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Do You Come from a Land Down Under?

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East_TX_Spa:
For those of you who wonder why I'm so passionate about selling HotSpring Spas and why I don't think there's a finer company with which to do business, let me give you a little taste of the fantastic trip I took to Australia with 400 of my friends and associates.....

After a 14 hour plane ride from LA to Sydney (Qantas Airlines is fantastic!), we were ready to go on a little walkabout and stretch our legs.  When we arrived at the Hotel Intercontinental, these two mates hopped up to greet us as we departed our bus.


I came off the bus hopping as high as I could.  One of the blokes shouted "Hey mate, you're one of us!" as he grabbed my arm and we hopped around like a couple of hoptoads.  I couldn't get quite as much air as they could but I gave it my all and had a minor stroke as a result.  

Our hotel was located near Circular Quay (pronounced "key") about 2 blocks up the road from the Sydney Opera House.

Here's Ol' Meanness with the Opera House (OH from now on) in the background:


And here's yours truly posing in front of the Sydney Harbor Bridge (SHB):


Just past the Quay was the Rocks district full of ancient pubs, cafes, and gift shops.  My wife was looking at some jewelry so I wandered off on my own.  One of the little shops I came to was full of didgeridoos, the Aboriginal instruments made from eucalyptus tree limbs hollowed out by termites.  When I walked into the store, I exclaimed "What is that wonderful smell?!"

The owner of the store, Melina, walked over and said "That'd be me!"  I said, "Well, I need to take you to Texas and put you in my store."  She replied "That'd be fine with me."  I was going to like Australia a lot!

Mel told me all about the diggitydo and taught me how to play it.  Since I've wanted one ever since I was a little girl, I decided I was going to buy.  I just needed help deciding which one.  I ended up with a 4' long one with a tribal kangaroo and iguana motif.  $220 for the dippitydo and an instructional DVD.  I had a wonderful time shopping and referred 4 of my fellow HS associates to her fine establishment to buy her instruments.  If you're ever in Sydney, stop by DidjBeat and meet Mel!


After a brief rest at our hotel, we loaded up the buses and headed for the Argyle Center reception.  I was on the first bus and was the first to run the gauntlet.  For anyone wanting to know, this is how almost every HotSpring function begins:


The beer, wine, and champagne flowed all evening.  There was an Australian folk band and waitstaff dressed in 18th century garb.  I got to meet a Koala (I named him "Arjuna" which means "grumpy little bear" in the Aboriginal language):


Koalas are not very cute in person and are somewhat dour little critters.  Arjuna mainly sat around scratching his giblets and eating eucalyptus with an unpleasant look on his face.  The joey kangaroo was cute, but I was disappointed to learn he was not on the menu for the evening:


However, the rest of the menu was very exotic.  There were 4 rooms set up buffet style with a different selection in every room.  Some of the choices were grilled King Prawns (giant shrimp, there's an oxymoron for you), linguine with blue crab meat, oysters on the half-shell, skewered emu, peppered crocodile, fish & chips, beef tenderloin medallions, and various salads and dessert.  I enjoyed the croc meat (tastes like chicken fajitas) but was disappointed in the gamey taste of the emu.


With the exception of some goober coming up and asking my wife if she was one of the wenches (I was not there at the time and we never saw the guy again), we had a great time!

To be continued.....

drewstar:

--- Quote ---For those of you who wonder why I'm so passionate about selling HotSpring Spas and why I don't think there's a finer company with which to do business, let me give you a little taste of the fantastic trip I took to Australia with 400 of my friends and associates.....

After a 14 hour plane ride from LA to Sydney (Qantas Airlines is fantastic!), we were ready to go on a little walkabout and stretch our legs.  When we arrived at the Hotel Intercontinental, these two mates hopped up to greet us as we departed our bus.




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Obvisouly Male kangaroos.  (Christ, I couldn't walk if I was made that way, never the less hop. )

luvmytub:
Looking forward to "part 2".  Your wife is a beauty, Term!  What a neat trip!  Glad y'all had a blast.

Randi

East_TX_Spa:
Yep, it is tough for us boy kangaroos sometimes, especially on 14 hour plane rides!

Terminatoroo

drewstar:

--- Quote ---Yep, it is tough for us boy kangaroos sometimes, especially on 14 hour plane rides!

Terminatoroo
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Youre nuts!

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