Yesterday was the lighting of the Christmas Tree at the Lagoon,
It’s a huge one, between some palm trees and it has lots of lights and red christmas bulbs and a blue star as a tree topper.
They sang some english christmas songs and a lot of people took nice pictures of their family members or friends in front of the tree.
I’m going to take a photo of it this week to share it with you 🙂

Yesterday was a great day at Pro Drivesafe 4WD Training!
I can really recommend it!

I had big luck and the other students had no time to come to the course, so I was the only one and learned a lot!
• High speed emergency braking, emergency direction Change
• Use of recovery equipment (winching, snatch Strap)
• Many steep descents and ascents
• River crossings preparation and hazard avoidance
• Safe techniques for changing a tyre
• Vehicle handling dynamics
• Skid avoidance and control
• Stall starts and sliding control conducted on private property
• Vehicle checks, setup and maintenance
• and some theory 🙂

School is finished now and I’m glad about that.
It was a great time and I learned a lot, but I want to see more of Australia now 🙂
But not yet, there’s still a big exam next week and I must study hard for that, because I really want to pass the exam!

what a happy day!!

My speaking exam wasn’t bad! And my partner did well too!
(But it’s a long time till I’m going to get the results.. at about 25. Jan.)

On top of that my friend in hospital is getting better!!!

Today is my speaking-exam and I hope it’ll go well..

Thanks to all the people, who helped me learning 🙂

Especially to my speaking-partner!

We had a great Funday (Sunday)!
We went to a great quiet swimmingplace without tourists by crossing some sand with 4WD and had a great swim and sun bath there 🙂
After that, we visited Kuranda (with lots of tourists) and the Barron Falls, which are great waterfalls!
On top of that, we hat delicious dinner in Cairns (even if fries turned into rice and veggies in Salad 😉 )
What more do you want to have on a Funday? 😉

Kangaroo

tiny frogs

Black Mountain

Bloomfield Waterfall

River crossing

Southern sky

beginning of the eclipse

not the moon

total solar eclipse

Last week was all in all a great experience with some memorable moments:
Total solar eclipse near the Palmer River Road House, QLD
Wonderful campsite at the festival with view on a lake, lots of birds, a kangaroo and a croc!
Good vibes with my new drum
Thousands of tiny frogs on the Keatings Lagoon
Bloomfield waterfall
Crossing some rivers with my Troop

Pictures are following

A good friend is in hospital and I’ve seen her in very bad condition.
They say she had an overdose of drugs..
But I’m very sure she would never take any drugs!
So I’m just wondering what’s going on in some people’s head, which makes them do such things..