Post Christmas HIghlights

Hey everyone!  Like to give a special hello to Mrs. Lawrence, thanks for waiting so patiently.  Hope everyones holidays were good and enjoyable.  I had a blast down here, never been swimming on christmas day before.  It was about 90 the whole week of the holidays and we were up at the farm where flies resemble the rush to get into Wal-Mart the day after thanksgiving.  I did some farming while I was up there and while driving around in a combine (header) we jumped up some kangaroos, four little babies and one big old one.  We also went up to Sarah's grandma's house which is right on the river.  We went out fishing and I caught myself a nice cod, it was different fishing down here, but I think we are heading out to the ocean, or at least a by of it and doing some fishing this afternoon.  Snappers here I come!!

I got myself a job putting in a fiber optics cable from Port Headland to Norman in Western Australia.  It is about as far away from Melbourne as you can get and is very isolated.  Which means, Sara, that I will most likely not be able to write to you all for 4 week at a time.  I work 4 weeks on and then get one week off.  I should be making enough so that I can travel around Australia on my week off which I am very excited about.  Mostly because at this point I don't really do much there for I do not have much to talk to you all about.

Last night we went lawn bowling which is another big old person sport here in the land down under.  It is pretty much like curling but takes place on grass.  It was actually really fun and takes a lot of precision and skill, or you could be like me and just roll the ball down there and see what happens.  What happens is that your team wins with the last roll which I put right next to the jack (the number of balls that your team has closest to it is how many points you get)

Well I should be off, sorry to keep this one so short I'll add more stories in the next one I promise.  Everyone enjoy the snow for me, we never have had that much snow so of course since I am down here you will have tons up there.

Miss you all and hope your having a good time!!

Erik

Aussie terms -

boot and bonnet: Trunk and hood of a car, careful of what you have in your boot.