Anzac Weekend Camping

 Ok so this past weekend was ANZAC weekend which is to commemorate the soldiers who served not only from Australia but also from New Zealand so both my Aussie and Kiwi friends celebrated. The kids at school did a great job in their remembrance ceremony and I was really lucky to get to see the whole thing. Anyway, on Sunday the 25th of April some friends and I went camping at Litchfield National Park and let me tell you it was beautiful. If any of you are planning on visiting I would def take you there because it is a great place to go swimming and its so remote and gives you the true feeling of the Australian bushland.  I enjoyed seeing the beauty of the new country I live in and I enjoyed watching the extreme stupidity that some of the Australians had that were there. Actually I probably would have jumped off the falls on the left had it not been for the fact that I am not currently a holder of health insurance. The camping trip was definitely memorable in many ways but it was a great time to bond with friends.  

The falls were really really strong due to the fact that it is the end of the wet season (Darwin only has two seasons because it is the tropics, the wet and the dry) so some of the places were still closed actually because the water has not receded in all places yet. I have heard that if I go back at the end of the dry season I will see something very different from what I saw this past weekend.  Anyway, hope you enjoy the new pictures from yet another adventure. More to come!

Wow I am a huge slacker

I am so sorry to those of you who are patiently awaiting a new blog. Apparently I am a huge slacker when things get really busy. Those of you who are my good friends need to give me friendly reminders about updating it more frequently. ie Amy, Trisha, Erin. I know you will keep me up on this. What happened well was..........life. Things have gotten busy but a good busy. I am working at one of the Middle Schools full time as their secretary and they just extended my contract for another 10 weeks! Yay! considering I love the job and it is a great place to work. The people are tons of fun to work with. Also the week before Easter I went to the Territory Wildlife Park near Litchfield Park and saw lots and lots of fun and not so fun animals. I got to pet my first kangaroo which was on my list of things to do before I die! I had a great time with some people at my church so enjoy those pictures. For Easter one of my friends went to Melbourne, Victoria for work and invited myself and one of our other friends to go with him to see the city. We had such a great time! There are tons of trams that can take you all over the city and even though my friend Dale and I got kicked off of one they were still incredibly helpful and fun. We went up in the SkyDeck that over looked all of Melbourne and even though my friend Max is very afraid of heights he was a champ and went up with us anyway with only a moderate amount of coaxing. On Easter Sunday Dale and I attended Planetshakers Church in Melbourne and it was amazing. The worship service was incredible and worshiping with that many believers made me think about singing with angels. All praising one maker. Very inspiring. Some of the other things that we did in Melbourne were going to the Melbourne Museum, seeing "How to tame your Dragon" on the IMAX, going to lots of different shops and boutiques, finding gluten-free food for Dale, having an Easter egg hunt on Sunday morning oh and the Melbourne Comedy Festival was on so we hit up a couple of shows and they were excellent! We went to a late night Improv show and that was by far my favorite. We also went ice skating even though it is not really a novelty to me Dale was very excited and it was 80's flashback night so at least the music was good. :) Ok I'll just add pictures and if they need explanation I will comment after that