Things we miss about Mission Beach:
- Waking up to raucous birdsong
- She'll be right (e.g. the gardeners mowing the grass in thongs (flipflops))
- the beach right outside our door
- Robin: my friends
- Will: the pool
- The rainforest (Michele: I visited the UMass greenhouse the other day and was overwhelmed at the sense of being HOME when I entered the tropical room. I wanted to stay there for hours.)
- the view of Dunk Island
- effortless outdoor gear (e.g. kids going to school barefoot)
- geckos all over the house
- yummy fish and chips
- hanging clothes outside to dry
- scanning the countryside for Cassowaries
- Uncle Larry, Aunt Coreen, Melissa, Jim, Kristen and Cindy
- seeing friends and family
- SNOW! (it is snowing as we type this; the kids are playing outside with their sleds)
- a nice kitchen with gas burners and dishwasher that doesn't tip over
- our cats
- Christmas tree
- not being 14 time zones away from friends and colleagues
- functional washing machine
- Trader Joe's
- Robin and Will: all our toys
- good, inexpensive restaurants
- Nana and Poppy
- feeling part of the community
We all feel incredibly lucky to have had the opportunity to live in Mission Beach for 5 months and enjoyed sharing our adventures with friends and family through this blog. We figured a blog posting was better than a postcard (no word limits, no postage, no delay and everyone gets to read it). Our wonderful experience in Australia could not have happened without the amazing help and support of Uncle Larry and Aunt Coreen -- they even loaned us their car! Thank you Uncle Larry and Aunt Coreen. We love you and can't wait to get back!
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