cool at last

the temperature has finally dropped (for a couple days). it felt weird to put on a long sleeve shirt when we got out to healsville sanctuary in the hills in the outer suburbs. i even wore a rain jacket overtop of the long sleeve shirt too (it rained a bit)
i've only been out to healsville once, not long after i arrived in australia. its a great sanctuary filled with australian native animals. they even have an animal hospital where a lot of injured wildlife are taken.


after healsville we met up with zacs aunt and uncle yering farm for a glass of wine. my mom and denise went out there the afternoon new years eve and had a glass of wine while watching a great lightning storm over the hills.
we also drove out to sugarloaf dam which is usually a good spot to see kangaroos in the wild. we couldn't see any, the grass was really dry and the dam (which supplies a lot of melbourne water) was VERY low. it was kinda sad looking.
after that we went to a vietnamese place for dinner and had amazing big bowls of soup (it was nice to be able to have a hot meal and actually feel good to be warmed by it).
its sooo nice to not be sweltering all day and nite. we're even gonna use our doona for the first time in about 5 nites!!! (the dog is already wrapped up in her blanket wimpering in her sleep on her bed). yea cool change--- now all we need is some good flood-style rains.