Things are happening in Jabiru!!

Just so you don't think we have drowned in the toilets or something:) I give you a short update on what's going on:)
We're heading into the rainseason, and we've had a few storms, like proper storms(but not the one you've heard about on the news, in Brisbane, it was supposed to come here to, but it must hav skipped us completely, not a sign of it:) But we had a lightning hitting a tree in the park(that's what we call this logde / caravan park, the tree was just behind one of the toilets we clean every day!), and it was split in two and very black.. So that's was a close one, and when the thunder really sets in our house is shaking, so it is interesting, for sure!
On Kris's birthday(the 7th of november, everyone..), he had to work 3 shifts(toilets, 6.5 hours, cleaning school, 2 hours, foodrunning in the bar, 4 hours) so he didn't have much fun, but the rest of us had a blast, hehehe! There was 2 guys from one of the most popular radioshows in Australia here, they had a broadcast from the park during the day, as far as I know, and they also were dj's and held a concert in the bar/ restaurant at night, really funny country music, but all of jabiru was here, and it was dancing and singing and we had a great time!!! It's not often things like that happen here, that's for sure... :) great night!
And we've also managed to see something else in kakadu national park since last time you all heard from us, cause we had a saturday off, and so did Laura and Laura, two of our coworkers or what you call it, and we hijacked Adrians can( he was working in the bar that day;) and went on a road trip!! Saw a lot of bush, it is muh greener already, allthough we haven't had that much rain, and I saw 3 wild horses, and a lot of those "houses" the termits build, they are higher than people, almost high as trees!!!! :) The sad thing is, since it has been raining a little, we couldn't drive all the way to where we had planned, to ses some waterfalls and go for a swim, so after 150 km on the road, we had to go back, without really seeing anything.. Didn't really matter, cause we drove to see some pools(natural) somewhere else, had a 3 km hike in there to see them, wasn't that much water, ut we had lunch, and then we heard a big splash in the water.. laura and Laura decided to go back, but K and I had to look.. Couldn't see anything at first, but all of a sudden the water was full of riplets(?you know rings in the water..)(ringer i vannet), and they grew bigger and bigger and came from the opposite side of the pool... And then we left.. Yes, there are crocodiles here.. A lot of them, apparently.. :) Hihi!
I think that is all that has happened, that is important.. Well, last night we had some sort of storm, all of a sudden the air was filled of flying ants, and they crashland anywhere and loose they're wings, so you can imagine how it was to clean all the toilets today.. Took us a lot longer, cause of the wings, they were everywhere, and they are so light, they just fly everywhere!!!!Oh well, not so interesting.. (our toilets are kind of outdoor toilets, it is so hot everyday so they don't really need doors or windows..) (Liksom en aapen losning, kan du si:)

I think that must be the most interesting stuff that has been going on.. HAHAHAHA, THAT'S FUNNY!!!!:)
Have a great winter everyone, we miss it so much, stupid as that is, who wouldn't want summer all year? ( I don't apparently...;)
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Cleaning toilets in a national park..

So, long time no see, we're in Kakadu National Park, working as profesional toilet cleaners 6 - 7 hours every day! On Aurora Kakadu Lodge.. Apparently a 5 star caravan park or something, haha, nothing wrong with the toilets at the moment at least;) So it is not the most interesting job, and Jabiru, local community is not the biggest either, 1500 people, and that's it, a supermarket, post, bank, library.. Yep.. Oh, and a bakery and a petrol station.. Yeah, lods to do;) But we're working all the time, and it is fine:) Saving money like crazy, eating porridge for breakfast everyday, like all norwegians, and making huge portions of fiskegrateng so we have dinner for a week at the time:)
It is not so much happening, and not so much to tell you, I guess the blog will stay silent for a while(as internet only happens Tuesdays and Thursdays, in the Library...) and we're mostly working and sleeping and watching TV.. Like you are, I guess:) Not much to write home about, hahaha!
Can tell you about the wildlife we get to see:) I was so lucky to have a baby python(yes, the snake) on my doorstep the second night here, haha, which was quite interesting, other than that we see and hear a lot of Kakadus( the white parrot bird thing), lizzards, geckos, ants ants ants everywhere, and other strange creatures I don't know the name of;) We still haven't seen anything of the park itself, and rainseason is here, so I guess the number of tourist tours we can join are fewer and fewer every week. We'll see, I hope to get tp go fishing with our boss, Peter, cause then I might get a bigger fish than Pappa ever got, haha, in his life, and then he might want to come and visit us;) We're talking 5 meter long fish( no we're not) but the barracuda gets quite big... I hope to, if it happens, then I have something to tell you, hehehe:)
So we're not so much on the internet anymore, since it is only two days a week, but nothing is happening anyways.. Now you know that we are alive and kicking, at least:)
Have a great autumn!
Here everyone says it is spring, but it is 40 degrees everyday, and I can't believe we're able to work at all, but so far so good:)
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No mangopicking?

