Dear Pandas,

We made it Down Under (a.k.a. we’re in Australia)! I’m not sure how it got that nickname, but maybe because it’s so far south. But then again, Antarctica is even more Down Under. Completely on the underside, to be exact.

Australia seems to be a pretty dangerous land.  Most of the animals are poisonous and we’ve been told there is a hole in the ozone layer hovering directly above Australia! I hope more snakes, spiders and other critters don’t fall in!

Yeah, I don’t know what they meant by the hole either. I’ll be sure to watch my step, however.

Let’s stick close together, maybe even hold hands to make sure we don’t fall in anywhere.

But then wouldn’t we both fall in as opposed to just one of us falling in?

I guess you’re right.

Well, for now let’s buy sunscreen lotion. The sun can be pretty dangerous and we have to be careful that we don’t get sunburned!

Burn? On my beautiful fur? Wait…I think I itch already. Let’s go!

Yeah, yeah, we’re going! We’ll write back when we are properly sun-protected!

Be good Pandas,

Max and Ella