Date: Saturday, 8 August 2009

From: Gerald

From Gerald on his odyssey:

Hi to all you ferals,
 
Hope all is well. Have been keenly following the progress on the website. Well done! Been gone 4 months now travelling and working around Oz. I am now in the small town of Pingelly WA, 90mins from Perth for my last stop before coming home. Started off at Easter on the Central Coast which was a nice stop, kept the running going up there. Then headed down to Tasmania and spent 5 weeks working in Hobart. A bit chilly but managed to run along the beach (Picture1)and swim at the pool. Fantastic scenery and food, had a little too much of both, but at least we saw most of the island. We then headed for warmer weather in Tennant Creek. Kylie got work in Alice Springs in the swine flu clinic, while I spent 3 weeks in Tennant. Beautiful scenery out of town but the town itself is falling down. Aboriginals here wonderful, shy and polite, but when they touch alcohol, very different. Very busy at the hospital here, even had to treat a dog on my last day. At least kept up the running out to the local dam, 5km. After this stint we had 3 weeks off and so we travelled through central Oz, Darwin, Litchfield, Kakadu (Picture2) then to Broome and the Kimberley. Hope to see you all on the hill soon.
 
Gerald