Kimberley Outback Adventure (Part 2)

Our first night at Kandiwal there was a party at the airstrip. 

Don't you love the Mitchell Plateau Arrival and Departure Lounge!

Just up from the Kandiwal Community there are two wilderness 

lodges, APT Mitchell Falls Wilderness Lodge and 

Outback Spirit Ngauwudu Safari Camp.

Staff from both camps, along with some of the 

rangers, were there. We met some lovely young

 people and it was a fun night.

Noel and I had some lovely scenery 

for our early morning walks. This is our first one.

When we got back, some of the kids were already there. 

School didn't start until 8am but they would get there 

about 7.30am. After they got to know us, they seemed to 

arrive for school earlier and earlier each day. 

One day they were there about 6.15am! 

They were then told not to get there before 7.30 after that. 

Noel and I slept in the school room each night as there 

was no room for us in the donga (house). 

The kids would never come into the school room until we said they could.

The kids do Kimberley School of the Air. 

Paula is there to supervise them but their actual teachers 

are in Derby. Most of the other children are from 

remote stations in the Kimberley.

We all helped out in the classroom which was a lot of fun.

This is Carmen-Lee. She is the youngest and 

doing kinder. I would sit were her for each lesson as

 they like to have an adult sitting with the kinder kids. 

It was great to see how the kids interact 

with the teacher and other students.

There was cricket at recess and they loved 

playing with Noel and Ian.

The kids called me "Auntie", Noel was "Uncle", 

Ian was "Uncle Mr" as he was Paula's father. 

Paula was "Miss". They would often come up to the 

door of the donga and say

 "Auntie, are you there?" or "Where's Uncle?".

The end of the day.

We saw so many beautiful sunsets.