Well, we are back in sunny Derby for a four week working stint at Derby District High School. We seem to keep gravitating back to this part of the World. This time around, we are not teaching as much as doing IT related work. We love the staff at Derby and always feel welcome and...

With the school holidays over, we made a quick trip South of Derby to Wulungurra, a small Independent Aboriginal School on Milidjidee Station. This small community is some 50kms South of Noonkabah Station and on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert, nestled alongside the St George Range. It was...

With the school holidays on us, Christine and I joined with our good friends Chris and Carol, their two kids Dean and Pippa, a young friend Wesley and their two dogs to travel across the Gibb River Road from Derby to Mt Elizabeth Station. From there, we planned to travel the 230km long Munja...

I am writing from Quondong Point on the Dampier Peninsula North of Broome. Our last Hinchy.org update seems like an eternity ago, we have covered so much ground and done so much. One leaving Shark Bay, we were headed to Exmouth to await the arrival of the repaired main sail and to sail the...

Bidyadanga (La Grange) proved to be an absolute delight. The school Principal, Mark Williams, was an excellent host and soon had us settled into the “donga”, perfectly acceptable accomodation right on the school grounds. Mark gave us a whistle stop tour of the local beaches after...

Last week we worked at Derby District High School, teaching Year 1 to Year 7. With two of us sharing, the day goes smoothly and the experiencing new schools, teachers and kids is a load of fun. I’m sure people must think we’re mad for working “two for the price of one”...

At Derby, the plan was to catch up with our good friends the Thorsby family, whip down to Looma for a weekend of fishing with them, then spend a week working at Derby District High School. The Thorsbys were keen to try out their new Landcruiser so we wasted no time on Saturday before setting...