So for this one lets talk about my completly awesome birthday surprise that ,my host mum had brought for me and also a friend to come along with, me aswell which was pretty awesome so on the 15th Nov with my friend Dilan at 1.30pm we went to the transit centre to wait for our bus, although it took awhile to find the place, not the best directioms to find it though, went on a half day tour with aat kings,
This tour took us down to Adelaide River and wemt on a Cruise called Spectaular jumping Crocidiles, that was pretty awesome, saw a lot of crocodiles, and also got ro see them being feed, that was a nice time out on the river nice and peaceful minus the fact that there was crocodiles :), after that we went to the windows over the wetlands, that was pretty awesome gave you a lovely view of the whole area, and after that we headed to Fogg dam which was very lovely looking with to drive along a look out the window at.
So it was a pretty fun day.
Next adventure was last weekend 21-23 with 3 other Au Pairs went out to Kakadu National park for the weekend which was a pretty awesome, fun, excitimg and also exhausting weekend but other than that was a great place to go,
On the friday we headed down to Cooinda where we were staying in the lodge there, first we stopped at the supermarket at palmerston to grab food for the weekend, then we headed off on our Journey,
We arrived at our accomadation at about 6ish and checked in plus also buying a park pass as well
Hotel was quite nice, after we got all our gear from the car and sorted it all out in our room, we had then got ready to jump in the pool, and after spending a couple of hours there we had ourselves some dinner and sat outside chatting whilst planning the next day.
So on the saturday we woke up ealrly and left cooinda at around 7ish and headed on our way towards Gunlom,, drove along a very lovely red dirt road, where we tolk a few photos , along the road towards Gunlom, a big buffalo stood in the middle of the road for a bit, bit once a road train came barrelling past and the the buffalo ran away,
Was a good thing too we were pretty much in 4wd because the road got very 4wd car worthy.
At Gunlom there of us walked up the top of the track, with a lovely view of the area looking from thetop of the Gunlom falls, we walked down a bit further where there were a few pools and went swimming in them, was very lovely
After gulom falls we headed back to the lodge and 8relaxed for a bit whilst we waited a bit longer to head to our next activity,
Next we headed to an area where you could see crcodiles roaming around in the river, as will as a lovely little bush walk, where a lot of bats were hanging around in the tress, afterwards we headed to a place called Ubirr, saw lots of fantastic and wonderful rock art, which was just amazing, then we climbed up a pretty big rock that gave a massive, and speechless view of Kakadu it was just amazing, also watched the sunset from there as well,
Afthe night we headed back to the lodge and had dinner and played a game of Ino.
Sunday
On sunday morning we got up extra early because we were heading on a cruise along the Yellow river, it was a wetlands cruise it was pretty amazing, lots of different birds, millions ( of crocidiles, it was a lovely early morning cruise
After the cruise we got a free breakfast back at the lodge which was free, was sooo much food there.
Once we checked out of the accomadation we checked out the cultural centre, that talked about many different aboriginal traditioms,.
Then we went for a walk up a steep hill to a lookout called Mirrai lookout, with a lovely 360 view, after that we headed to another place, where we saw more rock art
Then we headed into Jabiru, where we relaxed and had some lunch before heading back into Darwin
That weeked was pretry wonderful, enjoyed it soo much. ♡♡♡♡♡♥♥♥♥♥
Check out my other blog for extra details and pictures
Friday, 28 November 2014
Part Two
So time to explain a few many exciting adventures that i have been on :)
So firstly on the 12th November with my host mum we decided to have a full day of sightseeing around Darwin, so after we dropped little J off at day care and got all ready to head out after making a mapped plan of all the places that we would like to get done,
We headed off to our first stop which was done at Lee Point, along the Casurina Reserve, walked along the beach for a little bit, and searched for crabs and also little the beach was huge, went on for ages, and looked out towards the Arafura sea, was a lovely start to the day, afterwards we headed in the car to another part of the Casurina Coastal Reserve, to have another look.
By then it was lunch time so we went and stopped at the Coolspot in Fannie Bay, for lunch, the meals were huge, i had a very delicious Chicken Schnitzel, it was soo good,.
After lunch we headed across the road to the Fannie Bay Gaol, and we looked around there for about an hour, it was very interesting to look around,, the day was starting to get pretty hot by the time we headed to the car.
