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Australia’s beautiful Blue Mountains! March 30, 2021 Last month we got attacked by land leeches (yup, not just leeches, LAND leeches), found birds that can mimic noises like car alarms and construction equipment, had a close encounter with one of the world’s most venomous snakes, got tangled up with more spiders/spider webs than I thought …

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Meeting up with an old friend! March 22, 2021 We arrived in New South Wales (where Sydney is) just before Christmas AND right as a COVID flare-up was happening there. So, the city was oddly empty for pretty much the entire holiday season.    Fortunately, Sydney had excellent contact tracing, and although we got caught up in …

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