Finally a new update :)

Hey to everyone :)

Some of you may know I was planning on returning to the OBX in April but for many reasons my plans have changed and I've decided to stay and enjoy Australia for a while longer. And that means Jeff and I will finally find the chance to paddle out to Double Island once the Coral Sea settles down a little bit - which should be pretty soon :)

The apartment I'm living in on Trinity Beach has been put up for sale - D'oh! - and I can only hope that whomever buys it is doing so for an investment and an abode. It's a beautiful place and if you have Google Earth, you'll find it as one of the beaches a bit north of Cairns in Northeast Queensland on the east coast. What is it about me, the Northeast, and the coast? It seems I'll never find myself very far from any one of them.

Work is going well. The boss has even found a way to be a little nicer as of late. And though I never found out how they new I was in Cairns, a hospital up in Darwin (The Northern Territory) called to refer an orthopaedic patient down to me. A few days later, the pooch with a dislocated hock (ankle) arrived via plane for her procedure and flew back home a few days later. I hope her arms didn't get too tired :) ("Hook")

Anyway, there's a lot going on with me unpacking and settling back in so I'll write more later. In the meantime, here's a picture of John; the president of the Kangaroo Rescue Team up here in FNQ.

Miss you guys. Best wishes and G'day.