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    Off to the Land of Oz Part 5: Mom! There's a Lion in the Toilet!
    Off to the Land of Oz Part 5: Mom! There's a Lion in the Toilet!
    Off to the Land of Oz Part 5: Mom! There's a Lion in the Toilet!
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    Off to the Land of Oz Part 5: Mom! There's a Lion in the Toilet!

    By Lisa Anderson

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    The Anderson's continue their adventures in Part 5: Off to the Land of Oz. They arrive unprepared in Perth, hire the biggest RV they could find, and drive off on the wrong side of the road in this humorous recount of how natural disasters can make even the best laid plans irrelevant. Sharks, surfy's and shaking... what can possibly happen next? Find out with the 6 Andersons 1 World.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLisa Anderson
    Release dateNov 6, 2012
    ISBN9780988084841
    Off to the Land of Oz Part 5: Mom! There's a Lion in the Toilet!
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    Lisa Anderson

    Would you drop your confortable, daily routine and set off to explore the world with your husband and four children on a globe-trotting adventure of a lifetime? Life is full of such opportunities, some of them by chance and others by choice. Lisa Anderson, middle school teacher, small business manager and farmwife, embraced the risks, and has never regretted it. Now a Canadian Author Association award nominee and popular guest speaker, she spends her days encouraging others to live their best life, at every age. And she continues to explore our world with her family, one day at a time.

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      Off to the Land of Oz Part 5 - Lisa Anderson

      Off to the Land of Oz

      Part 5: Mom! There's a Lion in the Toilet

      by

      Lisa Anderson

      Off to the Land of Oz

      #5 in the series:

      Mom! There's a Lion in the Toilet

      by Lisa Anderson

      Copyright 2012 Lisa Anderson. All rights reserved.

      Cover and maps by Katie Dooley Designs.

      Edited by Cindy MacDonald

      Smashwords Edition

      eISBN: 978-0-9880848-4-1

      Rating: General Audience

      For additional titles by this author,

      visit http://www.6andersons1world.blogspot.com

      #1: The Americas North to South

      #2: A Whirl Through Europe

      #3: Gasp! The Middle East

      #4: Southeast Asia for the Holidays

      #5: Off to the Land of Oz

      #6: Paused in Polynesia

      Disclaimer: Though this story is based on actual places, people and events, in the interest of weaving a compelling tale and protecting the innocent, certain details may have been altered, changed or simply forgotten along the way. We apologize for any errors or omissions made. Let’s chalk them up to personal interpretation, confusion or just plain mistakes. It was a long trip. We tried to catch all the mistakes, but, alas, we are but human. Please don’t take any too seriously. If something is really quite alarming, or if you'd like to share your comments or review, we'd love to hear from you, our readers. Please contact us and we can make our amends in the next edition of the book. Bon voyage! Hope you enjoy the trip! 6andersons1world@gmail.com

      Off to the Land of Oz

      #5 in the series:

      Mom! There’s a Lion in the Toilet

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Off to the Land of Oz

      Part 5: Mom! There's a Lion in the Toilet

      Table of Contents

      Prologue

      Landing in Perth, Blind

      RV’ing

      South of Perth

      Jaclyn in West Australia

      Our first walk-about

      Where to now, Dad?

      Bottle Feeding a Kangaroo

      Shark Bay, Dugong Capital of the World

      Monkey Mia, Home to the friendly dolphins

      Further North to Coral Bay

      SHARK!!! Glub, glub, glub

      Derek at the Ningaloo Reef, West Australia

      Snorkeling Trip on the Ningaloo Reef

      Dawn on the Road, and Off-road destinations

      How far to the Dunes?

      Australia Day

      Hooking up with old Mates

      Surfing the Elephant Rocks

      Rain? Na, That’s a Cyclone, Mate!

      Waltzing at Matilda’s

      Crossing the Nullarbor

      Clare Valley, South Australia

      Clare Public Library

      Crossing the Mighty Murray

      Great Weekend with Great Friends

      Derek on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria

      Cream on the Top of the Cake

      Ballarat and Sovereign Hill

      Ocean Grove with our Aussie Kin

      Torquay, Surf City

      Quick Stop in the City

      It’s a Small World

      Three Times a Charm, Queensland

      Squeaky Beaches

      Derek in Queensland

      Dudes

      Crikey! Is that Steve Irwin's Crocodile?

      Boys Trip to Goondi

      Kia Kaha, Christchurch

      Last Night in the Land of Oz

      Prologue

      We shifted our focus for the second half of our journey.

