Full moon tonight - awesome!

Tonight I saw a full moon rise up over Ayers Rock. It was spectacular. I was working as a BBQ Assistant (3rd job) which is a BBQ given next to Uluru, and people pay something like $99 to come and eat and drink by the Rock. The night is quite good value and includes a pretty good BBQ, dessert and wine/beer. The main meal consists of a variety of salads, and barbecued meat, including beef steaks, chicken skewers, lamb sausages, marinated kangaroo fillets and garlic prawns. As staff, we also were provided with a meal, and I can tell you – the food was really good, the chicken was perfect, the garlic prawns were excellent (it has been a while since I have had a prawn) and the kangaroo melted in my mouth.

But the total highlight of the night was seeing that big full moon start to peek over the Rock, and slowly rise in the night sky. The moon was so bright that we could hardly see any stars in the sky. And, when we were driving home after the night was over, our driver turned off the car lights to show us that the moon was so bright we really didn’t need car lights (as it was after 11pm at night, I did say that, despite the glorious moon, it may still be a good idea to turn those car lights back on).

When the moon started to show over the Rock, the guests at the BBQ stopped eating their dessert and started snapping photo after photo. I wish that I had my iPhone or camera on me, so I could have taken some photo’s too. But even though I don’t have a photo, I will always have the memory.

Also, tonight, I saw my first wild dingo. After the guests had left and we were packing up all the tables, chairs, glasses, food, etc, the dingo was circling us, and sniffing around for food. He was the colour of a golden Labrador, and he was not shy at all. Nor was he scrawny, so I figure he must be picking up scraps of food every night from the BBQ.

Kristy is still enjoying driving the shuttle, and she sees many an interesting thing, some of which are quite x-rated and I cannot discuss here. Suffice to say she sees a lot, sometimes too much.

I now know 2 Japanese words – Kon-neat-she-wa ... wrong spelling, but that is how it sounds (means hello) and Arigato (which means thank-you). Which reminds me... Kristy was driving the shuttle bus and when the Japanese tourists would get off, they would say “Arigato” (they are so lovely, and so very polite). Kristy, however, does not know the Japanese language, and so she assumed that they were saying ‘goodbye’ to her, so then she started saying it back to them, thinking she was saying “goodbye” in return. So, the upshot was that they were saying thank-you” to her (for driving the shuttle bus), and she was saying “thank-you” back to them! Ahhh, i guess there are worse things she could have said. Oh, I also know another Japanese word, and it sounds like this – “Camp–Pie”. Basically, it means “Cheers” and the Japanese say it when they are giving a toast to something.

At the Spa this week, I have massaged 2 pregnant women! It is so beautiful doing pregnancy massages, because you have to be so light with your touch (no deep tissue or remedial massage at all) and it is just the most relaxing and beautiful experience. The mothers-to-be lay there, on their sides on the massage table, they are so serene, holding their bellies, soft music is playing, oil is being rubbed lightly on their backs, the blinds are down, the room is dim and it almost feels magical.

I gave Kristy her first facial the other day. I think she liked the experience, but she said that she didn’t notice any difference in her skin, but I defiantly noticed her face looking better. It just looked a little more glowing and uplifted. I am one of those people who think everyone and their dog should have at least one facial in their life (alright, maybe not the dog, unless you are Paris of course).

The most exciting news this week, though, is.... (please hear a drum roll in your head), my son, Logan, is coming to live at Yulara with us!!!! Logan feels like a change of scenery, and a bit of an adventure, and so he is going to try living out here for a while. Now is a good time to do it because it is easier to come out here if you know someone. Kristy and I are still planning to leave in a few months, and if Logan likes it here, he can stay longer (because by that time he will be established and set up) or if he doesn’t like it, then no harm done and he can head back to civilisation when we leave. Either way, good on him, at least he is being brave and doing something different. And of course I am VERY excited to be having him here. I have put his resume out there, and I am crossing my fingers that he picks up work quickly. Once he gets work, he will then get his own accommodation, and while it will be lovely to have him staying with us in the short-term, in the long-term we will all want to have our privacy.

I spoke to someone in the newsagency today, as I was buying my usual buddle of puzzle books. She told me that she has won three prizes from That’s Life and/or Take 5 magazines – the prizes being 1: A car!!!! 2: $1,500!!!! 3. Big screen TV!!!!! I felt that this news was a good omen and that I may soon hear about a big win from one (or more) of the competitions that I have entered. Winning something big means that Kristy and I can spend more time travelling and exploring, and less time working - YAAAAYYY!! So, everyone, take a big breathe and manifest me winning much $$$$$$ and big prizes (cars, TV’s, etc). Remember, everything that you wish for someone else, you get back tenfold for yourself.

And to finish off, as Kristy would say... arigato.