I want a baby Joey

A big update for you as we are not sure when we will get internet again.  I am sick again with a cold. 
It looks as though our time at the farm is coming to an end.  It feels like we have been here for years.  We are sad to leave the friendships we have made but eager to get on with the traveling and see what else Australia has to offer.

The weather is freezing.  We constantly feel cold.  It gets down to the minus' over night (-1, -2) and only gets to a high of 15.  You may think "awww poor babies" but remember that you have central heating and here they  do not.  You are cold to the bone and its rare that you find a place to warm up.  Luckily, we have been around the house all day today so we were able to keep a fire going in the house.  So this is our first warm night in a long time.  Usually we are curled up on the couch with a blanket.

Darryl and Donna raise baby joeys that have been left without a mom because a car has hit them.  It is joey season, so usually if you see a kangaroo on the side of the road, they probably had a baby joey in them.  Darryl and Donna have not had any babies while we have been here but have decided to start again. Today, we were dropping off mega bins at a massive market garden and there was a kangaroo on the side of the road.  Darryl pulled over and came back with a little baby joey, unfortuneately it was also hit in the accident.  I held it for the whole trip, the body was still warm so the accident was fresh.  I kept hoping that it would come back to life in my arms.  It was so cute and little.  It's legs twice as long as the rest of its body. 

I have had quite alot of teaching at Lancelin lately, I will miss that school.  The last day I taught at the school I had the opportunity to play footy (AFL) with the teachers in a teachers vs students game at lunch time.  What a good time.  I am really starting to like footy. 

David Finally started to do something constructive on the van other than walking around it sighing and leaning on strategic areas. Saying things like...we need to do that, I need this. So that's on its way and we also had some confirmation from Daryll that he will be helping us with it later in the week. Excellent news.

We spent the week end in Perth Staying at the Vanzetti sisters houses. We were looked after pampered and to an extent faught over as to who's house we were staying at. It was a great week end and we got some much needed supplies for the van. We drove back to the farm on Sunday night wrapped in Duvets and blankets as we don't have any Heating in the van.

Well there is our update for now.

Holly and David