The Holidays Begin

After 2 weeks with Nick in the classroom, the holidays finally approached. We travelled to Kununurra to pick up Lucas, camped out under the stars and saw a few places on the way...

Above is Nick at Dead Horse Springs on the way to Lake Argyle.

After picking up Lucas from the Airport, off to El Questro... We popped two tyres on the way in... what an expensive start to our adventure! We camped first night in the campground with what seemed like 30,000 other tourists, the next night we got a private campsite... Amazing! There we were on the banks of the Pentecost River, with no one in sight or hearing distance! It was awsome, we 4WDrove out there and threw out or swaggs around the campfire at night. After borrowing local swaggs I finally invested in my own... I love it! Nothing like a night out under the stars in a swagg.

After a little confusion with getting Nick to the Airport, he left and Lucas and I headed down here to Warmun. A death in the community the other night, means that the camping I had planned with the locals may not happen, but, we will head out to the Bungle Bungles among other things.

Today we went out to Winnipa Springs a local spot, no tourists, no one... Beautiful. The drive out was a bit of fun... It is great having Lucas here!

Nick's Visit

My cousin Nick joined me up here for two and a bit weeks... He was at the school at a busy time and got to see a few things... Puppet show, sporting clinics, footy training, a visit to Argle Diamond Mine, dance class, cooking, go-karts AND a bush trip with the locals.

I had a maths inservice in Halls Creek and left Nick in the capable hands of Narragu (Leanne Mosquito, my friend and now Teaching Assistant) she and her brother took Nick out hunting. Well did I have a bone to pick with Narragu! They caught a 2.5M croc, a kangaroo, 2 bush turkeys, and goanna... All this while I was stuck in a Maths meeting!! I was jealous to say the least, Nick got to eat goanna too!! I can just picture them in the back of the troopy with their catch stacked high!!

Below is a picture of Nick on our way out to Winipa Springs a local swimming (boggi) spot.

Cricket Carnival

June came and went so fast! One event that was good for moral, was the trip to Kununurra for the cricket carnival withe John Rocca's 6/7 class. I was the female rep, I 'coached' the year 6's and John the year 7's and we took first and second for the carnival. I didn't mind being runner up to the other Warmun team...