It was good to part of the Desert Harmony Festival here at Tennant Creek.
The youth night went off well, with a lot a young people performing on stage under the stars.
Click here for Barkly Regional Arts and Desert Harmony you never know who you'll see.
I rode my bike in the Parade through town making bubbles as I went along.
I also had a spot doing some comedy magic with Emma from Barkly Arts at the Alice Desert Festival performing in a circus tent.
Karen is back today after another Barkly Mobile Medical run out to the stations. The satellite computer let them down so were back to paper notes. Weather wise it is getting hot up in the 30+ these days. Karen said it was in the forties when getting back into the plane sitting on the station airstrips.
We are are enjoy having Prabhu living with us a the moment. He works for the Department of Families and Children. He is a good cook as and often gives us a taste of or India.
He gave me a T shirt for my Birthday which says. I'm Not 71, I'm 18 With 53 yrs Experience.
Robert and Michael gave me a 'one hundred and one cheeky dogs" T shirt, and yes there 101 dogs on it. This T shirt has been personalised for me.
On the right sleeve it says; Hearing Aid, Wallet Diary, pen , Bagpipes, Whistle. On the left sleeve, Glasses, Bag, Bike, Keys, Banjo. I don't have to get a tattoo on my arm to remember things after all.
Karen, gave me an ipad so I am learning about App's and apple things,its good Prabhu here to help.
Joel and Tuiana also spoilt me. Many happy memories of a year ago at Marehau.
This year I wasn't abducted !
We have been busy in the Op shop here as well as in the local church.
I'll sign off with four words from Philippians 3:1 Be glad in God.
God Bless you
Arohanui Ian and Karen
click here for web album
Thursday, 20 September 2012
Monday, 27 August 2012
The Democratic Set - Tennant Creek blog post - teabagcreek@gmail.com - Gmail
This is short film showing something of Tennant Creek I am playing the Jews harp and being a mad hatter watch for that..Karen and Tuinana are sweetly singing Blue moon
Click here - to view the project
The Democratic Set - Tennant Creek from Back to Back Theatre on Vimeo.
Performing Lines, Back to Back Theatre, Barkly Regional Arts and Artback NT: Arts Development and Touring present The Democratic Set, filmed at Tennant Creek Civic Hall on 22 – 24 May 2012.
Democratic Set is toured by Performing Lines for Mobile States, with the support of the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and through the national performing arts touring program, Playing Australia.
Click here - to view the project
The Democratic Set - Tennant Creek from Back to Back Theatre on Vimeo.
Performing Lines, Back to Back Theatre, Barkly Regional Arts and Artback NT: Arts Development and Touring present The Democratic Set, filmed at Tennant Creek Civic Hall on 22 – 24 May 2012.
Democratic Set is toured by Performing Lines for Mobile States, with the support of the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and through the national performing arts touring program, Playing Australia.
Saturday, 25 August 2012
August update from Ian and Karen
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| Allan and Margaret seeing Karen and the Dr off around the Stations |
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| The satellite computer all set up at Brunnette Downs with a helpful dog |
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| We had a day at Elliot for the opening a building for Families as First Teachers. Karen was popular with the fave painitng . I was busing making balloon animals. |
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| Chris the secretary of the office retired so I make some flowers and a princess love heart wand. |
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| Elliot beauty with painted face. |
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| Second hand shop sign in Alice Springs. |
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| This car caught my eye |
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| Star light by candle the first outing of many lanterns which will apear on Friday at Anyinginyi Manu Desert Harmony Festival at Nyinkka Nyunyu. |
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| This is where the Nyinkka Nyunyu lives in these rock the spiky tail goanna. Fast asleep the other night when I was there. |
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| We have practicing hard an over the rainbow performance the touble is every week we have a differen't lot of children. |
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| Emma is very patient and it will come toegether on the night.
I will send some more pictures of the event.
Tak care
Arohanui
Ian and Karen
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Thursday, 26 July 2012
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
What has been happening from Ian and Karen
Hi I tried to stream the pictures but I seem to be missing one step so after a morning of trying I am trying this so I hope the numbers print to pictures on the blog. Oh the wonders of didgital technology. I
Tuiana has gone to work in Brisbane we miss her not being here. She left in the night and arrived at Mt Isa next morning and caught a plane from there in the evening. Yes sometimes it gets cold at night here but not often.
I enjoyed being part of the holiday programme at Tennant Creek working with Emma.
Celebrating Territory day plenty of fireworks at Tenant Creek. The girls here will miss Tuianans' beauty treatment.
Show day was fun again, Karen and Robert were busy on a health promotion stall.That not it in the boxing pavilion.
Karen has been out recently around the Stations. She is off to Alice next week for a course so we head down on Saturday.
I have been enjoying Ephesisans of late . I'll share with you I have put in a song prayer (chords on request)
I give thanks for you
and, I ask for you
that you may have the Spirit of wisdom
and revelation
so you may know him
and run the race in joy of his grace
knowing him
God Bless
Arohanui
Ian and Karen
Tuiana has gone to work in Brisbane we miss her not being here. She left in the night and arrived at Mt Isa next morning and caught a plane from there in the evening. Yes sometimes it gets cold at night here but not often.
At Elliot with Karen and Robert ,Kangaroo and bush turkey for tea ,I did a magic show Karen cooked and painted faces.
Show day was fun again, Karen and Robert were busy on a health promotion stall.That not it in the boxing pavilion.
