We woke up this morning at 3... then 3:15 then 3:45... jet lag is getting better but it is still present ( I am hopeful that goes away by the time we return to Jersey). We finally got up and dressed around 6:30. For Breakfast this morning I had a bowl of Kelloggs Rice Bubbles. This is the Aussie version of Rice Krispies. But they don't have Rice Bubbles treats- I think they are missing out. We started early by loading into our host Graeme's Land Cruiser and heading out to Featherdale Wildlife Park. On the way we saw some amazing birds called Galas( beautiful gray and pink parrots- I am not too sure of the spelling)... they looked like something right out of a pet shop. We enjoyed the wildlife park immensely! Many of the animals were right out on display to pet and feed. We were able to pet a koala and feed kangaroo, and the emu was able to knock Brian down and steal Brian's ice cream cone. One of our favorite animals to see were the Dingos. They are a dangerous animal here in Australia capable of great harm, but we enjoyed listening to them sing. We also saw the most venomous snake in the world the inland Taipan (strangely enough they would not let me pet it). Its comforting to know that we are spending a month so near the ten most venomous snakes in the world. We also marveled at the beauty of the golden pheasant. It looked like a mythical creature of some sort- maybe a phoenix.
After our visit with the animals we went to see a historic church called St. Matthews. It was interesting because it was designed by a convict architect. The stained glass art work was amazing to look at. After the church we took a scening drive to Wiseman's Ferry Inn. The group dined ( and drank) a delicious pub lunch. We enjoyed sampling many of the local beers ( I loved the dark beer). During the ride back to our hosts we laughed until our faces hurt- Brandon must have snapped 100 pictures of himself in his new hat ( narcissism is a quality he is proud to display). We would have asked him to stop but he's just too pretty.
I too am growing sleepy.... maybe I will let Brian finish our day's summary.....

Jon says we're only up to the rehearsal, but I'm honestly too tired to say much. We rehearsed in the afternoon, which was great fun, then went to our first presentation. Everything that could go wrong did, from personal mistakes, to the PA system breaking down. It was a bit scary, but we pulled it back together, and it was received well.

I don't know what else to say. Good night everybody. Let me hand off to Brandon...

G' Day Mates! Yes it is very late here and we are all about to hit the sack, but I just wanted to say how much we are enjoying our stay here Down Under. The Aussies have been nothing but hospitable and more than kind. Our debut performance did go well tonight despite the PA shutting down twice, remedied by a swift stab by the cello and my guitar strap coming loose in the middle of Mary Mary. Brian played a stellar pseudo guitar solo on it too! Good job!

Alright, the scotch (scotchy scotch scotch I love scotch) has hit us all and our beds are calling.

Until tomorrow, or actually, your two days from now back home... this time change is very confusing isnt' it?

: )