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Welcome to those of you who have never visited this site -- including 3AW listeners in Melbourne. Tarlau.com covers the latest about our family
in California (Barbara, Bob and son David) and in Australia (daughter Amanda and Ian and children/grandchildren Bridget and Henry). There's another branch of the Tarlaus online -- the East Coast Tarlaus as we call them. We haven't figured out how we're related.
But Jimmy Tarlau (in Mt. Rainier, Maryland) has a website: www.tarlau.org . So it's ORG for them, COM for us. Please visit us both.

    Henry got close and personal with a real-life Aussie trademark at an animal habitat.
   Our second week was spent in Sydney -- and again we have lots of pics to share.
    Amanda and Ian live in the northwestern reaches of Sydney. She is a designer for a major book publisher and also takes on freelance graphic arts projects. . Here's a link to her website.
     Ian is the manager of a large wholesale nursery.
     In Sydney, Barbara and Bob got together with several of Bob's long time Aussie friends from the Aussie media. This was Bob's first return to Australia since his retirement in January from a 46-year career in broadcast journalism, most recently with KTTV Channel 11 in Los Angeles.
    David stayed back in Northridge to take care of the house and our four legged friends. In late June, he finished his latest three-month co-op work term with AC Propulsion (an hour's drive from home) then returned to Kettering University in Flint, Michigan, for the summer academic term. His major is mechanical engineering and on July 12th started his junior year.
     The unique Kettering co-op arrangement alternates three months of academic life with three months of on-the-job experience.   David's professional goal is to design drive-trains for alternative fuel vehicles.
     And speaking of future cars, Bob and Barbara, who both drive Priuses, hope to swap one of them for the upcoming all-electric Nissan Leaf by the end of this year.

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BARBARA WITH POWER TOOLS = Barbara works with a saber saw during a woodshop class she took with Bob at a local adult school. They've turned out projects ranging from cutting boards to a "potty palace" for kitties Sunny and Gracie. Bob and Barbara plan to rejoin the class when it resumes in September. A new bed for David is a likely next project.

HAPPINESS ON A QUEENSLAND VERANDAH = Amanda took this shot during an enjoyable lunch at the beautiful and remote Silky Oaks Lodge, in Mossman, Queensland .
Views of a June Visit Down Under

Bridget and Henry enjoying their week's holiday in Port Douglas, Queensland.

Barbara and Bob spent the first two weeks of June in Australia -- visiting Port Douglas in Queensland and Sydney. Plus, of course, spending lots of time with Amanda, Ian, Bridget, who is 11, and Henry, who has since turned three.
Our Australian family met us in Queensland and as you will see from the 200+ photos this link takes you to, Port Douglas in June has much to recommend it. From the Great Barrier Reef, well out to sea, and inland to the Mossman Gorge, Next