Robertta

Thank you for your support & prayers. Thankfully Robertta's rumors (4) are progressing slowly. She has chosen non-invasive, alternative treatment (nutrition, etc) for the next 3 months in hope of shrinking the tumors. At that time she will get another MRI and go from there. We thank you who have written and encouraged us too. It's been challenging to be this far from home, but we are carrying on, leaving for Indonesia in 2 weeks, and trusting our Faithful God in His perfect plan for Robertta. We enjoyed a few days in the desert of Exmouth, WA snorkeling the reef, swimming with sea turtles, reef sharks and many gorgeous colors. We sure found heat up here! On our way down the coast now. W&K

For those who pray

Yesterday we got an email from Wayne's sister, Robertta. She had an MRI last week. The results showed tumors in her brain. They think they are malignant (cancerous). She's 21 and headed to Vancouver for more tests. We don't know what this means for our travels. Our hearts are at home right now, we want to be there. Your prayers for Robertta are coveted. Thank you! Wayne & Kami

Happy Mother's Day Moms!

Our car has held up perfectly. We have made it to Australind, visiting friends along the way, up the coast. Bing & Yuko (& Leila) in Dunsborough, Julie in Margaret River, and now Craig & Jane in Australind.
If you read our blog, Australind was where we swam with dolphins in March.
Well... when we came back, word was "The water is too cold now to swim with the dolphins."  I guess our Canadian blood hasn't thinned too much! We jumped back in! This time, the water was murky so video only caught what was right in front of us (scroll down to see more pictures!). Still.. incredible.
How do we capture it on screen, really? We can't. But... we will tell you what was amazing to us this time. Besides their smiles, gracefulness and gentle ways...the moms showed us their new babies! And many babies there were. Frisky little silly ones! We had so much fun watching them flip over, jump straight out of the water, roll around their mom's... truly adorable. And the noise out of their blow hole is different than the adults. It's like they haven't learned to let out a slow, gentle blow, they more "puff!" really quick and get back under water. It's a higher pitch too (smaller hole I guess!). We got wet from blow-hole sprays! How wild is THAT?!
What a wonderful world below the sea... we were, again, thrilled... and a bit sea sick too :).
Thank you Craig and Jane for an INCREDIBLE experience - yet again.

Today us 4 went to Mandurah for church and lunch by the harbor... beautiful autumn day in Australia. Wouldn't trade it ...for snow!

Happy Mom's day to our Mom's!!! We love yoooouuu !!

Wayne & Kami

Ode to tandem cycling!! ... tandie, we will miss you...one day

Mandurah - Church and afternoon with Craig & Jane

Pastor Aaron @ Eastlake Church

Craig, Jane, Wayne

Craig, Jane & us

Wayne's dream sailboat

Who's this mysterious man?!!

Swimming with our finned friends AGAIN!!

(some pictures blurry because they were taken from video)

Making friends

Brave Vegemites! (aka Canuks)

Mom and baby

Liked this too

We had lunch at one of the (many) GORGEOUS wineries

Visiting friends

Bing, Yuko & Leila

Julie & John

We thought this was funny:

Loaded up & leaving Denmark

New wheels and rodent control

We are proud owners of a 98 Ford Falcon stationwagon! Oh yes, we have 4 more wheels now. We are cleaning her (him?) up for a northerly trip, leaving tomorrow.

Coupled with that great news is that John (new friend) and Wayne captured the rat that we have been co-habitating with while staying at John & Julie's place. He was an illusive fella, avoiding traps for over 2 weeks now.
Sunday was d-day when Wayne heard him behind the fridge. John & Wayne pulled out the fridge, little scamper came running out seeking a place to hide and ended up in the bedroom closet where Kami took the pictures below (from outside, through the window!).
Wayne locked John IN the closet with headlamp and, after much banging and clanging, scamper was caught with broom and tongs.

There are brave men in the neck of these Denmark woods!

and pictures to prove it

There she be! Getting spiffed up.

Wayne keeping John IN the closet (with rat)

John in closet, chucking out needless closet-stuff.

A tired little 'friend' who lost the battle.

John & Wayne admiring their valiant capture

Final Destination Reached!

We didn't stick a Canadian flag into Albany soil, but we should have!

We reached Albany, Western Australia - our 'final cycling destination' this week.

We cycled from Denmark and toured this beautiful port city... with plans to re-visit soon.

Shortly we will sport a '98 Ford Stationwagon... with which to carry our belongings and Tandie (bike) as well. This will be our new 'home'! One more month to go in Australia (can it be true?!).

Our refined plan is to travel, a wee bit faster, with our car ... up the coast to warmer climates...visiting a few newly-made-friends along the way.  We are excited about this change, it will be good.

Our 1200 km cycled is below what we thought we would cover, nevertheless it was fantastic and we enjoyed this cycling experience.  We were a major attraction with our "road train" (as the aussies call it) and met a lot of great people because of it. We are thankful for each opportunity and for safety God granted us on the roads!

Now it  is time to get our next 'mobile (yet to be named) all ready for it's road adventure. Hopefully it carries us as far as Exmouth, WA where the snorkelling is incredible... stay tuned to find out.

Loving the adventure,

Wayne & Kami

Pictures of Albany

This captures our trip values!

Near Albany, WA

Wind farm near Albany

Albany...

port

crazy guy in Albany

There he is!

Monumental ship in Albany - the original was built in Canada!

Safety first. Always wear helmets on stationary ships.

That crazy guy again.