We had a fantastic time in Australia and there are so many people that helped us along the way. We just want to say “Thank you” to every one of you and especially to a few below that made our trip that much smoother.
Our angel in Sydney was Brad Colwell, who picked us up at the airport, let us crash at his pad for 10 days, loaned us his car, gave us advice and let us tap into his vast network of friends locally. We don’t know how we would have managed Sydney without Brad!

One person Brad put us in touch with was his friend Ali, who helped us buy the car pictured below. Then his brother Mohammed helped us sell the thing hassle free. Thanks, guys!

In Thora we “WWOOF’d” (Willing Workers on Organic Farms) at two places. The first was with Bob, Kathy and Darryl at Sunrise. We had two comfortable rooms and they generously shared meals and conversation with us for two weeks. Thanks Bob, Kathy and Darryl!

Darryl:

Bob and Kathy:

We also stayed with Anna’s kindergarten teacher, Carol, and did gardening work while there. Thank you Carol, for your warmth and hospitality.

Christoff, who helped us tremendously while we were renting Kimberlee’s place:

Stephan for letting us stay with him (and his kids) at Kimberlee’s place:

The kids teachers, Gail and Pete (we only have a picture of Pete):

Richard and Anke for the lovely dinner and the advice on Egypt:

There were many other friendly faces and helpful people on our travels and there are sure to be many more. We expect “travel karma” to hit soon after we return to our place in Portland – you are all welcome there any time.
Next Stop: Bangkok!