Christian Lende has landed a job as cook at a Quality Inn in Margaret River, West Australia, and plans to spend a year on the continent under a travel work visa program available to people under 30 years old. Mom Heather Lende said Christian recently was in Bali, surfing. Margaret River is a tourist hub in a wine-growing region about 170 miles south of Perth.
Haines artist Joe Parnellis touring visitor attractions in southern…