Dashing Through The Bush in a Rusty Holden Ute

Hey Blog Fans,

So Christmas time is upon us yet Again. We're sat in the lounge of Regans Ridge Farm, Back home. Does feel very strange though, no other people here, just us.

We left Exmouth on thursday mid morning and started the long 1200km drive here, man was that a long day. We got to Carnarvon where I forgot what it was like to be dry. We stopped at the shops and as I got back into the car my left thong entered a realm of intense water related vacuum and it started to float away. Luckily, we weren't there a few hours later when things started going underwater. The whole town is currently flooded badly.

The Band & Choir On Stage

So we had the carols in the park a few weeks back. Weeks of voice training and learning of songs, heaps of hard work put into productions scripts and countless hours spent worrying over small details, lead to  a seemingly seamless night. I think the night is indebted to a few people.
Holly and I were part of the choir on stage and Holly was the old lady opposite our good friend Wayne in a production called 'A Special Visit'. It was a great night, very festive and great to be with such beautiful people.

We tried to pack in as much to our last few days in Exmouth as possible, we took Sam on a snorkelling trip down to Oyster Stacks where we saw two Reef Sharks and heaps of interesting things including a turtle. We then headed up to Lakeside which wasn't as fruitful. I also did a fishing trip to Ned's Camp where Sam, Myself and our friend Louis dove and fished among the Bombies. I was keeping the small fish away from the other guys' hooks while they caught the biggies.

We also had a thanksgiving/leaving party meal at the Mercers. We were there with The Mercers and the Blennys and had a real American thanksgiving meal. We had sweet potato with marshmallow on top, amazing mashed potato, stuffing and a huuge turkey, among many other things.

David Being Baptized By Josh & Wayne

On the 12th of December we went down to the beach with our church family and David got baptized in the sea, we shared the morning with everybody and we all swam in the unnervingly warm ocean for hours.

We arrived at the farm at around midnight on Thursday and went straight to bed. We woke the next morning and saw Darryl which was really great, we ate that night at Darryl and Donna's house and were surprised to see our good friends Len & Judy who they'd invited over. It was a great night, we also got to spend some time with their new dog. a Japanese Spitz called Poh. Last night we went to Moora to see the Vanzetti clan to celebrate Donna's Dad's 70th, they didn't know we were coming. It was great to see all the family again, it was a fun night. We drove back this afternoon and have spent most of it on the couch, a well deserved break.

We don't have much planned for the next few days, we'll do some bottling of oil and spend some quality time with Darryl and Donna before we all head down to Margaret River for Chrissie. Good times guys, our last few weeks of our Australia adventure are being spent wisely.

Thanks for reading,

David & Holly