After the Gaol we headed to Myilly Point Heritage Precint, to look at the oldest remaiming houses in Darwin, that was pretty cool, those houses have managed to survive the Darwin bombings as well as Cyclone Tracy, even though the Burnett house was closed it was still nice to see them :), next we went to check out Lyons cottage which was used as a british telegraph office, was a lovely looking building, sadly it was closed though, but that was ok, next we checked out the Chinese Temple that was in Darwin, it was very lovely, we lit some inscense and placed them in certian areas within the temple,
It was a lovely looking temple, the man that was very friendly and happilly talked about the temple which .
Lastly after getting some ice cream from kaccas, we headed to our last stop the Australian Aviation Centre
Now i had been looking forward to going to this place for ages so was happy when we got there, we so mqny fantastic looking planes, incluing some wreckages from the Darwin bombings, japanese planes as well,
The biggest plane that they had there was a B-52 Stratofortress, it was so huge you couldnt take a photo of the whole plane just the length, .
That was such an awesome and busy day but quite a lot of fun :) ♡♡♥♡
So firstly on the 12th November with my host mum we decided to have a full day of sightseeing around Darwin, so after we dropped little J off at day care and got all ready to head out after making a mapped plan of all the places that we would like to get done,
We headed off to our first stop which was done at Lee Point, along the Casurina Reserve, walked along the beach for a little bit, and searched for crabs and also little the beach was huge, went on for ages, and looked out towards the Arafura sea, was a lovely start to the day, afterwards we headed in the car to another part of the Casurina Coastal Reserve, to have another look.
By then it was lunch time so we went and stopped at the Coolspot in Fannie Bay, for lunch, the meals were huge, i had a very delicious Chicken Schnitzel, it was soo good,.
After lunch we headed across the road to the Fannie Bay Gaol, and we looked around there for about an hour, it was very interesting to look around,, the day was starting to get pretty hot by the time we headed to the car.
After the Gaol we headed to Myilly Point Heritage Precint, to look at the oldest remaiming houses in Darwin, that was pretty cool, those houses have managed to survive the Darwin bombings as well as Cyclone Tracy, even though the Burnett house was closed it was still nice to see them :), next we went to check out Lyons cottage which was used as a british telegraph office, was a lovely looking building, sadly it was closed though, but that was ok, next we checked out the Chinese Temple that was in Darwin, it was very lovely, we lit some inscense and placed them in certian areas within the temple,
It was a lovely looking temple, the man that was very friendly and happilly talked about the temple which .
Lastly after getting some ice cream from kaccas, we headed to our last stop the Australian Aviation Centre
Now i had been looking forward to going to this place for ages so was happy when we got there, we so mqny fantastic looking planes, incluing some wreckages from the Darwin bombings, japanese planes as well,
The biggest plane that they had there was a B-52 Stratofortress, it was so huge you couldnt take a photo of the whole plane just the length, .
That was such an awesome and busy day but quite a lot of fun :) ♡♡♥♡
Monday, 24 November 2014
New Update part one
So it has now been nearly 3 months since i have been with this pretty awesome family :)
what an exciting month November has been so far :),
I have hung out with a few more Au Pairs again, meet a new au pair called Sandra who is from Germany, we went to the water front for lunch, had a pretty large burger that ended up being just far to much to eat, afterwards we walked a little bit along the waterfront checking out the fridge festival that was going on, which was pretty interesting,
the fridge festival was just pretty much, art work done with fridges that no one uses anymore, which was pretty cool, there was a doctor who one of the police box.
After looking at the fridge festival, we walked along the esplanade for a little bit, chatting away, afterwards headed back home.
over the next few days i spent studying and looking after Jonathan, i also managed to sit my exams as well, so now i have officially finished studying for the year which is just great, so now i can do more sightseeing around Darwin and also read a few more books :).
I have also caught with my friend from Italy Vale, we went to Crocudylus park, which was pretty good, tried crocodile meat for the first time, it really only tasted like fish, but it was yummy, also had the chance to hold a baby crocodile,
there were so many other animals there as well which was great, there were some lovely White lions, dingo puppies as well as beautiful Timor ponies :)
The next day i went and hung out with my other great friend Dilan at the Palmerston shopping centre, we first had coffee and chatted, looked around then ended up having lunch, that was a lot of fun :)
that is the end for part one at the moment, part two is full of Adventure
what an exciting month November has been so far :),
I have hung out with a few more Au Pairs again, meet a new au pair called Sandra who is from Germany, we went to the water front for lunch, had a pretty large burger that ended up being just far to much to eat, afterwards we walked a little bit along the waterfront checking out the fridge festival that was going on, which was pretty interesting,
the fridge festival was just pretty much, art work done with fridges that no one uses anymore, which was pretty cool, there was a doctor who one of the police box.
