Day One: Survived
We got up before dawn and managed to get the parents from the airport. We had an easy day with hanging around the house and a light lunch. Then we took them to Queen's Park in Ipswich. Their nature centre is really quite good. It's not quite Australia Zoo, but it IS free. No koalas or crocs, but it has wombats, goannas, wallabies, emus, kangaroos, lizards and birds of all sorts.

We also had a walk around the Nerima Japanese Garden. While you can tell it has been affected by the drought, it still is the greenest place I've seen in quite a while. It really is so peaceful and beautiful. I reckon we'll be having a picnic there one day soon.

Then tonight we cooked dinner for both sets of parents. No culinary catastrophes to speak of. No embarrassing childhood stories. No lack of conversation. It was quite impressive for a first-time meeting.

Now we sleep.