Back to New Zealand!!!

A free trip home, kindly supplied by the NZ courts. Over $2000 for only 3 minutes on the stand testifing. Yeah for me!!! Nic picked me up from the airport and as best friends do, we went shopping. Hit the Mount mall in great fashion. It was so good to see her again. Then,a real girls day, we went to the movie and as usual, laughed, sang and cried thru the whole movie. It was great. But all good things must end, so she headed off to milk the cows. I hadnt slept so i ran a bath(spa bath)and soaked away in that for an hour, put the electric blanket on and crashed out for about 3 hours. Tina, Mike and Sam came for a visit just after i woke, they look great. Sam is such a great kid. Then 2 hours late Max and Tracey turned up, so we jumped in the car and headed out for tea. Caught up with them for about 4 hours, had a ball. Then once again i crashed out. Oh to sleep in a bed, the best invention ever. I had the court case in the morning and then...the best thing happen, you can hear it coming down the road. Yep around the corner came collette's and mine purple convertible vw. Its fantastic, it was the first time i had seen it. So we jumped in, ready to cruise and like the van in oz, the bloody thing didnt start. SHIT! so we headed to a cafe had a drink, by then it had cooled down and we started home in it. We must have been the coolest chicks on the road that day(well we thought we were). I spent 2 days at Collettes, awesome. The girls had a calf,lamb and chicken day at school, so i went and watched that. Tanya got 2 2nd places and Sarah got a ribbon for participation. They had lambs again this year. Mum arrived on Thursday, so of course i made her jump in the vw and once again we hit the road. She likes it but i think was glad to get out of it. ha ha ha. Collette arrived home from work so we all went out for lunch, it was great. Cade works in Rotorua now and he stopped for 10 mins for a catch as well. Laurie couldnt make it, has to rest with the baby and all, only 4 weeks to go. So mum and I headed back to Morrinsville. Mum and Dad look great, they're going to the gym and you can tell. We went for tea at the RSA that night and i saw some friends of the family again. The next day we hit the golf course, I had been waiting for this for a long while. I had the worst game of golf i have ever played, i was very pissed off. Even mum beat me! And dad, well he totally kicked my arse. So we are not talking about that anymore. ha ha ha. Come home and drowned my sorrows with a beer. Dad and I got the shot glasses out i bought for him from Venice and we had a shot of Tequlia. The neighbours came over, and family friends and next thing ya know we were having a session. I woke up the next day not in very good shape. And found out that Dad and I had drunk the whole bottle of Tequlia. So recovery had to start, it was not good. All the neighbours once again came over for tea and we had a big barbie. Ken and Susan called in, they had aunty Leith with them. And Ken was on his new bike, a Sukuki 650 Savage. Made me want to have a ride. I got to see alot of people that i havent seen for a while, it was a good night. Collette and Sarah came over thru the day so i said my farewells to them, Sarah just cuddled me so much. The next day i was off to Auckland, Ramon picked me up. I havent seen him for years, it was so good to catch up. We met up with Blair, only to find out that Ellen and Adam, Sam and Donna, And Kim and Darryll were coming as well. It was fantastic to see them all. Thats the cousins for ya, always full of surprises. Now im off back to Alice. Back to Mike and our little van, cant wait.

Bad Karma in Alice!!!

I have now come to the thinking that i am just not suppose to be in Alice. We have been here now for approx 4 weeks and the Karma is not good for me.
1. We arrived here and decided to visit Ayers Rock, got 100km into our trip and the van broke down, just wouldnt start, got it going and got a flat tyre on the way home.
2. Started work at Alice Springs Resort and found it is the first job i have ever hated in my life. So ended up handing in my notice.
3. Got a job at Sporties,yeah, and find that i now work for an Italian family, and it feels like i am in a Saprano scene. The whole family is involved. Scary, but good at the same time. They are great people. But we all know what happens when you try and get out, ha ha ha.
4. Bought myself a second hand bike for $60 and end up spending $100 on it, to fix it enough to be comfortable to ride.
5. Got my second hand bike stolen
6. Had to buy a new bike, $100
7. Got hit by a car on my new bike
8. Got attacked by birds on my way to gym
9. Got attacked by birds on my way home from gym

So as you can see, karma just has not been on my side in Alice. Fingers crossed it gets better. IT CANT GET WORSE, thats for sure

Things about Alice!

It's HOT, DAMN HOT. Just about every day here in Alice Springs is around 37-39 degrees. And believe it or not, you do get use to it. For example we had a couple of nights where it cooled down considerably. And when i got out of bed it was around 20 degrees. I found myself putting on trousers and a sweat shirt. Go figure that one out. And because of the heat you find yourself only eating 2 meals a day not 3. And the water taps here are on the opposite sides to what they are in New Zealand. I keep going to get a glass of cold water and get hot instead. They are back the front. For a small city(town) there is a lot of crime. I found this out when i went to get my bike after work and the chain had been cut and my bike was no where to be seen. Benn(my boss) says that this is about the 8th or 9th bike to be stolen from this area, it happens all the time. Bumma for me. I find the Aboridginal communittee to be very different to what i thought they would be like. I dont think they are a proud people like our moari. They dont seem to work and they spend most days sitting in the dry Todd River or under a tree passing the day away and quite a few walk thru the mall asking people for money all day. They are very unclean and from what i can gather there is alot of voilence in their communities. I can not say i have found them friendly at all. But i am told that the Abo's that live in their own communities and not in the cities are alot more friendly and welcoming. I hope someday to meet some of these people. Alice is truely to me the oasis in the desert and the frontier of the outback. But i am very much looking forward to seeing some rivers with water in them again and the sea. Roll on life.

Alice Springs Resort, Good-bye!

Well after working for 2 weeks at the Resort, i was still unhappy. So I handed my notice in and went out the next day to look for a job. There are so many positions available here in Alice so it only took me 1 day to find another job. Waitressing again, but this time in a cafe/bar down in the Todd Mall. It's a place called Sporties. And compared to Alice Springs Resort it is very relaxed, causal and alot busier. I am enjoying it a lot more. Still i am hanging out till the time when we leave Alice. On the road travelling again and not working. I am working with some very nice people, Jane and Ben run the place. And most of the workers are travellers like me. The pay is also alot better than the Resort and my hours are better too. So life is good.