This evening, I finally got to visit the 2nd Menai Guides, who sent me the koala Nutsy back in July. As many of you already know, I toured Nutsy around for the rest of the summer, taking photos of her adventures at every opportunity. So today I finally returned her home to her unit!I shared the journal that I'd written to document Nutsy's adventures, including her trip through Algonquin Park, her day at Canada's Wonderland, her tours through Toronto and Ottawa and Upper Canada Village. I also took Woolsey crests, maple sugar candy, and Canada stickers to share. These are the same girls I went canoeing with on the weekend so they'd already met me, and we'd had some chance to ask and answer questions about each others' countries.
Not surprisingly, I talked way longer than I'd originally planned, so we only had time to play one game at the end of the evening. I taught them how to play the Invisible Obstacle Course, a long-time favourite of mine. The Guiders gave me some crests from their unit to add to my own swap bag.
This is one of the reasons I love Guiding. Here I am, about as far away from my home that I can get on this planet, and yet all I need to do is tap into the local Guiding community to find other women and girls who share in this great sisterhood. I am looking forward to meeting more Australian Girl Guides as I travel throughout the country!
