This is hard work! Long days out in the field (not as long as I originally posted, but still 10hrs most days) then study in the evenings…. I am too tired to think much, and way too tired to blog. Im not feeling particularly creative, I have to say. But I am taking lots of photos, and enjoying the work very much. Enjoying the mess food a bit too much too, which is not to say that its good, but its hot, ready and no washing up. And after all day outside, its hard not to pile up the plate and then go back for dessert. I have a bit of weight to lose now before summer comes. I havent been able to hoop much either, I just study till I’m done and then fall into bed.

I have discovered that I am physically quite weak after years of sitting at desk and computer. These days I haul buckets of sand around, crawl around on the ground, haul gear in and out of cars to sites and back again, shovel and dig in (wet) sand, stomp on bushes, drive in the wet and the mud, and best of all, spend most of my days outside either standing, walking or sitting on the ground. It is great, but so tiring. Also tiring is the transition from life in Adelaide to life out here, plus study on top. I shoulda really waited for the study bit I think, but oh well.

I will be here for a while. There are some really great people here, and some people I can learn a lot from. I can be useful here. I might not stay in the camp forever, I might move into a place in town later in the year, or early next year. That would be good, and healthier too. I would like that. But for now, I will keep working, learning, studying, sleeping when I can.

(I was gonna add a pic to this, but cant get it to work just now, and too tired to try again… Oh well. No pic till later!)