FYI

A little window into the tension building up here in the Kimberley... and I'm right in the middle of it! Pretty interesting stuff...

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2008/s2369042.htm

Oh hey, baby...

Mama and baby Humpbacks, just like the one's that migrate up to Pender Bay, come late May/early June. Two Moons overlooks an area where these Humpback calves are nursed and taught to swim and "sing" before heading back down to the Antarctic... and my tent sits on a cliff looking right out over the bay!

Here I go!

This is going to be an embarrassingly short entry after an embarrasingly long time without any updates, but I can safely say that I've been busy over here. From natural diasters to 3-day Blues Festival madness, I can't believe I actually made it on to my plane to Broome! I'm sitting at my hostel now, a stone's throw away from the famous cable beach, and expect to be picked up in about an hour to embark on my ISP project in the Kimberley! For the next two and a half weeks, I plan to help set up an education program with Two Moons Whale and Marine Research Base on the Dampier Peninsula. Situated at one of the most important humpback calving sites in the world, this should be quite an experience. I will be living in a tent the whole time, hopefully making friends with my environment instead of enemies, and hope to meet a whole slew of other WWOOFers and travelers... sounds like there are French, Swedish, and German guests up there right now that I can't wait to meet! Anyway, all I can say about the Kimberley is that flying over the Australian interior and looking around where I am now feels like Mars. The earth is so red and the water so turquoise, it's hard not to zone out from just looking out the window. There aren't very many trees so shade and wearing a hat are proving to be essential, no matter how goofy you look. Okay, I gotta run and try and find some work boots before I get picked up, but just wanted to say HELLO and GOODBYE and I LOVE YOU! Will hopefully be able to update more once I get up there...

Here I go!