I got to spend Australia Day weekend camping and being a willing passenger in a 4wd off-road in the bush, near Canberra. I like to think I’ve now been exposed to one of the fundamental activities of being Australian so I think it should contribute to making me an honorary Aussie. I have, after all, nearly finished a whole (tiny) jar of Vegemite over the past 2 weeks.*

We encountered no koalas but apparently there were kangaroos by our campsite the second night. I didn’t see them. I’m seriously leaving Australia without having seen a kangaroo. I should have known nothing good would come of going to bed before the alcohol ran out!

*in case anyone is wondering, I feel the same way about Vegemite as I do about Marmite; I’m completely indifferent to it. I don’t love it, I don’t hate it. Sorry not to fall within the parameters of the marketing campaigns.