Townsville - Melbourne!

We spent some happy days in Townsville for Christmas, most of the time reading and relaxing:) We went and saw Townsville Aquarium, which was fantastic! We even got to see them feeding the sharks, and it is the worlds biggest indoor living coral reef.. Thousands of fish, it was great!
The rest of Townsville was sleeping, but our timing was bad, we went to see town on a Sunday... Not much happens on a Sunday in Townsville.. So we went to the internet cafe instead, and guess what, we found cheap tickets to Melbourne!!! After some thinking, we bought the tickets on Monday morning and left for Melbourne Monday evening! :) And it all happened so fast we had to sleep at the airport that night, cause we couldn't find a hostel with 24 hour reception with rooms... Called a lot, but no.. It was ok, we are a bit tired today, but have found a ok place to stay now, so it is fine:) Which means, we will celebrate New Years in Melbourne!! Yeah! (I know I know it is not Sydney, but we can't have it all, can we?)
So HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!! :)
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God jul og godt nytt aar!!!

Til dere alle!
Vi har reist fra Jabiru og Darwin og Northern Territory, dro fra Jabiru i osende regnvaer fredag 19. desember, overlevde syklonvarsel og stengte bussstasjoner i Darwin over helga, og dro til Townsville sondag 22 paa morran. Var i alt 35 timer paa buss, og 20 timer venting i Tennant Creek, har bare en ting aa si om det stedet, ikke dra dit.. Der finnes INGENTING.. Absolutt ingenting, ikke det minste, ikke noe, ingenting. Hehe:) men vi fikk da lest mye bok den dagen;)
Kom fram til Townsville tirsdag 23 paa kvelden og har bodd hos tremening Marit Enger Thomas etter det, og feira jul med hennes familie her, det har vaert veldig stas:) Grilling den 24., hehe, og aapning av gaver den 25 paa morran, anderledes, men det er ikke mye som minner om jul her uansett, saa det har vaert helt fint det:) Herlig aa vaere med kjentfolk:)
Naa prover vi aa finne en maate aa komme oss til Sydney og Melbourne paa, saa faar vi se om det trengs mer jobbing eller ikke:) Mulig det gjoer det;)
God jul og godt nytt aar alle sammen!
Kos dere i kulda og med all den gode maten!;)
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Meeting a snake...

OK, this one is not for our mothers or others that are a bit afraid:) (Well, nothing happened, so everyone, just read on..)
One day last week when we just finished work I saw one of our colleauges, Stan, chasing something with a broomstick over the lawn.. It was a snake, so we went closer to get a proper look, and Stan told Kris to get a big black bag to put the snake in, so we could store it in a "safe" place till the Rangers got here(viltnemnda?)So Kris held the bag while Stan tried to manouver the snake into it with the broomstick, and then he closed the bag and left it on the counter in reception. We all waited there for the Rangers to come and tell us what kind of snake it was, we weren't sure, and it is all kinds of snakes up here... We opened the bag and took a closer look too, to see if we could find it on the snakeposter we have.. We could.. And the Ranger guy confirmed it( he barely opened the bag, was really careful and just opened it a little bit and used a flashlight to see it properly...) It was a Western Brown snake, the 3. deadliest in the world...... In a plastic bag on the counter in reception, but even worse, a snake that Stan chased with a broomstick, and that Kris was 10 cm from when he held the bag open... SCARY!!!!!!!!!
But it went well, and now we know that next time we see a snake we just leave it and call the Rangers straight away, and then they can put it in a bag... :) Good to know:)
Look it up on the internet, if you want to, it is scary! And look up Wolfspider as well, that's the one that chases me when I clean the toilets... That one is not deadly, though:)
Other that that our closet was full of ants yesterday, so I'm using my day off to clean the room and the closet and wash all our clothes.. Yeah!
And I'm not cleaning the toilest anymore, yeah!!!!! They have closed two toilet blocks so it is only job for one, so Kris is cleaning toilets on his own, while I am working as a housekeeper with the other girls:) Which means I get to clean rooms instead of toilets.. But at least the rooms have aircondition:) So it is better! Yeah!
We leave Jabiru on the 19th of desember, going to Townsville to celebrate Christmas with my relative, Marit(tremenning:) We are looking forward to a holiday and a proper English/Australian/Norwegian Christmas:) Yeah again!
God advent to all of you:)
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Update

God advent alle sammen!
Det tok litt tid foer vi fikk med oss at det var advent allerede, eller, vi fant det ut den 1. desember altsaa, men ikke foer dagens arbeid var utfort og vi satt og skrev paa timelista, og der stod det jammen 1 desember! merkelige saker, det foeles ikke sann!
her blir det bare varmere og varmere, det er naer umulig aa jobbe i fullt tempo, eller det er umulig, alt gaar litt saktere naar gradstokken kryper over 40 grader og det er saa hoy luftfuktighet.. Men det betyr jo at selv om vi vasker faerre doer(de stenger litt etterhvert, pga faerre folk her)saa jobber vi like mye:) Det er jo bra!
Ellers har nesten alle vi har vaert her med den siste maaneden reist, det var masseforflytning for de fleste. Det har kommet 4 nye hyggelige mennesker, og vi har bare et par uker igjen, saa det gaar nok fint, tenker jeg:)
Forrige lordag var vi paa cruise med Guiseppe og Berit(de vi vasker skolen med, eller vaska, de har reist de ogsaa.. saann er livet i Jabiru..) paa Yellow water, og det var aldeles utrolig! Saa pent og saa mange krokodiller, fantastisk! Det var en god tur!
Ellers har ikke mye skjedd.. Nei, det var vel det..
Hahaha, saa spennende;)
Fortsatt god advent saa lenge!
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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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