15th June
One of the most delighful friends I have made up here is Summer. Her and her husband Damian live in a caravan on site at the roadhouse. Damian is a surveyor and this is the second Dry season they have been here as he works as a contractor on the road building project for Team Savannah. They are doing major realignment and bridge building on the highway. This bridge is necessary as Telegraph Creek was the reason we missed our flight to Broome and it halts traffic between Darwin and Broome, a major highway, whilst it is flooded.
Summer is a journalist, and expecting their first baby. She worked as a reporter on the Gold Coast for channel seven. Now she does corporate work from the comfort of their caravan. We meet and go walking together most mornings just after sunrise. We have just clicked and both appreciate each other’s company greatly.
I had been talking with Summer about how excited the girls were by with their creative writing efforts and I asked her would she come to class and read their efforts. She was my special guest this morning and she read the storiesfor the girls in her best news reading voice. She also discussed with the girls what her job entails and how she makes her living using words. She then showed them a number of video clips of her presenting stories on the news. For a final treat she taught the girls how to introduce a news bulletin on the radio. They all had a go and had lots of fun.
