LOL! As I brushed my teeth last night I got to thinking about third world countries and hard living. I could imagine my host's indignation if I got to Australia and innocently asked if the tap water was pure enough to drink. I figure I'd be ridden out of the country on a rail.

But many of my fellow US citizens figure they are the only developed country on Earth. We can be so ignorant.

Yes, I have heard of the bitey and stinging creatures in your oceans. If you haven't read Bill Bryson's book, In A Sunburned Country, he goes on at length about how many ways there are to die, or at least suffer horribly, in Australia.

Ho-hum, it must be time to do my laundry and pack. Australia, here I come!