Mellie's Last Days - tear

Mellie was due to leave us on early Friday morning to much sadness as in the short time I have known her - approx 2 weeks we have bonded and share many jokes- most notable is Hemi and farms - fat arm jokes to which we have made up a dance mvove in attempt to combat such problems. Hemi has also developed into 2 jokes- If someone is being annoying or harassing you- you simply say "Don't Hemi me!", we have also banished Hemi spirits through liturgical dance and prayed to the Hemi gods to protect us and bring cute men our way. The Hemi Gods failed me recently on our day trip to Litchfield National Park, despite lathering on sunblock I still managed to get patches of lobster burn - probs during the excessive swimming in the natural springs and plunge pools.

Mellie and I, set off on the road again - and relished in the replica mini road trip of about 40 mins each way. The National park was beautiful very green, full of termite mounds and array of pesky insects and refreshing natural springs which we practically feel into after our brisks bush walk. On the drive we passed the towns of Batchelor and Rum Jungle, stopping to do the tourist thing - comical photos near signs, once inside the Park we passed about 10 mini school buses- Mellie commented perhaps they pick up the children individually. Amongst the other tourist visiting the park were several geriatric groups who were very friendly but looked in severe discomfort from the heat and physical exertion

The springs were super refreshing, both Mellie and I basked in their coolness, sitting near the mini waterfalls was like receiving a natural and free back massage as the water fell and pummelled your back. Our swimming companions seemed to take fascination in the below rocks and pond life - using snorkels to view the flora and fauna - Mellie approached me and I think they have mistaken the NT for Cairns.

Our nightlife is progressing beyond our local pub
We frequent a bar called the Duck Nuts despite the painfully slow service and moody female staff. Trivia night on Wednesday was a fine example of the fact that none of us are yet running on Territory time and practically feel asleep in between rounds . Team name - Hemi of course or competition consisted of a variety of groups with Quiz related names - most memorable was quiz in my pants . Thursday night options, several bars host ladies one of which - Monsoon has a male stripper. After our traditional drink at Ducks Nuts and Thai/ Chinese dinner we ended up at The Tap and met some our of Irish accquanitance from the previous night plus a few additions - all Irish of course. We learnt that the additional members of the group manage part time - Parap's village tavern - a place with topless barmaids 3 nights a we --> topless nights seem to be all the rage in Darwin. The guys commented its pretty hard working with the behind the bar due to the constant boob brushes and what not - the girls get paid $50/ hour - apparently it is considered good money with many applicants applying. We also befriended a Dutch girl and a german guy both of whom were really friendly and in town till new year = potential x-mas friends.
Of course as per usual I attracted the odd Irish guy who looked a litlle bit like a gremmil or elf not sure which is worse, he proceeded to recount the meaning and process of getting all his tattoos, followed by all his relationship casualities - what can I say I was smitten hahahah --> Mellie and I just laughed and taught Ellie our Hemi spirit cleansing dance - I guess to others we probs appear to be just as strange if not crazy.









The late night options were all pretty tragic - we ended up at a pub dancing the a live band playing cover songs of pretty much everything and said our final farewells to Amelia the cleaner/drinker- in her absence our living arranges will no doubt become increasingly messier and drinking habits may decline. Ellie has already infiltrated my space with her crap - Ma and Pa's marriage could be on the rocks hahah
Mellie will be greatly missed to all - promises were made to visit Spain for her upcoming June wedding - perhaps another road trip in the making


In miner news, curious Ellie enquired about Aaron's "maybe" family only to find that yes he does have 3 children all of which have stellar names that we all agreed are pretty white trashy- Eboni, Colby and Seiona. Mellie was bewildered by the choice of Colby- as in the cheese - we all proceeded to try and out do each other with cheese names for our future children - including Cheddar, Camembert, Edam, Gouda, Tasty, and the best Feta - Mellie has sworn Feta is her first choice for her hysterical food pregnancy or first born child.

In other news my camera is offically broken, unfortunately the majority of photos from Litchfield are blurry.. mumu sad times :( will have to invest in another as what is a blog without photographic evidnce?