Australian Life

We had Swedish friends staying with us over the weekend. Andy first met Anders in 2002 in Ville Franche at a conference. Anders is now retired but was an academic at Stockholm University specialising in flow through straights (Andy's PhD topic). We visited Anders and Ida in Stockholm in the summer of 2002. They took us by boat from Vaxholm to their summer house located nearby on a small island somewhere in the Stockholm archipelago.

 

Now 14 years later they arrived in Australia via a 3 week cruise from San Fransisco, Hawaii and the South Pacific. Anders and Ida were keen to experience aussie life while joining in our normal activities. On their first evening we had a lovely bbq on the front deck in the last of warm summer weather.

Saturday we ventured down to Little Aths, with Anders and Ida watching the girls before heading off on a walking adventure up Mt Painter. A short time later we reconvened at the local cafe. It was Cathy's 40th party (write up to follow shortly) that evening so drove via the kangaroo paddocks to check out the local kangaroos. It was a little disappointing that it was still too hot so only a handful of roo were there although Ida and Anders thought they were great! Anders and Ida really enjoyed the party chatting to all the guests.

On Sunday we drove out to Namadgi for the ACT middle distance orienteering champs. While we ran around, Anders and Ida explored the surrounding bush.

After the event we stopped at Lanyon Homestead, a wonderful old homestead with stunning views of the Brindabella range. A perfect spot for lunch before Anders and Ida began their return journey back home.