Karen has been out recently around the Stations. She is off to Alice next week for a course so we head down on Saturday.
I have been enjoying Ephesisans of late . I'll share with you I have put in a song prayer (chords on request)
I give thanks for you
and, I ask for you
that you may have the Spirit of wisdom
and revelation
so you may know him
and run the race in joy of his grace
knowing him
God Bless
Arohanui
Ian and Karen
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
NZ. Kakadu Tennant Creek Plus...
This occasional blog seems quite occasional of late. Due to travel here and there.
When here at Tennant Creek we have been been busy Karen with health and I have been helping with Psycus helping with barbecue to feed the hungry performers, the Op shop and church and Barkly Arts and Bugs Barkly Ukulele Group.
We enjoyed a quick trip home to celebrate Molly Wright's 21st a happy occasion, the four days travel there and back was well worth it. Home is where the heart is!
Sorry if you didn't see us this as time was pretty tight, we kept moving as we seem to do here, busy in one place and soon somewhere else.
Karen was straight back on the Areo medical run around the stations and I was off to Ali Kuruung to do a magic show for a health expo in the community there.
I have also had a magic show for a birthday party here.
We have played the Ukulele's at open mike sunset concert at Nikiniyu Artists market.
Karen was grounded at one of the stations for while as they had a bird strike and engineers had to fly out from Alice to check the plane.
She is very brave, and always seems to have an adventure of some sort.
After being here for year she is also very popular helping those who are so isolated often getting phone calls between visits for advise.
We had a John Flynn celebration at the mission hut at church. We moved all the clothes out of the Op shop and the Country Women's Association put on a high tea which was delicious.
It is 100 years of work by the Australian Inland Mission. John Flynn is featured on the $20 note he headed up the mission and started the Flying Doctor service.
We have been to Alice for Karen to get a broken tooth fixed and also meet Karens sister Thelma and Roger off the Ghan they had come up from Adelade. They are with us for three weeks.
They came to Elliot where Robert and Karen were working in the community doing public health re drugs and alcohol
Queens Birthday Australia, this past weekend we went back up to Eliot for the night Karen dropped of medicine at the clinic. Next day it was off to Mataranka for a swim
in the hot creek there on the edge of Kakadu National Park.
We went on and stayed at Katherine going up the Gorge in Nitimuluk (place of the Cicada) National park.
We did the two gorge trip with Thelma and Roger saw a number of crocodiles and stunning sights of the gorge and its history.
Karen and Roger so taken by it wanted to see from the air so they went on two hour flight over Kakadu in a small fixed wing aircraft.
We swam again at Mataranka on our way home yesterday.
Today Karen is yet flying again she was off this morning to Lake Nash by the Queensland border to help out at the clinic there for the week, she flies back Friday.
Well must try and get this posted as they say I'll finish with some local wisdom I heard the other day,
No one owns the land.
The land owns you.
Listen to the land.
Keep in touch
God bless, Arohanui
Ian Karen and Tuinana
(and the Wilson Eggeling Mob)
When here at Tennant Creek we have been been busy Karen with health and I have been helping with Psycus helping with barbecue to feed the hungry performers, the Op shop and church and Barkly Arts and Bugs Barkly Ukulele Group.
We enjoyed a quick trip home to celebrate Molly Wright's 21st a happy occasion, the four days travel there and back was well worth it. Home is where the heart is!
Sorry if you didn't see us this as time was pretty tight, we kept moving as we seem to do here, busy in one place and soon somewhere else.
Karen was straight back on the Areo medical run around the stations and I was off to Ali Kuruung to do a magic show for a health expo in the community there.
I have also had a magic show for a birthday party here.
We have played the Ukulele's at open mike sunset concert at Nikiniyu Artists market.
Karen was grounded at one of the stations for while as they had a bird strike and engineers had to fly out from Alice to check the plane.
She is very brave, and always seems to have an adventure of some sort.
After being here for year she is also very popular helping those who are so isolated often getting phone calls between visits for advise.
We had a John Flynn celebration at the mission hut at church. We moved all the clothes out of the Op shop and the Country Women's Association put on a high tea which was delicious.
It is 100 years of work by the Australian Inland Mission. John Flynn is featured on the $20 note he headed up the mission and started the Flying Doctor service.
We have been to Alice for Karen to get a broken tooth fixed and also meet Karens sister Thelma and Roger off the Ghan they had come up from Adelade. They are with us for three weeks.
They came to Elliot where Robert and Karen were working in the community doing public health re drugs and alcohol
Queens Birthday Australia, this past weekend we went back up to Eliot for the night Karen dropped of medicine at the clinic. Next day it was off to Mataranka for a swim
in the hot creek there on the edge of Kakadu National Park.
We went on and stayed at Katherine going up the Gorge in Nitimuluk (place of the Cicada) National park.
We did the two gorge trip with Thelma and Roger saw a number of crocodiles and stunning sights of the gorge and its history.
Karen and Roger so taken by it wanted to see from the air so they went on two hour flight over Kakadu in a small fixed wing aircraft.
We swam again at Mataranka on our way home yesterday.
Today Karen is yet flying again she was off this morning to Lake Nash by the Queensland border to help out at the clinic there for the week, she flies back Friday.
Well must try and get this posted as they say I'll finish with some local wisdom I heard the other day,
No one owns the land.
The land owns you.
Listen to the land.
Keep in touch
God bless, Arohanui
Ian Karen and Tuinana
(and the Wilson Eggeling Mob)
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