Dreaming and Achieving
With 100% score – both me and Julia passed the Citizenship Test yesterday. Wooohoo! So, now it’s only a matter of time for us to get the new passports and finally become real-deal Ozzies.
The test wasn’t too difficult, but still requires some basic knowledge of Australian history and understanding on political and social structure.
Happy us 
Went to a shopping town in Rouse Hill (10 minutes drive from us) yesterday, no particular plans, just wanted to have a short walk and let Matty hang out on their playgrounds. Which he did. Big time. Watch the pictures:
This playground is superb. The best we have even seen. Matty loves it.
Hm... look at him.. doing something suspicious...
Spider feet
Spinning the wheel
It all started slow...
Smashing fountains...
Accelerating...
Giving it a second thought (just to make parents think that everything is under control)
Ah... what the heck! It's playtime!
Hurry up!
Yeah! Aussie spring rocks!
Fun for everyone
Gotcha!
Mission Accomplished. Brave Australian soldier reports full surrender of Rouse Hill Shopping Town Square Fountains!
The dream has come true. Well, it has come true 3 months ago, but it’s only now that I have a chance to post about it. So, we made small DIY trip on the car. Julia planned and booked everything and we had an unforgettable adventure.
So, here’s the map of the route (blue line – way to Hobart, green line – way back to Sydney):
I won’t go into too much detail, just some general observations and a few pictures…
First thing that comes to mind – Tasmania is BEAUTIFUL. Tasmanian nature and wildlife just blows away anything we’ve seen so far. It’s like being in a huge wildlife park.
Second… Melbourne is cold, windy, busy, trendy and very inspiring. Architecture is beautiful. Feeling of style and art is in the air. We loved it.
Third
– Tasmanian roads are full of smashed mammals. Birds eat them.
Forth – mountain tracks in Tasmania are beautiful. We missed mountains of Kyrgyzstan until this trip. Not anymore.
Fifth – gotta love small towns. Maybe we’re fed up with urban (of you can use “Castle Hill” and “urban” together) live in Sydney, but for some some reason we enjoyed small towns the most.
ok, let’s take a look…