After looking at the fridge festival, we walked along the esplanade for a little bit, chatting away, afterwards headed back home.
over the next few days i spent studying and looking after Jonathan, i also managed to sit my exams as well, so now i have officially finished studying for the year which is just great, so now i can do more sightseeing around Darwin and also read a few more books :).
I have also caught with my friend from Italy Vale, we went to Crocudylus park, which was pretty good, tried crocodile meat for the first time, it really only tasted like fish, but it was yummy, also had the chance to hold a baby crocodile,
there were so many other animals there as well which was great, there were some lovely White lions, dingo puppies as well as beautiful Timor ponies :)
The next day i went and hung out with my other great friend Dilan at the Palmerston shopping centre, we first had coffee and chatted, looked around then ended up having lunch, that was a lot of fun :)
that is the end for part one at the moment, part two is full of Adventure
Friday, 31 October 2014
Two Months :)
So it has now been some two happy months i am so loving it here, still wishing on at least some rain to show up in Darwin, although the sun is great :)
i think this year has gone pretty fast, it was like 4 months since i left Berlin, where a part of my heart still is.
But Darwin is just great, especially since i have such a good host family that i am with and also a good group of friends that i have made since i have been here.
it is also hard to believe that it is the last day of October now and in just over 15 days it will be my birthday and a couple of months with my host family to Townsville which will be so great, because i could go and visit my dad, but also one of my best friends live there and we haven't seen each other in years so it will be just amazing. although we could possibly be heading to Canberra uncertain at the moment.
for a few days last week the host family went off to Melbourne so i was home alone all by myself, it was quite fun, too quiet though, although it did give me plenty of time to do some studying, as well as some relaxing.
on the weekend i also hang out with a couple of Au Pairs, one of them from Italy, she is actually pretty cool, we went down to the waterfront and had lunch, some very yum, Mexican Nachos which were pretty good, although the dish was huge, after lunch we also drove around to the Stokes Hill Wharf and walked along there and sat and chatted at the end of the wharf, which was lovely with the sea breeze as well as the sun, we also went and got some ice cream, such a bad idea because it just melted so quickly, so because i had a mint chocolate chip ice cream, my hands turned green.
the next day i meet with a new Au Pair, another one from Germany from Köln, she is a pretty awesome person, we went down to the last sunday of the Mindal beach markets, we looked around the stalls, and then grabbed ourselves some dinner, before heading to sit on the beach and watch the pretty amazing sunset that happens there at the beach, that was a pretty fun night.
the week after the weekend i spent a couple of days working and looking after little Jonathan which was just lovely we went to the park, feed the ducks and also went swimming in the pool, i also got given a lot of lovely cuddles from Jonathan.
Last night went out again to the last market day of Mindal beach, meet up with a few other Au Pairs, actually ended up being the only kiwi amongst germans, but is was great, love listening to the german language :), and that is why i just want to keep learning it.
So it was pretty neat sitting on the beach chatting away with a great bunch of girls and watching the fireworks go off in celebration of the end of the markets. '
today was a pretty awesome day as well i got to go along with my host mum, to watch my host dad in an army parade of his squadron, this was actually pretty cool, i enjoyed watching it.
i shall update in the soon to be month of November :)
i think this year has gone pretty fast, it was like 4 months since i left Berlin, where a part of my heart still is.
