...head straight up from there to Cape Tribulation and the Daintree rainforest for a few days of R & R. I mean, c'mon, we've been working almost two months now, time for a break! :-)

Today Maureen and I rode a ferry through the harbour to check out another beach - good waves but it's way too cold out here (10-16) to actually get in the water. We did walk by Russel Crowe out pushing his child in a baby stroller though...wearing a Toronto Maple Leafs hat no less.

some random things I've been thinking about lately...

-I really miss those Nature Valley sweet and salty granola bars

-Australian Kraft Dinner just isn't the same, and neither are their beans and hot dogs...what is the world coming to?

-Go Hurricanes? ok...I'm having a huge crisis here as I watch the online boxscores for the Oilers Hurricanes games. I like the Oilers a lot. In fact, I'm a huge fan of Smith, Smyth, Pronger, and Peca...and I'm a Canadian. However.........I'm a Canucks fan. If Edmonton wins the cup, every Oilers fan I know (for example, every single one of my inlaws) will be reminding me about it over and over again for years. I mean, winning the Stanley Cup gives you a free pass to gloat for at least 4 seasons. I'm not sure I can handle that...at least if they lost, then Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver will all have lost in the last 12 years (ok, we lost a long time ago...but still) and we'd be on a level playing field. Or....do I cheer for the OIlers now knowing that at the same time I'll be cheering against them all over again in October? tough call.

-Australian Rugby and Aussie Rule players are huge...and their kickers regularly get off 50 metre kicks and kick field goals at ridiculous angles - why are there only a couple of them in the NFL?