So, turns out the farmers in Australia are a little bit unsure wther they need us or not.. So we kind of still have a job, but they don't know when we can start.. So we have been waiting for some time, and fell we don't have more time to wait(well, we don't, K has got no money..)so we're maybe going to work on a tourist resort in Kakadu National Park instead.. Just have to say yes, but it is 6 weeks or more with cleaning.. Maybe not so interesting.. heheh;)
I guess we will take it! And then we get to see Kakadu too, yeah!
I will keep you updated..
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Mangopicking and packing!

We have got a job! In a few days we're leaving Darwin, going to a farm in Arnhemland, really far from everything, to pick and pack mango for a month! I guess there will be no such thing as internet and so on, so have a great Octobermonth everyone!! We'll write more when we come back, just remember that we're having a good time, and that we haven't disappeared from the surface of the earth, we're just a little far away;)
We'll tell you everything about mango when we get back to sivilization! In the meantime, have a great time!
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Australia - Darwin

We have been australians since Wednesday! And we're having a good time, searching internet and using payphones and trying to get a job.. So far no luck, but today it is Monday, and we're giving it another try! Nothing happens in Darwin during the weekends, at least not on the jobfront, so we have had a few days of, been couchsurfing, great experience as always, we're going back there tomorrow to spend another night:) (Due to many backpackers there is not so easy to find room, so we have to book in advance, and pay, and we can't get the money back, so we have already paid for this night in a hostel, even though our hosts, wonderful family, would like us to stay longer.. But we're going back tomorrow night, yeah!)
On Sunday we were couchsurfing, as I already told you, and they know everything around here, so they told us about a great museum, and we spent 5 hours there, looking at aboriginal art and history of northern territory and a lot of dangerous animals!!!! And after we went to the night market at Mindil beach and ate kangaroo, crocodile, emu and camel(dromedar, med en hump denne gangen, var kamel med to humper vi spiste i mongolia..) None of it was that good, but it was funny!
Got to run and find a job!
have a good week:)
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Details - Indonesia

Just so you don't think we're not having a good time, I will give you some details(the last 4 times or so I wrote, I might have told you more about scams and endless busrides, than anything else..)

- Indonesian houses have the best colours ever, all in pastell(english?), light pink, light blue, pale green, purple, orange, you name it.. And of course the fence in front of the house is not in the same colour at all, maybe a mint green this time, or turqiose... It is a little bit like in Kenya, in the rural parts at least..
- The roads are far better than in Africa though..
-We have seen tobaccoleaves left out to dry almost everywhere, strangest place so far: A footballfield covered, hehehe, quite a sight!
- The Java coffee is not at all like home, and not so good either, maybe these people have to give away all their good coffee to western countries? Horrible..
-For the first time since China, we have been stopped by strangers who wanted pictures with us;)
-Everywhere there is a huge smile and a friendly hello!

And the last week at Bali: Well we haven't done much.. Beach, sun, eating in restaurants 3 or 4 times a day, reading books and doing nothing.. It is like a small vacation from all the traveling:) And it is so so good! And soon boring, so tomorrow is the last day, we have got tickets for a flight to Darwin, Australia tomorrow night.. That is our first flight, we made it all the way from Oslo, Norway to Denpasar, Bali,Indonesia overland, AND WE ARE SO PROUD OF OURSELVES!!!!

And now we're looking for work in Australia, short on money, yeah!

That's all:)
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Mt.Bromo-Denpasar-Kuta(Bali)

We bought tickets from the hotel even though it smelled a little of scam again, but some other tourists said the price sounded fair, so we thought we should go for it! Paid for aircon bus from Probolinggo to Denpasar, supposed to take 8 hours total. After 1 hour we had to change bus and all this time we didn't see any tickets.. But we managed to not pay again, and finally got tickets on the new bus, without aircon this time, what a surprise.. And finally it left.. The entire trip took more than 12 hours, including a ferry from Java to Bali, and after we changes buses we didn't have one stop, and no real food only cookies.... When we got to Denpasar, the main city in Bali, it was late, and I was sick, and we had to ask three hotels before we found one with a room.. And then we just slept the entire night. Still not feeling well this morning, haven't had much to eat the last days (Indonesia is not so easy) and tried to eat Balifood for breakfast, which is so spicy, it was total disaster... So we decided not to go to far today, so we left Denpasar and went to Kuta, main tourist spot on Bali, I think, but it was only one hour in minibus, so we managed:) Found a nice hotel and have been drinking a lot of fruitjuice to get well as soon as possible! And here there are more restaurants than people, so now we won't go hungry anymore, yeah!!
So now we're staying here a few days, relaxing on the beach before flying to Australia (can't find a boat...)
And now I'm hungry again,so I'm off..
It has happened a lot since Kuala Lumpur, this was the main events, I guess..
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