birthday in bundaberg and more. . .

i celebrated my birthday in the town of bundaberg, queensland state. . .i had good company and that made my day! :) . . .we stayed in bundaberg for about a week. . .some sketchy places and some really nice places. . . met some wonderful people - 'aunty' jeanne and the burns family - related to people we know back home! :) it's a small world. . .we went to the bundaberg zoo. . .looked for jobs. . and checked out the Queensland state campmeeting!. . wowee. . that was an experience. . .it was just HUGE!. . .welly. .many things have occured since last post. . .our team of 4 is now 2. . bren and candace went back to lacombe . . so robbie and i took up a job at a vineyard in a town called Emerald. . it's quite the job. . wowee. . .hardest work i've ever done in my life!. . .up at 4:30am. . .lunch break from 12:30pm until 4:30pm. .work again until about 6pm. . .and the work is literally back breaking. . but it sure is an experience. . .we'll see how long we can last at this job! keep praying for us! :) and thanks for those that do :) here are some photos from our latest stops along the way. . .

birthday celebration required frothy drinks on a hot day. . .the owner of the shop even gave me a little cake treat! :)

our first kangaroo :)

this is the praise team. . .ya. . .the youth tent was incredibly HUGE! :) we stayed in a tent with the burns family. . .brother to naomi burns delafield. . .very nice people! :) it was a good weekend! :)

"aunty" jeanne (rob's cousin sheldon's fiancee's aunt as well as daryl hyde's aunt :) took us in and showed us around bundaberg. . .it was nice to have home cooking and canadian/aussie hospitality! :)

cutie koala's at the rockhampton zoo and botanical gardens. . .free entry!!! yippy! :)

(above & below) wiggles the baby wombatt. . .my first one. . .robbie petting it's tummy! :)

a really cool tree at the botanical gardens. . .a banyan tree we think. . .orginated from India. . .until next time. . .hope you enjoyed! :)