      When we left Canada in November, our mission had become a time travel adventure. We turned back the clock to the Age of Discovery with the Inca civilization in Peru.

      We followed the Explorers home to their Old World, and then traced our Roman ancestry in Italy, and earlier to the Ancient Greeks.

      Before them, the Dynasty of Ancient Egypt called our name.

      And the roots of modern religions brought us to Jordan and the secrets guarded in ancient Petra.

      We studied history, and the classical roots of our culture.

      Then we rested.

      In the next adventures, our focus moved from human sciences to plant and animal. From social to biology, and the amazing diversity in different ecosystems of this land we call Earth.

      Rain forests, deserts, volcanoes, earthquakes and hurricanes, we lived and breathed our planet, both above and below the sea.

      On to the next unpredictable discovery, in our brave new world.

      Landing in Perth, Blind

      January 14, 2011

      Flight: Virgin Blue Bali to Perth, West Australia 3.5 hours

      Accommodation: The Ambassador Hotel, downtown Perth

      We spent our extra night in Bali at the fifth hotel we tried.

      It was much busier there than it was in Thailand. This seemed mostly due to the high number of Australian visitors who are on summer vacay.

      They can holiday in Bali more economically than their own country.

      Guess that should have been our first clue on how expensive things were about to get.

      We stayed in a nice spot near the beach, but nearer the airport with a good breakfast included. It sounds lovely if you forget the rat Rick spotted swimming in the water feature in the lobby on our way in… Five Star indeed! I was glad we were booked into the top floor.

      The flight from Bali to Perth was the most budget airline to date. We were expecting something nice from Virgin Airways and its infamous billionaire owner Sir Richard Branson, but he must keep any airline profits completely to himself. Honestly, we couldn’t even get a glass of water without paying extra fees, and it was credit cards only, leaving our poor kids stuck in a different part of our plane totally out of luck. We would not choose to fly Virgin again, but of course now we had a ridiculous credit to use up. I guess that was a wise marketing move on Virgin’s part.

      We landed in Perth, Australian Visa permits in hand.

      Of all the countries we visited on this round-the-world trip, the only one to require a pre-arrival visa for Canadian citizens was Australia. The fact that we are Commonwealth sister countries seemed not to make much difference, other than the pre-screening process was somewhat automatic. I was grateful for the Indonesian airport security that tipped me off, and asked to see our Visa at the airport when we first arrived. It bought me a few arduous hours on the Internet last night to check all the boxes online. Otherwise, we may have been stuck in Airport Neverland for a while, or refused entry entirely. You know, obnoxious traveling family that we were!

      We did have some issues with Customs officials, though. Australian Immigration and Agriculture would not allow any cloth or textiles, natural wood or straw/grass projects arriving via Indonesia.

      The boys were convinced to surrender their rice paddy Bali Safari hats, as the agent dramatically shook them over a piece of paper to reveal the tiny mites who had hitchhiked a trip on our airplane. Both our boys walked away, scratching their heads.

      I was grateful again we had forwarded our Egyptian papyrus art and Thai silk scarves home with Janice, as I am not sure what might have happened with those. I suspect it would not have been good.

      Landing in Perth, Down Under, I felt very upside down. Up until the night before, our plan had been to arrive in Sydney for the weekend with Grandma, then rent a motorhome and drive the familiar roads between Victoria and Queensland, like Rick and I had done previously in 1992. With all the flooding, those plans were completely under water. Here we sat on the opposite side of the continent. With no research and little prior knowledge, we were further restricted by poor Internet access and few personal contacts.

      Basically at this point, we had no clue where to go or how to get there.

      The welcoming lady at the tourist bureau helped us locate a hotel for our abnormally large family group of six, and we landed downtown Perth on a budget. The front desk handed me a short, black cord when we asked about Wi-Fi, and charged us an additional $35 for the service. I had read on a traveler’s blog that we should expect the same kind of Internet access as Canada, eh? Great.

      Not exactly smooth in Oz so far.

      RV’ing

      January 15, 2011

      First thing on the agenda was getting a place to call home, on wheels. Transport and hotel all-in-one.

      The conversation on our Skype phone with the Campervan reservations center was rather humorous.

      For what dates, sir? the voice on the other end of the bookings line asked Rick upon his inquiry of availability.

      I was thinking this afternoon, he responded.

      She just about dropped her phone. Today?

      "Yes, today. I can be there to

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