Anne Bell has been in the branch for 17 years and is a real strength.  She and her husband (who is not a member yet) run and own a Caravan Park in Drummond Cove.  She invited us and the young Elders there for tea.  They barbecued steak, fish and sausages for us.  The Elders were in heaven with all the food.  We had a great time and really enjoyed seeing the sunset in the Indian Ocean.

One of the branch members lives in Nanson, which is in Chapman Valley.  It is very rural with lots of  wheat fields.  We enjoyed seeing their museum area and Dave expecially enjoyed looking at the old farm machinery.  Bro. Fry invited us to lunch at his home.  He worked as a cook for most his life and cooked us a delicious quiche, Apple Charlotte and yes, wonderful homemade bread. 

Here we have the Elders with their Elder dolls.  Sister Clark, who is a very devoted member of our branch, made these special dolls for them.  They even look like Elder Onataka and Elder Richter.

This post is for Brandon, Jack, Aydan, Ike, and Sam. This is a real Kenworth pulling 3 large trailers. Sometime you see them pulling four trailers. They call them a "TRAIN". How would you like passing one of these on a two lane narrow highway?

We visited the Sialeipata family who live in Carnarvon, which is 300 miles north of Geraldton. We delivered manuals and other materials. They hold Sacrament meeting each week in their home and are such a great family. We set up a format to use Skype to share sacrament meeting with them every other week. On the way we saw Emu's, wild mustangs, goats, and many dead kangaroo's along the road. We visited the banana groves and the blow hole area on the Indian Ocean just north of town. Carnarvon is also the site of the NASA satelite downlink for the Gemini and Apollo programs and is not longer used.

Australia Day is celebrated on January 26th. It is Australia's version of the 4th of July. We started the day with a Branch breakfast at the park. President Paewai is cooking pancakes. The Elders are intertaining the primary. The day was concluded with fireworks over Geraldton bay.