Gapuwiyak to Melbourne to Ramingining!

Gapuwiyak to Melbourne to Ramingining! Early May.

After much lack of success with posting images on this site i have given up for a short time.  However i will keep the words flowing...  Worked out that posting by email works but the delay is about 2.5 days! :(

Since the first few posts on here i have been working out bush for  a while in lovely Gapuwiyak.  It was a little scary facing the prospect of being trapped there for a cyclone but there were some great people there to spend a cyclone with.  Georgina and her son Arthur and Nola and  I were preparing to shelter together should it actually hit.  It didn't but the very closeness of this natural phenomena was enough to inspire dinner parties and monopoly!

Sad time for me in Gapuwiyak (indeed for everyone there) as the funeral of the principal's eldest son was taking place (name cannot be printed here for cultural reasons).  The circumstances of his passing were violent and unknown and it was pretty upsetting.  I did not attend any of the funeral services; mostly as i felt quite affected and was afraid that i would appear insincere if i carried on too much too publicly.  I did not know the guy but when i thought about the circumstances leading to the funeral i was quite moved.  Anyway i did my own stuff and wished for the consolation of his family.

From Gapuwiyak i went to Darwin for a few hours (via Nhulunbuy) and then to Melbourne for the last day of Bill Zheng's 90 day mentoring programme.  Fantastic as always and  had some  great meals with Myf and Gehan as well as Rajik and Juliet from the course.  Our favourite place turned out to be Sung's which was just off Elizabeth St about 150m from the Vic Markets.  Fantastic desserts and good Yum Cha!!  Great service too.  The one thing from the course i woudl like to share here and now is that sometimes you won't get a good YES for a business deal unless you have a whole lot of "no" s  The size of the yes often increases based on how many no's!!

In about 6 hours i fly to Maningrida to connect for Ramingining.  I'll see as i land the cyclone damage to the town and its surrounding bush.  ramingining was not affected as far as i know.  No one was injured in maningrida but there was much damage.  Anyway  i must pack etcetera.  Have a fabulous week! xo Nim