But Darwin is just great, especially since i have such a good host family that i am with and also a good group of friends that i have made since i have been here.
it is also hard to believe that it is the last day of October now and in just over 15 days it will be my birthday and a couple of months with my host family to Townsville which will be so great, because i could go and visit my dad, but also one of my best friends live there and we haven't seen each other in years so it will be just amazing. although we could possibly be heading to Canberra uncertain at the moment.
for a few days last week the host family went off to Melbourne so i was home alone all by myself, it was quite fun, too quiet though, although it did give me plenty of time to do some studying, as well as some relaxing.
on the weekend i also hang out with a couple of Au Pairs, one of them from Italy, she is actually pretty cool, we went down to the waterfront and had lunch, some very yum, Mexican Nachos which were pretty good, although the dish was huge, after lunch we also drove around to the Stokes Hill Wharf and walked along there and sat and chatted at the end of the wharf, which was lovely with the sea breeze as well as the sun, we also went and got some ice cream, such a bad idea because it just melted so quickly, so because i had a mint chocolate chip ice cream, my hands turned green.
the next day i meet with a new Au Pair, another one from Germany from Köln, she is a pretty awesome person, we went down to the last sunday of the Mindal beach markets, we looked around the stalls, and then grabbed ourselves some dinner, before heading to sit on the beach and watch the pretty amazing sunset that happens there at the beach, that was a pretty fun night.
the week after the weekend i spent a couple of days working and looking after little Jonathan which was just lovely we went to the park, feed the ducks and also went swimming in the pool, i also got given a lot of lovely cuddles from Jonathan.
Last night went out again to the last market day of Mindal beach, meet up with a few other Au Pairs, actually ended up being the only kiwi amongst germans, but is was great, love listening to the german language :), and that is why i just want to keep learning it.
So it was pretty neat sitting on the beach chatting away with a great bunch of girls and watching the fireworks go off in celebration of the end of the markets. '
today was a pretty awesome day as well i got to go along with my host mum, to watch my host dad in an army parade of his squadron, this was actually pretty cool, i enjoyed watching it.
i shall update in the soon to be month of November :)
Thursday, 23 October 2014
Hello
So since my last post,
Jonathan had his first birthday which was just great, his grandma (esmee's mum) and come all the way from melbroune although she was only just back from the states, on the day after she had arrived we went out for lunch at Findlay's store, i had a very tasty pasta dish that actually ended up being far too big for me to even eat :). over the next few days we set up decorations for the party, and also one of Jonathan's Aunties came for his party as well, so there was a pretty full house.
The party was pretty good as well, although not very many did show up, the party was great anyhow, the day of the party though i did end up with getting a cold which ended up being stuck with me for over a week which was just not fun at all, for a few days all i had wanted to do was sleep, the cold had just made me sleepy as :)
So over the week, whilst i hadn't done all that much other than doing some work and also studying as well,
although because it was a free entry day, i did go along with the Family to the territory wildlife park which was pretty cool, it was a hot day, and also very busy, didn't see to many animals, but will be going back again another day to have a look around at other animals.
so i now have a few days to yourself, going to get a lot of study done and also catch up with a few friends which i am looking forward too :)
PS i must so it is just amazing watching a child develop and being there during their milestones, especially with Jonathan who when i started was just crawling at moving around objects, and now he is full on walking, and slowly beginning to talk which is just fantastic
Jonathan had his first birthday which was just great, his grandma (esmee's mum) and come all the way from melbroune although she was only just back from the states, on the day after she had arrived we went out for lunch at Findlay's store, i had a very tasty pasta dish that actually ended up being far too big for me to even eat :). over the next few days we set up decorations for the party, and also one of Jonathan's Aunties came for his party as well, so there was a pretty full house.
The party was pretty good as well, although not very many did show up, the party was great anyhow, the day of the party though i did end up with getting a cold which ended up being stuck with me for over a week which was just not fun at all, for a few days all i had wanted to do was sleep, the cold had just made me sleepy as :)
So over the week, whilst i hadn't done all that much other than doing some work and also studying as well,
although because it was a free entry day, i did go along with the Family to the territory wildlife park which was pretty cool, it was a hot day, and also very busy, didn't see to many animals, but will be going back again another day to have a look around at other animals.
