Changes

Well currently it is 8:21 pm on Friday May 1. Back in Canada it would be 3:51 am. It is interesting how the time works!! Our laptop is on Canada time still so we can check in!
So two days ago I experienced a first. I was so excited but had nobody there to share it with. I was driving and saw a Kangaroo!! Not a tame one like in the park but in the wild!! The roads are lined with trees. We have to watch for Kangaroos here like you would have to watch for deer there. Dylan was out on the tractor so he missed it.
The hardest thing that I have noticed about driving on the wrong side of the road is the blinkers. The switch is on the oppostie side of the steering wheel, so when I go to blink, I turn on the wipers! And same the other way. There has only been a few times I have gone to the wrong side of the vehicle!! One thing I noticed about driving is the road signs. For example a 'Yield' sign looks the same but says 'Give Way'. The speed limit signs are just numbers inside circles. Alot of the roads in our area are sand so when it gets wet, you really got to pay attention to the sign that says 'WARNING Road Impassible When Wet'!!
Another thing that is hard to get used to is the toilet. For one thing, there are no locks on the doors. Ya....I kinda like my privacy! But what is pretty cool about the toilets is that there are two flush settings. A 'Half Flush' and a 'Full Flush'. Pretty self explanitory!!
I feel as though I have landed in an episode of Fear Factor. As alot of people know, I am terrified of spiders. They give me the shivers just talking about it. Well.........the spiders in Canada are tiny compared to the ones here. When it rains, there is a kind of spider called 'Rain Spider' that come out of hiding and go indoors. They are huge. The biggest one we have seen so far was about two inches across. And they are fast things too, they just cruise along. There are alot of poisonous spiders here as well. I have only seen two but by the sounds of things I am bound to see more. Every night we check our bed and shake out our clothes before we put them on, just in case. People just laugh at me. The other day we were filling up bags with grain and I actually held one. Not on purpose of course!!
We are starting to pick up on some of the slanguage, and not on purpose either. I caught myself saying some Aussie phrase the other day and Dylan just laughed at me. Some things are as follows:
Spanners - Wrench
Paddock - Field
Bloke - Male Aussie
Chook - Chicken
Tea - Meal Time
Ute - Utility Pick Up

I will add some more pictures this weekend!! Thanks for checking in!