Miss Mon & Sir Pat

Patrick graduated from uni with a Teaching Degree in July 2011. In the last year of his degree we made the decison that if possible we would like to get a posting remotely in Far North Qld. In his final week of Uni the call came and he was offered a job as the grade 5 teacher at Kowanyama State School. Where? That is the exact question we asked! After having a quick chat with the then acting Principal, Patrick called me and the decison was made - he would take the job.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Kowanyama

Kowanyama is located about 600kms North West of Cairns, on the Western side of Cape York. It is a remote Aboriginal Community with a population of approximately 1000. Kowanyama means 'The place of many waters' and in the Wet Season this is true. Kowie is one of the few places that in the Wet Season is completely cut off by road. The only way in and out is by plane, luckily there is an all weather airstrip that is serviced by the regional airline Skytrans.

There isn't a whole lot in Kowanyama, a small convenience store, a couple of take away shops and the Coffee Shoppe (that doesn't actually sell coffee!) The selection is not overly extensive and what is there is very expensive.

This is just a quick run down of our new home town. There is lots more to tell, but this will do for now :)

1 comment:

ValdaSeptember 2, 2011 at 1:30 AM
I cant believe the coffee shop doesnt actually sell coffee...what a hoot :oD x
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