I hate to do this as I have noticed the most feedback on my own blog is from cat pics, but I LOVE that cat! And the pics of the two of them copying poses is LAWLs.

I am curious though. Americans have an idea that Australia is full of sand and lots of poisonous bugs/insects/snakes etc. I noticed bare feet. Is our perception of the nasty biting-stinging things of Australia off?

I imagine its regional. Like not all of Idaho is potatoes. Most is wheat and mountains. But Americans get strange ideas and aren't always culturally aware. In fact, when I first moved out here to west, some my eastern peers had puzzled knowledge-- one classmate (not a friend) asked if Idaho had electricity and how you fended off indian attacks. I really wondered how THAT person got into college.