Catch Up

What to say...!!  A lot has happened since we have left the farm.  For the first few days of our holidays, Dylan and I travelled up North to a place called Alice Springs.  It was a 19 1/2 hr bus ride but that also includes the mandatory stops for the driver.  From there we did a tour to Uluru or Ayers Rock.  It was incredible.  For those of you who don't know, Ayers Rock it is basically a big rusty rock in the middle of a desert.  Well to us that is what it was, but to the Aboriginals it is a very sacred place.  We got to learn a fair bit about the culture and the people.  We were hesitant to go at first because we thought that we would be disappointed, but we chose a sunset tour so we watched the sun go down and the colors change drastically of this enormous rock.  

From there we headed to Cairns where we started our last vacation.  We had enjoyed it so much that we decided to come back here again.  Our accommodation is right on the Esplanade so we have access to many shops and the local swimming lagoon.  Our main focus was to relax so to be honest, we have not done much around here!  On Sunday we are heading to Sydney where we will spend the rest of our time.  We will be there for 7 days and then we will be on our way home!  

I am sorry that there are no pictures with this post, but McDonalds provides free internet so we have been using that and as you can imagine it is extremely slow and very busy so it would take a while to upload all of our pictures!!  

Time Flies

Well, it seems hard to believe but this week will be the last one here for us on the farm. On Sunday the 18, we will be heading into Adelaide for the last time! We are planning on doing three weeks of holidays and then heading home on November 7. We are definitely looking forward to seeing everybody again. It seems as though a lot has changed in the past seven months! We have had a good time here on the farm but it just isn't quite the same as in Canada. We have learnt so many things about the culture and the country since we have been here and are looking forward to sharing all of our experiences with everyone!

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!!  Down here in Australia, they don't actually have Thanksgiving so Dylan and I have had to celebrate this on our own!  Our meal wasn't quite as fancy as it would be if we were home considering that our meal consisted of a Big Mac and Chicken Mc Nuggets!  I am definitely holding out for that Turkey when we get home though!!  

New to Old

On September 18, Dylan and I got the afternoon off to head into Adelaide and welcome the new trainees.  They arrived in Australia on the 17th already so the jet lag was really starting to kick in!

There are about 14 of them so it is a bigger group than when we came.  This also meant that we got a new trainee for here on the farm.  We have had a good time getting to know them over the last few weeks.  On Wednesday nights the trainees usually get together for tea.  We have a ways to drive so they try to make it close enough for us to go as well but it doesn't always work out.  They seem to be a good group of people and I sincerely hope that they enjoy their time here in Australia.   

Full of Surprises!

This is what we did for Dylan's birthday.  As part of the surprise long weekend I had also made a reservation to go Skydiving.  Unfortunately the weather was terrible that day so we had to re-book for Monday.  It turned out to be a beaut of a day!  When we got to the Goolwa Airport, we were put through a brief training session, suited up, and boarded the plane!  It was such an amazing experience and we would recommend it to anyone!  Big thanks to Skydive Goolwa for taking us up and well..... down!!  

I have tried many times to get the video to upload but it will just not go.  So I have taken some pictures of the video!  I am sorry for the poor quality of the pictures but at least you can still share in our experience!  Just ask us when you see us next to watch the video's!