Happy Australia Day!

Happy Australia Day!

Though Australia Day -- the official national day of Australia -- has ended in Australia, it's still January 26 in my corner of the world and there's still time to salute Australia. I'm going to share a few quick facts in our salute to the land down under. 

First fact: The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world. It sits in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. When I visited Australia literally two years ago I had the good fortune to visit the area of the Great Coral Reef. The picture above is the view from the ship our group took out to the Reef. The city of Cairns is in the background. 

 Splashguard, hat and lots of sunscreen for a beautiful Australian summer day!

Second fact: Australia is the sixth largest country in the world. I was fascinated by this map I saw while in Alice Springs. It gave me a much better sense of the vastness of the country that I was visiting. 

All of these countries would be able to fit inside Australia, with room to spare

(Subjective) Third fact: Australia has great coffee!

My favorite coffee spot in my Australia travels was in Cairns. I'm only sorry I didn't

 stay long enough to use my "Buy 10 cups and get one free" card.

I hope you've enjoyed our too quick visit to Australia. Once again, I'm offering prayers and good wishes for the people and animals affected by the fires. 

So glad to be well again and so grateful to be well again. So enjoyed getting out and walking. Very blessed with a sunny and mild winter day. 

As ever, thanks for visiting and have a great week!