Hello from Townsville

So we have been here in Townsville for 11 days. This city of about 180,000 is located in Northern Queensland, along the east coast. The temperatures have been wonderful an average of about 25 degrees. The house we are house sitting for is a clean renovated 3 bedroom two level house. We also are in charge of feeding the pets, a cat named Lib and a dog named Tiggy. Lib is quite arrogant I must say, only interested in us when he wants to be fed. Tiggy on the other hand is the strangest dog I've ever met. She is like an abused dog, would run to another part of the yard if we approached her. However her owners, who are a nice couple in their 60's obviously don't mistreat her. However Trevor (the man) thinks she might have some inbreeding in her.

Anyways the owners have been gone for a week now and I've been trying to get Tiggy to come to me and warm up. I tried treats, didn't work. Then yesterday I thought, maybe a walk will do it. I mentioned the word walk to Tiggy, don't think she understood it. Poor girl, I don't think she get's walked more than a couple times a month. So then I showed her the lead, well what a difference. She jumped and hopped around and came to me easily. I snapped it on, opened the gate and whoa immediately she was pulling me down the street. It was a fun walk and something I plan on doing daily for her till we leave. Dogs are meant to be walked!

We have found a nice church to attend here, it's called Life Church and the members are very friendly. It's also close to where we are staying, so convenient.

Andreas and I are looking for work presently. Andreas tried a door to door salesman job for a few days, but didn't enjoy it, so that is done. He wasn't getting paid for his time, and though he quite enjoyed talking with the people he met, the sales scheme he had to pitch was unrealistic.

I have just got a public liability insurance number for myself privately. Though it does cost some money, now it will be easier for me to find work. There is two clinic/spa here that is interested in my availability and will call me later. Praying that it works out well and we can make some money before we leave in 3 weeks. Though right now our expenses are nil, so that's a huge help.

The pictures above are of The Strand, a popular park/walkaway along the coast of the town, Castle Hill rock, which Andreas and I climbed last Sunday. We will try it again this weekend.

The third picture of us kissing is taken at the scenic "Kissing Point" lookout.

Cheers......