Some desert time

In preparation for our trip to the pound, Jeff bought 2 kangaroo tails.  These sit in the fridge section in the supermarket!!!
Before you can eat kangaroo (Marlu) tail you have to singe it in the fire.  As you can see by the photo, Jeff is scraping off the singed bit and taking the fur with it.  This process took about 20 minutes with Andrea his 'coach' sitting to his right.
After the kangaroo tails are de-furred they are wrapped in foil and put in a hole.  The tails are covered in hot coals and left for about an hour to cook.  In the old days the locals didn't use foil.....

Cutting up the tail into 20 cm pieces to share around our very large group.  No....I didn't taste it, much to everyone's pleading.  Contrary to popular opinion vegetarians don't eat kangaroo tails!!!.

While the kangaroo tails were being cooked, Magda made the damper.  She enlisted my help to make some of them as well as cut them ready for butter and honey......so yummy!
Me at work on the damper.

Some of my gorgeous kids






Early in the term the children went to the Art Centre to paint.  The artists assisted the children with ideas for their paintings.  This was a lovely display of their artwork.
On the last day of term we present the things we have learnt this term in our Culture classes.  This term it was Strong Healthy Bodies.  Each child presented something different.
End of the term jobs were to clean the room and the chairs.  The kids had lots of fun with this and did not mind being squirted!

Another trip out to the pound to the lookout for some damper and tea.  Next to the lookout is a cave called Nuns Cave.
This cave was used by the nuns in the days of the mission.  It was a very cool place to pray on those HOT HOT wet season days.  We now access it with a ladder.
Such a blue sky!  I am standing on top of Nuns cave.
This is the entrance that the Nuns would have used.  There is still an alter in the back of the cave that the locals add to.


The children love to light fires and the 'Big kids" like to perform in front of them.!!!
A lovely view of the pound with some little fires lit by Antonio, one of my students.
Not to disappoint, here is this weeks sunset, complete with the crescent moon.






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