Home Sweet Home

Its Saturday night, and we are safely home.

And its good to be home, as I sit here and start to think about our journey over the last 2 months, I realise we live a very privileged life, in a very beautiful part of Australia, we are very very lucky.

However the blog doesn't stop yet, we still have photos and video to upload that we couldn't get to work while on the island, so over the next couple of weeks we will make them available.

As well, it will take some time for all of us to come to terms with what we have experienced, as we feel able we will share with you how we feel about the last 7 weeks.

Thanks for following us over the last couple of months, hopefully some of the wonderful things we experienced will have rubbed off on some of you.

All I can say at the moment, is, if you ever have the opportunity to visit Christmas Island, seize it with both hands, as this is a very special part of Australia.

Dave...

Almost home

Arrived in Melbourne on Prue Blue without any issues.

Caught the Gull bus.

Now we just need Recover from the reverse culture shock.

(Just a few small things like traffic lights, 3G internet and shops that have food in them.)

- Posted from my iPhone

Location:Western Ring Rd,Keilor East,Australia

Leaving Perth on a Jetplane

Got on the plane in Perth and it's the plane that brought us back from Christmas Island yesterday.

We only realised due to it's name,

Prue Blue.

- Posted from my iPhone

Location:Adelaide St,South Guildford,Australia

Just made it to Perth

We had five great last days this week, sun shining, just beautiful.

Then today the weather changed, the rain started and the visibility dropped and kept dropping.

As the plane landed a huge downfall started and the plane arrived in a spectacular fashion down the runway.

Then visibility dropped to almost nothing but we didn't care because we knew we we leaving.

We had a quiet flight and arrived safely in Perth.

Friday back to Tulla and then finally home.

- Posted from my iPhone

Location:Horrie Miller Dr,Perth Airport,Australia

Farewell Christmas Island

Well the time comes in every journey, when the urge to return home reaches its peak, and so has occurred with us.
This is the last entry from the island.

The island has been a blast, we have done things we couldn't have believed we would do before we came.

• The kids swimming 200 meters off shore is still something I can't believe occurred.
• Going into Caves, in the middle of nowhere and finding an electrical  switchboard is another

We have seen some of the most amazing wildlife on the planet, they call this the Indian Ocean Galapagos, and it is true, there are things here you will never see anywhere else in the world.

• The golden bosum, really is golden
• The Robber crabs are just so blue you can't believe it
• The Red crabs are like ants, you can hardly turn around with out stepping on one.

The Island itself is beautiful, and dangerous, on one hand showing off its amazing sights and experiences, and in the other taking away lives on its razor cliffs.

• The view from the golf course lookout was amazing
• The fallout from SEIV221 will be long lasting.

The locals where amazing, friendly, and accepting, I wont mention names, but they where all just great, often going out of there way to include us in local activities, thanks guys for all you generosity.

As a family we have all grown (some taller) as we experienced the island and its sights.

So goodbye Christmas Island, we are leaving on a jet plane, don't know when we will be back again.......

Australia Day on Christmas Island

Australia Day on Christmas island was very special, the Island Council put on a barbecue breakfast at the cove.
I think the entire island community turned up with their kids, so people where eating breakfast kids where jumping off the pier and swimming in the surf of the beach.

It was a picture perfect day (and I forgot to take photos)

Breakfast consisted of sausages, bacon, eggs and onion on bread, followed up with the Australian staple, lamingtons.

It was great to see all the various island communities getting together to celibate in such a positive way.

Chrismas Island Cinema, take two

On Saturday, due to a failure of the lamp to light (I talked to one of the guys at tea last night and he told me they charge a capacitor for 30 minutes before the show starts, and then use that charge to ignite the lamp) the movie was canceled. We had just sat down to watch it, and we had to come home.

So we went to reshowing, this time , it was re-shown a day earlier on Tuesday, normally its on Wednesday, but this week, Wednesday will be Australia day.

So Nathan, Zach and myself trooped up to the open air cinema, this time with wet weather gear, pillows, and jumpers.

We didn't need any of those things, it was a perfect night under the stars watching a reasonably good movie (The Town). Of course every-time a car drove by its lights interfered with what was showing on the screen, but the sound was good, the screen was ok (The joins in the plywood, did interfere in some scenes), and the crowd was fantastic, that is until the people behind us (and you know who you are) accidentally dropped once of their scotch a colas on the floor with a loud crash, as the glass broke !

Christmas Island Cinema, I give it Two Thumbs Up.