The Weeks that Were...and the Weeks that Will Be

Well my fellow Australians, I thought, being another lazy Saturday morning of having husband at work and me....shopping with no money....I thought I would fill you in on the weeks that have been, and the weeks that will follow, as I can feel a change in the wind, the tides are about to turn, and we are about to turn a corner (quite literally).

Straight off the point though, I may not get another opportunity, (although knowing me I probably will) to wish you all out there, ether friends who are reading this blog, a very, Merry Christmas! I hope it is not too much of a stress, and your times is well spent and you remain safe on the roads! One good thing about Katherine Christmas is that people dissappear once school ends, so there is completely no shopping stress.

So to it - the weeks that were.

We have met some terrific people at Katherine Baptist Church who have welcomed us with open arms, and allowed us to get to know them during our time in Katherine. We have had some terrific social time with RAAF families, the pastor and his wife and some of the true Katherine locals who have given us tales of the Katherine '98 floods, and life in general. We have had a tour of the Tindal RAAF base, saw some jets, been told about local fishing spots and generally been wonderfully welcomed by the people of Katherine Baptist, which has been a real blessing.

Our work has been really rewarding in Katherine. Last night, we had two Christmas parties to go to - one for Caleb's work and one for mine! Both were terrifically fun. We have both learned a lot at our workplaces in Katherine, Crowhurst Engineering and Roper Gulf Shire Council about Katherine, communities and the Northern Territory. In case you are interested, here is a link to the Roper Gulf website. It has been a terrific place to work and get to know people and communities.
However, despite our warm welcome in Katherine, we are both pretty keen to stretch the rubber on the tyres once again (although, not stretch them much, as we desperately need new ones, and a busted tyre is not something you want in the middle of no-where down the Stuart) so we have decided to take off around Christmas time. So this weekend and next weekend will be devoted to readying the car and the van for the big drop south. The Stuart is the road for us, with the goal of a Summer section of our holiday in South Australia and south-western Western Australia. Our aim is Exmouth (Ningaloo Reef) by February, and to find work in the south-western corner by late Feb in time for university to start. That's right, as if the stress of constantly being on the road wasn't enough, I am enrolling in my final year of study as well.

So forgive me if the posts begin to dwindle, but at least you won't be berated with benine chit-chat and ramblings about the weather. In the weeks to come will be a Merry Christmas...and a Happy New Adventure!