Lena, come home quick! Your country is burning down... it is true, actually, the whole day was completely overcast by the smoke of the fires burning in the Melbourne region, and the capital city (Canberra) is in really bad shape. My cousin who I am staying with just had a pool finished last Friday, so I have a good respite from the heat.

Last weekend we went to Lakes Entrance for a couple of nights, and visited the Buchan Caves on the way back. Another really nice cave, with beautiful formations. Australia seems to be rich in these. The caves are among some Eucalyptus forests, which I never really stopped to think about the scale of (quite large!). So far I have seen most of the famous Australian wildlife, mostly as road kill, but I still haven't seen a single koala bear.

We passed Mt. Ararat again on the way back, quite easy to miss. Interestingly, besides this Mt. Ararat, there is a decently sized town called just Ararat in the opposite direction from Melbourne where a half-Armenian friend grew up. He said from the town you can see a set of twin peaks which are the spitting image of Mt. Ararat as seen from Yerevan! That would be worth seeing, but I don't think I will make it out there. Other than that, there is just 2 weeks left for me here... after that, we'll see where I head.

It's too bad about Sargsian. It was nice knowing all three of our boys were advancing. I am hoping for an Agassi vs. Nalbandian final, with Nalbandian on top.