Hey everyone hope you're having fun without us year nines and if you want to know how we are going I guess I should tell you.
We are up to day 12 in our long tour and it has been a jammed packed few days. Since the last blog from Wilcannia we have had quite a bit of fun. After leaving Wilcannia we drove around 150km to White Cliffs where we met 2 legends Bill and Jock. Bill showed us around the first steam solar powered small town (a.k.a White Cliffs) before taking us to a dugout owned by a funny fella Jock. Even though he lived on his own he was abnormally happy. After seeing around his dugout/home, Bill took us up to the couple of mines he owned a few km away. Following that he took us back to town and told us a story about his hat and a goanna taking a chunk while he was checking his air compressor. Just before leaving White Cliffs we filled our water bottles with pure rain water and went to a milk bar where I spent my last 10 bucks :(. Around 70km out from White Cliffs our bus started to play up forcing us to stop and figure out what was wrong with holding us up for about 3-4 hours. We got moving again around 10:30pm which made us late getting into Mutawintji around 12:00 or so. After going straight to bed that night we all got moving the next day around 10:30am the next morning since we all just didn't want to do anything (and it was a rest day so what do you expect :P) . We got a tour from a funny young man Tony that day as well but just before getting it we went for a jog (most walked) to what we thought to be a spectacular gorge but what turned out to be a green gorge filled with dead animals. On the tour Tony showed us around the old sacred aboriginal sites around Mutawintji. We had a rather early night that night we were all quite dead still, and knowing we had to be up early the next morning. We all woke up and got moving pretty much straight away after skidz decided to wake us up. We hurried the pack up which turned out to be probably the best pack up yet. We hit the road fair early and we were all thinking we were going to have a sick day. Not even half an hour down the road and Rees using his pro as bus skills decided to get us bogged. After about 20minutes of trying to get the bus out and about 20 minutes of burning up the back wheels we got it out and were back on the open desert road. We stopped in broken hill where nearly everyone stopped and bought quite a few things and befriended the bus diver. We then stopped for coffee at a road house and again at Wentworth. We reached swan hill bout 6:50pm which was good because we got to meet all the cornerstone chaps. We then just chilled for the rest of the day. Anyway that's enough from me can't believe its only 3 days till we go home :( . good bye all!!!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
schultink's perspective...
Long tour so far has been an awesome experience. We love how it’s so laid back and how our choices are accepted. The coolest parts have been…
• going to the op shop
• hiking through the desert
• swimming in the Murray
• the warm weather
• going to Silverton
• going to church
• playing in the Broken Hill parks
• Bus trips!
• chilling out
• going to the pool
• mucking around
• quiet times
• The barbecue with a couple from church.
We would all love to say hi to our families because they rock! We have also just loved being in nature because God rocks and his creation does too.
Year 9 long tour has brought us together as a group and has shown us different sides of people which we haven’t seen before.
We, the year 9 class thank Kylie and Mr. Rees for putting together this camp so that we could have experiences that some might not have had the chance to do.
Our community has been bonded together even stronger then ever, with people talking over things and having D&M’s (deep and meaningfuls)
Today (Thursday 5th) we were about to leave for Wilcannia from Broken Hill and Kylie was talking on the phone. All of a sudden, she pointed to the front right tyre. “We’ve got a flat!” So we spent the rest of the arvo playing soccer and playing in the park and talking about our day. We discovered that the spare was flat as well, with a decent puncture. We had a barbecue dinner at 8:15pm, and ended up in this house which belongs to Cornerstone, for the night. (A guy named Mark, from Cornerstone, who took us on desert camp, took us here in his 12 seater mini bus.) We’re gonna go to Wilcannia tomorrow. It’s 11:20pm
Goodbye, Goodnight and lots of happy faces from everyone.
Ps. Kylie absolutely hates the word moist. Never say it to her or you might get us in trouble and we’d have to redo yr9. (Hey, that could be fun!!)
• going to the op shop
• hiking through the desert
• swimming in the Murray
• the warm weather
• going to Silverton
• going to church
• playing in the Broken Hill parks
• Bus trips!
• chilling out
• going to the pool
• mucking around
• quiet times
• The barbecue with a couple from church.
We would all love to say hi to our families because they rock! We have also just loved being in nature because God rocks and his creation does too.
Year 9 long tour has brought us together as a group and has shown us different sides of people which we haven’t seen before.
We, the year 9 class thank Kylie and Mr. Rees for putting together this camp so that we could have experiences that some might not have had the chance to do.
