Desert Mob

The school here is pretty big, over 100 kids, so been a busy day. And we're going back for more tommorrow.

Some of the kids are from the desert country so they have blonde hair when they're little. Looks like they bleached it but it's natural. As they get older, their hair gets darker so the seniors start dying their hair - gets a bit hard to tell whether it's bleached or natural. But they are gorgeous.

Also, we found out in the middle of a lesson that Richards name is Kuminjay (spelt as pronounced) which basically means taboo. Someone from the community named Richard died in the past few years so that name can't be used anymore. So he was going to call himself Tuco. But now he's stuck with Kuminjay (and apparently doesn't want to be Richard anymore)

Every school out here is completely different, depending on the community and the principal/teachers in charge. Lajamanu is a dry community and at the moment there is an influx of visitors so the school has had a few brand new faces in class, kids come along to visit. Well, there's not much else to do here, school is a viable option.

Richard is getting a painting done by a woman called Lilly who lives in a caravan/humpy just down the road. Get to see it tommorrow - am hoping to get the middle school boys to paint me one 'cause they've been learning and some of their stuff looks pretty good. Will see....

Off to Kalkaringi tommorrow afternoon, not sure what to expect but that seems to be the theme of this tour - never know what exactly it will be like, where we're staying or what will be happening. Am enjoying the freedom :o)

till then,
Netski