Rained in at Warburton... James does some weaving... and Tom goes to high school! (by James)

We never got to Blackstone school because it rained and rained. There was lots of thunder and lightning and the roads were closed because of flooding. If you drive on the road when it's closed you can get fined $1000 per wheel of your car! Anyway, we went back to Warburton School for a few days and Miss Katie was very pleased to see me. I did some weaving to make a bag and brought it home to Melbourne to finish. Here is a photo of my work so far:

Tom did finish his work in Grade 3/4 so he was allowed to make scones with the high school girls. So instead of having a party at Blackstone we had afternoon tea at Warburton. (They were going to have sausages but the store was running out of food because the trucks couldn't get through.) Here is a photo of Tom wearing his apron:

The road was opened at last so we got back in time to catch our plane from Alice Springs. We stopped at two other communities (Blackstone and Wingellina) so Mum could do some work but there wasn't time to go to school there. Tom and I are looking forward to seeing our friends at Sacred Heart again soon!