Deep in the Australian bush under the Southern Cross, the bonfire was burning fiercely from the gum trees cut down after days of hardwork at my host family. Then, we heard kookaburras laughing, as the sun set over the Indian Ocean and we exchanged stories about life in Australia, Britain and discussing how the Pommies were going to get flogged by the Aussies in the Ashes (Story by Mr Sweet and Mr Farmer)
Now over to Graham Farmer....
G-day ow ya goin? I have had to put up with your teacher (Andrew) for a whole week. Not a bad sort of bloke for a Pom.
Just thought we would finish off the week sitting and talking around a bonfire exchanging views of the world. There are no clouds in the sky tonight and we managed to find the Southern Cross (there's a project for you to find out what the Southern Cross is).
I cooked him up a nice scotch fillet and sausages and afterwards we toasted marshmallows on the hot coals.
I am not a teacher. That is my wife's field. I work in the mining industry as a Customer Support Manager for the Caterpillar dealership in Western Australia.
Outstanding day as summer has come early to Western Australia- 30 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. Mr Farmer dropped me off in Bunbury via KFC where Mike works and headed straight for the coffee shop for breakfast. Ms Brown and I decided to have some time off as it was the weekend and hit the shops to buy presents for our families back home. A Saturday on Bunbury beach was amazing. Mike said the beach was alright, bit busy, average waves- it was virtually deserted. Breathtaking.
Tonight, Mr and Mrs Farmer invited me to a barbeque in front of the campfire that we made on the last night of burning till April. Then kookuburra started up and Mr Farmer listed the deadliest animals and reptiles in Western Australia. We then saw a kangaroo by the shed no more than 20 yards away looking at us! Unbelievable!
Mr Sweet
