I've made it back to Tanunda and Friday nights are my night to cook... yep... it's a gong show :) Cooking for four people doesn't sound very hard but I'm still learning a few important tricks. Like that it's best not to cook something that you've never cooked before... or to think "That'll be lots of food!" Well last Fridays dinner tasted good but I'm working on keeping things warm. It's challenging but fun, which pretty much sums up things here in the Barossa Valley.

Below is a shot of one of the beaches in Adelaide that we went to which is about an hour and a half away. It's a pretty nice spot and it'd be good to head down there again to relax on the weekends.

On my way from Tasmania to the state of South Australia I had a day to look around Melbourne. A friend and I checked out a really cool art gallery and then looked around at the shops. The weather was awesome and it made me pretty excited for summer and to be heading out of Tasmania which is quite cool most of the time.




Melbourne was pretty bustling and it made me want to check out more of the big city life in Adelaide once I got up there. I think that I'm pretty fond of big cities and it makes me miss driving around Edmonton. It'd be great to be back in Edmonton for Christmas and I'm still working that one out. Well that's all from me, hope to hear from you soon. Dave.

From mid Sept. to mid Oct. I was back in Poatina and it was a busy month that started off with a ten day International Conference. One of the best parts was getting to see the guys from my course again and to hear a bit about what they've been up to. There was a lot of sitting and listening/daydreaming in the conference so I found that a bit difficult. Meals were a good time and one night when all of the Canadians were sitting together (10 of us in all!) we had fun singing "Alouette gentile Alouette..." and other french songs that we half remembered from elementary school. On the expo day we had booths set up telling others what was happening in our area and I roamed a bit between the South Australian and Canadian booths. The Canadians were making Smores in the microwave with real imported "No Name" marshmallows, and then we played a bit of street hockey to make it complete. This conference was good because it was a bit more relaxing than some of the youth conferences and other events throughout the year.

Above are some of the International workers from countries like Ghana, Nigeria, the U.K., Albania, Germany, Thesaloniki, and Canada.

Above is a photo of beautiful Tasmania in Spring.

After the conference we had two weeks of classes and had a bit more time to hang out with people before we headed back to our centres. During the month in Poatina I was pretty sure that I'd head back to Canada quite soon. As I prayed about it and looked at where I was at on my journey it became pretty obvious that now wasn't the right time. So my flight has been bumped back atleast until December and thankfully God has given me a lot of peace with that decision.

Oct 14, 2006 Hey guys, I'm still in Poatina at the moment but I thought I'd send a few photos that I just received from a friend. The photos are from our trip to Uluru which was quite a while ago now. It was an awesome yet extremely busy time so one of my favourite parts of the ten day bus trip was probably the mandatory half hour quiet time each morning. It was the craziest youth event I've ever been on, a crash course in youth work :)

Above - Waiting for the sunrise

Below - My small group

I'll send an update soon, hope you enjoy the pics.... Dave.