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Just some pictures of our wonderful sandboarding experiences on Tour!!

 

Two Swedish boy's on Tour

Sunday morning 8 o’clock in the headquarter office of Out the Back Australia. The two Swedish Backpackers enjoyed a big cooked breakfast with rissoles, eggs, mushrooms, tomatoes, bacon and toasted bread. After the finished their morning ritual (which took about an hour, we could never imagine that boys need that long in the bathroom). 

When they finally reached the car it was time to head to Rocky station. After an hour drive we arrived at Rocky where Chris and Mike Webster welcomed us on the entrance to the wallaby walk. Leading us through the Walk and telling us all interesting stories about their property and the attractions along the walk. The hollowed tree was one of them. Mike used to play there when he was a kid and amazingly the tree is still alive. Another attraction was an old wool washer. Niklas could not imagine how somebody can build something like that.

After we went back to the start of the walk, Mike showed us how to cross the 70m ling free-swinging footbridge with a motorbike. It was absolutely spectacular. When we crossed the bridge we were even more amazed how he can cross the bridge with his motorbike. Klas said he would never do something like that.

At their nice house we enjoyed a wonderful morning tea in the winter garden. Scones, cake, fruits, sandwiches, tea, coffee and everything else you could imagine. Talking about living on a property like that which can be flooded for 18 month so that you have to go a long way to get your groceries and gear over to your house which is build on the other side of the river, we enjoyed the time at Rocky.

Interested in the second part of the day??? Continue reading tomorrow!!

Sue's Christmas Dinner Part2

Today we are going to tell you about the second part of our fabulous dinner on Saturday the 26^thNovember.

After getting their aperitifs the ladies were in a really good mood and started unpacking their Christmas presents which was part of the decoration. Big bangs everywhere and laughter about the inside of the presents.

“Ho, Ho, ho”, you could hear then. A real Santa stepped in. Completely dressed up, in red and white, with a long, long beard. It was time for the seventeen ladies to get their Christmas presents. With a lot of laughter and some interesting face expressions they unpacked their presents. If they are going to use them that’s a question which we will never be able to answer. After this exciting visit from Santa the Starters were served.

Five tasty things on every plate. In the menu it was called “Glorious Five Canapés”. There was char grilled zucchini with cream cheese filling. A rice cup with a mango and prawn salsa filling, a herb cheese fritter with baby rocket, a Thai meatball with sweet chili sauce and at least chunky pesto bite.

Overwhelmed but happy with so many choices the real dinner started and it went silent for a few seconds when everybody tasted the first bit.

Main course and dessert interest you as well. No worries we are going to write about the last parts tomorrow!!

Viviane on Tour

Sooo this is our next report from our grandios Tour with Viviane.  When we came back from the magnificent kayaking trip we headed off to Rocky Station.  After about an hour drive we arrived at Rocky. During the drive we were entertained by Les Capewell the local drover and whip cracker of Cunnamulla.  He was talking about all the kind of different trees, grasses and animals we saw on our way.

At Rocky’s we went for the Wallaby walk which guides you along the river and let you have an amazing experience spotting Wallabies and kangaroos. Luckily we were able to spot several and one was really close and had a Joey in his pouch. It was a nice walk in the shade of the trees. Afterwards we went over the 70 m long free-swinging Indiana Jones styled footbridge. Les scared the death out of us when he started jumping on the bridge.

Safely we went back to the car and started to head for Charlotte Plains. Kangaroos and more kangaroos all kind of sizes and sorts passed our way and the sunset was absolutely amazing.

When we arrived at the hot artesian bores we were nearly starving thank goodness an amazing cheese platter saved our life’s. Enjoying cold drinks and nice crackers, olives and cheese we watched Viviane trying to crack the whip. She did a really great job and was very pleased with herself.

After a long drive back the evening ended with fish and salad as dinner in the restaurant of Out the Back Australia.

 

Sporty activities in the heat of Cunnamulla

Yesterday (Wednesday) has been a big day for the aerobic class which is normally hold by Maryanne who also runs the pool in town.

It was a big surprise when she told the woman who were waiting for the course to start that there would be no aerobics tonight. It was switched to yoga. Some of the woman were really suspicious about that and could not decide if they really want to stay. When the class finally started everybody was trying really hard. Even with some complaining words most of the woman enjoyed the new movements and experiences.  In fact they did not just do relaxing and meditation, the worked on their tummies and tried to strange their arms. Mussels were working all the time. In the shed it was not as hot as always so you could really see a progress when the group started to sweat after a few practices.  The nice breeze coming in through the open door and windows made the sweating tolerable.

In the end of the lesson everybody was happy going home and enjoying a nice dinner after doing such hard body work! We will see how much mussel ache we get now…

Have you ever done Yoga in Australia or even here in Cunnamulla?

Did you like the yoga lesson?