16 Dec 2009 - Cyclone Laurence Category 5, 925 hPa, gusts at 285km/hr at Kuri Bay, 200 miles north of us at Cygnet Bay, so time to batten down the hatches, sing "Six White Boomers" whilst waiting, check on Max and evacuation convoy out of CB to Broome town to wait........ at the Roey of course......... and wait.....and wait.


























































12 December 2009 - One Arm Point School - these are the boys who made posters about their country and what issues are important to them and their Bardi-Jawi culture.........They will be taking these posters to Broome to the main shopping centre "The Boulevarde" for display early next year..................very creative stuff and very interesting to see what concerns them.......Boat People, Culture Dissappearing, No Gas, Bushfires, and No Mining........
































2nd December 2009. CB & One Arm Point School. I saw myself on tele this month, on SBS in a show called "The Circuit 2", with Aaron Pedler and a few other superstars with me .... he he ....... December I also found myself doing volunteer work at the One Arm Point Remote Community School.............and this has to be one of the most wonderful, life changing, and very very special experiences I have ever had, the children were just fabulous ............. I learned and felt and saw so much, but, thank you, it was one of the very best things I have ever done in my life......



In the classroom, and you can see the lady cross-legged on the floor, she is the Elder whose job is to help the indigenous children and to make sure all traditions are upheld in the classroom.
There are quite a lot of Elders working in the school doing that, it is really fabulous to watch the traditional ways of these Bardi-Jawi people being re-introduced into their every day life and to ensure the longevity of such laws and ways.

















































10 Dec 2009 - James & Sarah's engagement party at their beautiful house......there was: Penny, Bruce & Alison, Alan, us, Duncan, Anna & Travis, Noel and the two boys, Dean & Shae......