Now that January is here, we have made progress getting a little more settled in. Abby was thrilled when she discovered that it was ok to go into grocery stores, malls, anywhere actually without shoes on.... I know it sounds weird, but it is normal here. ( maybe like it is in Hawaii?) We found a rental in a nearby suburb, Mona Vale. All set to move in this Sunday. No news yet on when our crate of stuff will arrive, but we are prepared to use paper plates in the meantime. We have the upper floor of a duplex - walking distance to the beach and close to commuting roads. There is even a small yard with a plumaria tree in front. To celebrate, we took a trip to IKEA on a scouting mission for furniture. Love IKEA. We will miss the holiday rental home we are in now, but are looking forward to our own place. I enclosed a photo of a wonderful blue tongue lizard that was hanging out in our garage the other day. They are harmless and are good luck to have in your garden. Turns out we learned that they actually EAT the deadly funnel web spiders without harm to themselves. Go Blueys! We also came across this really cute octopus while investigating the tidepools at low tide. He was about the size of an orange. (By the way.... this particular spot, where we shot the video of this cute little harmless octopus was the beach where the mate in the kayak was rammed by a 5 metre great white shark a few days ago- you may have seen in the news? And no, this beach was not netted as far as I know, but I also did not see anyone in the water here. )
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