Day 6: Anthills, Thermal Springs and a Thunderstorm welcome to Darwin!

Final day of travelling (Sunday 17th January, 2021)… its been the hugest trip as a solo drive…. I take my hat off to the truck drivers of this country, who do these kind of treks every week!
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Click on this map for detail – Daly Waters to Darwin via Matalanka Thermal Springs
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Day 5: Alice Springs to Daly Waters Historic Pub

Left early for the 915km trek from the backpackers in Alice Springs to Daly Waters….

Stopped at the character-filled, beautifully clean and friendly Barrow Creek Hotel to fill up with fuel and met the lovely Manager and her cat ‘Tiger’, plus the very kind and friendly duo of Bazza and Karina who were assisting with maitenance.

Travelled on to be soon, utterly awestruck, with Devils Marbles rock formations….

Then stopped 10kms past of Tennant Creek town where I found a great picnic spot in Threeways Caravan Park….

Then onwards to Daly Creek Historic township, to stay the night at the local Daly Waters Historic pub – now THAT is a true gem of a town… full of memorabilia…. and discovered that Daly Waters airfield used to be the main fuel refill for planes on their way to Singapore ie. was Australia’s first International airfield!

Finished the day with meeting a truly lovely lady – Mel – caring for an orphaned Joey called Chris!!

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Day 4: Alices Secret Travellers Inn and Anzac Hill

Alice’s Secret Travellers Inn (Backpackers) And a trip up the stone steps to Anzac Hill – Alice Springs, NT

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Africa & Amazon on Fire – Power of LOVE

The Power of Love – Gabriel Aplin cover

SOLO: BY SPECIAL REQUEST – The Power of Love ♥️💜♥️💜🙏🏻😇 – I was asked by a very dear friend to sing this piece.  Please wear headphones for sound balance phones as this is a Smule recording (not studio balance or engineered – just pure voice, sung in one take, without altering the fundamental vocal abilities).  This song is sung for for the Amazon & Africa jungles that are burning, and the Australia’s GBR – the precious air, earth, water, oceans, and all the precious animals and birds, for without, our lives will be diminished and even, removed.
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My work – Music and Film UPDATE June 2017

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Its been a while since my last post… and, I’ve been so, so busy. But, life has a funny way of giving us ‘breaks’ to follow other passions…. and so, I’d like to share with you, what I’ve been up to……

Read on to listen to music and see films (click on the blue Smule, youtube, vimeo links)…

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Conan ~ The Cook: Organic food delight in Holland The Netherlands

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Master Chef, Conan Luidens and his band of Merry Cooking Kitchen Hands: the feeding of 600+ people three organically grown meals a day for five days (ie. 9000+ meals), during the ‘Open Up’ festival http://passionofheart.com/event/open-…

Plus, an brief insight into the work and care in growing the organic vegetables.

Filmed in July, 2015 at Kasteel de Berckt, Barlo (Holland, Netherlands); and at the organic vegetable farm 10kms away, at Neer Holland, The Netherlands De Woag (Province Limburg) – the farm of Boer Wiel, his wife and five children http://www.dewaog.nl/
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‘Mud on your tongue’ – A massive dust storm hits UAE 2nd April 2015 (posted at 10:45am)

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A picture tells a thousand words….

I’m calling this the ‘Mud on your Tongue’ day, April 2nd 2015.

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New website – Jaya In Dubai – Posts NOW UP AND RUNNING!

Yes folks, I have begun to write posts on the NEW WEBSITE – Jaya In Dubai

Please subscribe to the new blog (in the right sidebar); and….

Stay tuned!

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Desert Safari – LTFTG #5

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In early May 2014, JCD and a group of teachers went to the desert of UAE and enjoyed an overnight Safari expedition.

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Mother Saree

Two beautiful Saree’s – a short personal journey by JCD – a gentle tale.

A fairly shy person in my private life, this video footage was filmed by one of the staff during a recent stay for recuperation at The Ayurgruham Ayurveda Hospital.

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Wonderful research…. and… a song from a fellow Musician – Rich Pulin

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MUSIC RESEARCH THREAD

(truly, a fab effort and lovingly put together work done by Rich Pulin; and sent to me via emails the past few months).

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And…. enjoy this new recording – a true beauty of musical Mastery:

“On Lonely Road” (New Orchestral Version)

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Welcome to: LTFTG – Little Tales From the Gulf #1, 2, 3 & 4 – Snapshots into the UAE

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Gosh, what a ride!  Its been a packed six weeks – where has the time fled…! For me, picking up the iPhone 5 camera and getting out and about has been a challenge (*chuckle!*) – yes, my little film insights were a welcome reprieve from the working life.
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JK enters the UAE – where does one begin….?

I am so grateful.

Having been in the UAE for just five days, I truly can say, this is a gracious country. So many people from all over the world reside here; and the impression is one of a hard-working, polite,  and very friendly country.

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Amazing documentary: ‘The Animal Communicator’

This is a preview of the full film (available as a DVD HERE )

Enjoy this one…. its utterly incredible !

What if you could talk to animals and have them talk back to you?

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