Our community has been bonded together even stronger then ever, with people talking over things and having D&M’s (deep and meaningfuls)
Today (Thursday 5th) we were about to leave for Wilcannia from Broken Hill and Kylie was talking on the phone. All of a sudden, she pointed to the front right tyre. “We’ve got a flat!” So we spent the rest of the arvo playing soccer and playing in the park and talking about our day. We discovered that the spare was flat as well, with a decent puncture. We had a barbecue dinner at 8:15pm, and ended up in this house which belongs to Cornerstone, for the night. (A guy named Mark, from Cornerstone, who took us on desert camp, took us here in his 12 seater mini bus.) We’re gonna go to Wilcannia tomorrow. It’s 11:20pm
Goodbye, Goodnight and lots of happy faces from everyone.
Ps. Kylie absolutely hates the word moist. Never say it to her or you might get us in trouble and we’d have to redo yr9. (Hey, that could be fun!!)
Lendo’s bog blog entry 00000000000000000000000000000000000000001
Greetings from outer state, this is your brosef speaking, had a bit of time on my hands at 1:00 am so thought I should dedicate my incredible typing capabilities to you lot. Despite the fact that we have received an annoying flat (on ze bus), we have not yet made it to Wilcannia. But it just so happens that this dude has come along and given us somewhere to migrate to. Anyways short letter isn’t really a good letter, but hey its 1 am and I bet that you’re not totally awake either (except you James, GO TO BED!!!!). Having an exceptional time and can’t wait to get to de really exciting bits!
Lendo, extendo, pretendo, amendo, face
Lendo, extendo, pretendo, amendo, face
wisdom from the plum
Hey friends and folkylords!
We the year 9 autumn Cohort are loving and embracing changes and the situations (flat tyre). So the journey so far has been really swell. We have all bonded so well over the start of the camp. It is now night on day 6. A highlight from this has been Lipton ice tea (or mainly an obsession for some), without the tea, the life and duration of this camp may or may not be of existence. Also another highlight has been that everyone enjoys having so much fun!! Kylie and Rees amazingly are still alive (they are on the roids).
The laughs and jokes are very fun but the quiet times spent alone were where the group has really developed strength and renewing for God. These quiet times consisted of waking up and reading a chapter in Mark after this we would answer questions about the topic and through this it helped us draw close. Another reason why this has been so effective is that we realise that we are alone in the bush and away from distractions (other than the sleepy people)
Hey to all the folks and families back home we hope that you are enjoying yourself as much as we are. We encourage you to pray for us and for the safety of the group and the vehicles we travel in.
We are soon to depart to our new destination, Wilcannia. We plan to serve the community at the aboriginal drop in center and befriend the community. We’re all really stoked and can’t wait to hit the road.
As the night grows long the mind wanders, sleep is sounding boring - might hit some more ice tea (….crave…..) and dream about what foolish adventures lie ahead, poor Skidz and Rees. So goodnight fellow parentals and to all a good night.
Plumnugget
We the year 9 autumn Cohort are loving and embracing changes and the situations (flat tyre). So the journey so far has been really swell. We have all bonded so well over the start of the camp. It is now night on day 6. A highlight from this has been Lipton ice tea (or mainly an obsession for some), without the tea, the life and duration of this camp may or may not be of existence. Also another highlight has been that everyone enjoys having so much fun!! Kylie and Rees amazingly are still alive (they are on the roids).
The laughs and jokes are very fun but the quiet times spent alone were where the group has really developed strength and renewing for God. These quiet times consisted of waking up and reading a chapter in Mark after this we would answer questions about the topic and through this it helped us draw close. Another reason why this has been so effective is that we realise that we are alone in the bush and away from distractions (other than the sleepy people)
Hey to all the folks and families back home we hope that you are enjoying yourself as much as we are. We encourage you to pray for us and for the safety of the group and the vehicles we travel in.
We are soon to depart to our new destination, Wilcannia. We plan to serve the community at the aboriginal drop in center and befriend the community. We’re all really stoked and can’t wait to hit the road.
As the night grows long the mind wanders, sleep is sounding boring - might hit some more ice tea (….crave…..) and dream about what foolish adventures lie ahead, poor Skidz and Rees. So goodnight fellow parentals and to all a good night.
Plumnugget
Monday, November 2, 2009
g'day from broken hill
hey, we're in broken hill - heading out to silverton now. we had pretty warm weather at menindee lakes, but the cool change has come through and the jeans have been cracked out... we're off to desert camp this afternoon... some of the troops will post some comments this arvo...
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