Off to the Island

Yep... we are off to Pickertaramoor this afternoon. We have had a great time here in Darwin and have gotten a lot done in preparation for our time here in Australia. We now have NT, Australia drivers licenses, bank accounts, health insurance, etc...
We again went out to Woolaning yesterday for some training. The training was excellent and has given us a lot of good information concerning our work with the Tiwi Aboriginal youth. After the training we spent time with the staff there on campus. They filled us with a lot of good information that will be helpful. We also spent time with some Aboriginal youth while there. We went swimming in their favorite swimming hole. The swimming hole is a series of heavily flowing small waterfalls with very deep holes to swim in. What fun! The water was in the 80's f surrounded by beautiful tropical forests. The kids were delightful to be around and enjoyed rocking-out to music full blast in the van as we drove out. Their home had a family atmosphere. 11 students were in the house and seemed to enjoy the comforts of home. After school some were on the computers, others watched TV or played video games while others played ping-pong. Over all of this the stereo was cranked up full blast repeating an old song by CCR "Who Will Stop The rain". I guess that is an appropriate song being it is near the end of the heaviest monsoon season the area has seen in a long time!! One of the highlights of the evening was a couple of younger teacher aid staff caught a baby Crocodile and were excited to show us. The little croc was not thrilled about the ordeal and was looking for opportunity to have a good bite at someones finger! It was about a foot long.
It was dark by the time we began our 2 hour trek home. As we left the campus there were several white cockatoo still stirring before settling on a branch for the evening. The road home was dark with an occasional Kangaroo hopping across the road. The roads are very dangerous at night.
Will be in touch again as soon as possible.