so i now have a few days to yourself, going to get a lot of study done and also catch up with a few friends which i am looking forward too :)
PS i must so it is just amazing watching a child develop and being there during their milestones, especially with Jonathan who when i started was just crawling at moving around objects, and now he is full on walking, and slowly beginning to talk which is just fantastic
Thursday, 9 October 2014
Just a few random old posts
Im adding a few old post to this blog from my old one :)
Music and Movement
I love Music anfd movement although i must say that im totally missing it now even though i did it every monday over this year during the school terms, the monday just gone was the last one it was an awesome christmas one, it was such alot of fun dreesing all christmas like, and singing chirstmas songs with a great group of people as well as children it has been great, i have learnt like 100s of childrens songs as well as being a watcher of on of the people who are in charge, wee boy Reaghan who is just adorable, he started going the same day as me, first when he had started crawling and now he is walking and 1 although it more seems that he is running he moves do fast, and wants to touch everything that is reach and then put it in his mouth lol :) it was such a fun year even if it was only 1 day a week for a couple of hours
Au Pair Part 1 2013
So over a month ago i started applying to be an Au Pair, to be a nanny for children, so i had to decide between two different countries that i would not only want to visit but to also work in so i picked between Germany and England, so after having a wee short time to think it over and i mean it was a very short time i picked Germany, for so many reasons, and the best part is that i actually do know some Basic German which is tottaly great I got all of my application completed so im now in the next process stage On monday i will be having my interview with someone from Au Pair through skype i must say that im totally nervous :) im so exicted that i totally hope that i will get a family :) I shall post again after my lovely interview on Monday
So my christmas was such an fantastic fun filled daymwith many of my family down at the wonderful resolution bay cabins in the marlbrough sounds itnwas an epic few days there l it more or less started on the 23rd when everyojoje pretty much started headingnd down, 24th even tho6gh the weather was a bit yucky we played a fewm games had a lot of nice fresh fish and scallops, even went oj a tree hunting trip. Chirstmas day was such a wonderful day weather wise as well nice and sunny I was up at 5.30 and watched the sun come up some of my cousins went for an early morning water ski run, we had a big massive breakfast up in the cook house, followed then by dojng some presents and then later everyone pretty much hit the water, or sunbathed ther boat was busy doing many activities there was swiming jumping off the jetty and even kayaking M6ch later we had lunch which ended up being lunch and dinner, thst wss an epicmkeal the little children got to have a weem treasure hunt for some other presen4s. Then lste at night we finished the dsy off by having fireworks on the jetty The next day we had family photos 2013
So ever since christmas I have pretty much being living up in blenheim now will at least in picton for awhile at first, also whilek I was there I havd been on several walks with my dog harry beore molly got up to picton from dunedin, I have also been to the picton maritime festival which was such a fun day toped off eith great entertainment, raft races and many more and the night was topped off with an epic fiirework display, another awesome part of that day was that the edwin fox was opening up to go around for free that was totally great :). I have fone a lot of catching upmwith three of mh ciusins as well as th7r children ad well I have also for experince had a few dayst a pre school in picton then akso got offered a job as a relief at another pr3school in picton which was great, enjoyed that heaps, with an awesome bunch of children So far yhis year I have brought 5 different books the only one I have read is about the kkings speech its such a great story :) With my mumn0, brother and sister we went for a trip to Nelon for the day it was a pretty fun day, we did alot of shopping had a yummy lunch meal and we also went for a swim in the sea. I have even been in christchurch for a few days to to take my sister to the airport as she was headimg over to Cairns Ee did a bit of shopping drove around the city, wrnt out towards new brightion went around Orana park got to see baby cheetahs boo and lion I went by myself to the airforce Museum which is just such a great place :)
2014 So pretty much ever since I have been living with my cousin sophie her partner and hernt Two children I have pretty much been in a way a live in nanny as I help her out with Izzy and Avia duringnthe duringnthe nday wh7ch has actually been alot of fun and had given me lots of experince :)
I must say that I trust the au pair world site so much more than going through the agencies that I had went through, when I was in Germany, because of the fact that after my contract was over I had no help and was left to do every thing for my self which just wasn't all that fair.
the funny thing as well with signing up with au pair world I had more families contact me , I Germany than I did when I went through the agency I had contact with nearly 20 families within the two weeks, and with the new Zealand and combined german agency I had 4 families within a month,
such a difference and that is why I am no longer going through those to agencies any longer
World Cup .So it is pretty fantastic that Germany won the world cup today, was such a great game, very nail biting, even though it was only 1 goal it was terrific,
Germany differently desevered winning they played all their games just amazingly, from the group stage all the way into the final, such a good team, a lot of team work]
was very happy to have supported the team the whole way through
Penpals. So over the years I have been getting back into writing hand written letters to people all over the world it has been a whole lot of fun, I have
penpals from
Germany
Switzerland
Finland
Ireland
Sri Lanka
Australia
Poland
England
Netherlands
Austria
Indonesia
Georgia
India
its great and im hoping to build it up a lot more :)
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