Random day

So this is really random that I'm writing you because I didn't think I would have internet or cell service for a week or so... but God works in mysterious ways... literally. We spent last night at a stop called Mary's River between broome and halls creek on the Great Northern Highway. We woke up this morning with the sun at 5 am and packed up and left. I was riding with tom and all 3 girls were in our car. Around 10:30 in the morning we passed an older couple that had a flat tire so we pulled over to help them. Three hours later and with a hole in the fuel tank we got the tire on. When tom was jacking their car up a screw from the jack pierced the fuel tank and we watched as 59 litres leaked out on to the ground. We waited for the tank to empty and then tried to repair it with a steel repair putty. It wouldn't hold a seal and we ended up taking them 100 km to the next town so they could call a tow truck. We waited at the next town, turkey creek or warnum, until they heard back from the towers at 3pm. From there the 8 of us (including tony and mary... and their dog muffy) trekked on for the 300 km to their home town, Kununurra. Come to find out they work for a christian broadcasting company who happen to have some spare beds for free to sleep in. The company they broadcast for is hcjb global voice and they broadcast the gospel, music, and news to china india fiji and places like that. It's a pretty cool little place and they also grow mangoes and bananas so we have as many of those as we can eat! Oh... and they have free wifi so i'm able to tell you this story. It's been a crazy day that included many sunburns, a small dog, a dead roo on the side of the road that smelled horrible, and after all a nice place to rest our heads. I hope the people aren't mad at us because all we were trying to do was help them out and we ended up immobilizing their car!
CHEERS!

Last day in Broome

The time has come for Broome and I to part ways and it's a bittersweet feeling. On one hand I'm excited to move on to a new place and see what adventures lay ahead. On the other, I've met so many good people here that it'll be hard to say goodbye. They've been there for me and have become part of my australian family. My last day of work wqas on wednesday and it felt great to not have to clean another room for a month or so! The pay was pretty good, but other than that I'm not a big fan of housekeeping. As for the traveling we're heading out at noon tomorrow. We're traveling with a couple and they're taking the backroads for the first day that is only accesible with a 4 wheel drive(which we dont have)! We'll only drive 5 or 6 hours a day so we'll be able to see some things in the towns we stop in. We'll be staying at campgrounds and sleeping in the car and in a tent. The weather has been fairly nice at night so hopefully it will stay that way so we can sleep peacefully. We should get to Darwin on wednesday night and we fly out from there thursday afternoon. We'll be leaving our car parked at a friend of the couple we're traveling with's business in Darwin. I'm looking forward to being able to relax on the beach and also experience the Indonesian culture... and the cheap food! The past 2 months have been fun and there's no telling what the next couple have in store for me. Hope all is well back home... and go pokes! Cheers...
TJ