What we will miss most about Australia

Mom had the great idea of interviewing everyone in our family to find out what we'll miss most about Australia when we return home. So, here it goes!

What We Will Miss Most About Australia:

Marina:

1. Grzesiaks (a family we met through Boeing who attends our church; Lukie Grzesiak is about her age, and they are close friends)
2. Replay (a place where one can play action games at the mall and redeem tickets for cheap prizes)
   
   

Madeline:

1. Sarah Grzesiak
2. Replay - surprise, surprise :-)
3. New Zealand (we had a fantastic trip there in the beginning of 2006)
4. Beaches
5. Hot weather, or, as she put it, "the sun"
6. CityCat, a public ferry that stops at different locations along the Brisbane river

Meagan:

1. Beaches
2. Grzesiaks
3. Our Queenslander home, including the backyard hot tub & pool
4. Unique, tropical flora and fauna
5. Dreamworld (an amusement park we've only been to twice)
6. CityCat
   
   
   

Me (Michelle):

1. Beaches
2. Family trips
3. Grzesiaks
4. New Zealand

Mom:

1. Tropical climate
2. Laid-back lifestyle
3. Walks to Racecourse Road with my dad (they desert us girls for this ritual at night at least once a week) :-( No, we really don't mind; it's great that they have a chance to get away
4. Weekly trips to the grocery stores (here, the shopping is more European in that you go to one store for meat, another for produce, another for bakery items, etc. . . but many of the stores are right next to each other, so it's not too difficult)
5. The fabulous people she's met, many who have lived abroad
6. A wide variety of fresh produce
7. Getting by with only one car - we can do this because my dad takes public transport to work . . . very environmentally friendly, at least compared to Al Gore's private jet! :-)
8. All the great beaches within an hour's drive away

Dad:

1. Tropical climate
2. Short commute to work (it only takes my dad about 15 minutes on a bus to get to work, compared with 45 minutes or more in America)
3. People he works with (I think this corresponds with #5)
4. Fun family trips
5. Easy-going lifestyle (Australians are not so rushed as Americans)
6. Walks to Racecourse Road with my mom
   

So, some other time, I will post about what things we are most excited to go back to. I hope this gives you all a good representation of what our life is like here, especially when combined with my next one!

~Michelle