Christmas 2008

Certainly no chance of a 'white Christmas' for us this year although the first few days when we arrived in Melborne were pretty cold!We spent a few days enjoying Melborne and were able to celebrate Alice's (daughter) birthday and meet some of her friends. We set off to drive along the 'Great Ocean Road'. The views were stunning and we stayed at some lovely places along the way.

We walked in the rainforest...different vegetation from the forests we have seen in Uganda.

Above is the photo of the Twelve Apostles we have seen so many times when Alice has had visitors, this time with us in the photo!




Then we met up with Edward's (Alice's partner) parents in the Grampian mountains. More wonderful scenery, different again with spectacular views, waterfalls and rock formations.

It was a great weekend and another beautiful place.

Then we flew with Alice to spend Christmas with Robert's cousins in Perth. The weather was hot and I achieved my dream of eating Christmas lunch out in the garden with ham and turkey cooked on the barbeque! It was a lovely family party. On Boxing day we travelled with them to the Karri valley to spend a few days in a lovely quiet chalet in the forest, this time Karri trees with Kookaburra's and Kangaroos! We walked high in the trees (40m) on a slightly swaying walkway which was a bit scarey! Trees still towered above us!

It was a great trip and we are now back in

Kampala packing and sorting ready to return to the UK on February 18th. The adventure will be over!