Kakadu Nationalpark, Nothern Territory , Australia

I picked up my stolen Laptop and my best friend, Katrin. It was so good to see her and I am glad she comes with me, all the way through Australia to Melbourne.
She was very exhausted but we picked up our jeep and made the way to the Kakadu National Park, the biggest in Australia.

Katrin had to fight with her jetlag and the high humidity with temperatures about 35° C. The park is full of inviting billabongs and waterfall but nearly nowhere you can swim in because of the presence of saltwater crocodiles.

Ubirr Rock, Kakadu

Nourlangie Rock Art

Yellow Water Cruise, Cooinda, Kakadu

With an amazingly flora and fauna ( over 300 different birds ) this area is incredible. It´s end of the dry season so the next month lot´s of heavy rain will come ( 800 L / m 2 ) and everything will be flooded. We were lucky and saw hundrets of birds ( really ! ), massive crocs and water buffalos. Absolutely beautiful.

Twin Falls, Kakadu

A beautiful place, you only can reach by 4 WHD track ( lots of fun ) and a boat.

Jim Jim Falls, Kakadu

Hardly no pool where you can cool of. Except the Jim Jim falls. On the way to this spectacular place we saved to guys who where stucked in deep sand – men. ;)
We pulled them out with our fat lady jeep and made fun of them.
HA HA ;)

The way to the waterfall was amazing and exhausting. Climbing over big stones in such a heat, … puh. But when you get to the end you will be speechless. A massive 200 m rock wall and in between you have the big inviting pool with the cooling water.
That’s a moment where you “thank god” …

We met the guys again, totally dehydrated. They got lost on the way and only had one liter of water with them! Unbelievable, these two guys were doctors and we had to save them again! :)

They invited us for dinner ( the barramundi is so tasty ! ) and we watched the first big thunderstorm of the rain season coming. It was far away but the lightning’s spread over kilometres, nearly every second. I was soo brave. :)

While the first rain drops, everybody was dancing and celebrating this moment.
We stayed for free, again, used power and shower without getting kicked out of the camping ground. As bold as brass, like every time. :)

Microstate Singapore - Where chewing gum is illegal Oct. 2007

One last time on the stage, singing funny songs and having lots of fun before I left Kununurra and drove to Darwin. After nearly 4 month stucked in this insane place, it´s time to move on. Besides, my visa was about to run out and I had to leave Australia, and fly back in again to get a tourist visa. This is crap. To consider the best, and cheapest, I flew to Singapore.

Searching a cheap place with all my stuff and a humidity of 1000 % wasn’t funny at all. But found a small place without windows but a rooftop to watch my first rain after 3 month. Heavy rain and big thunderstorm chased me ( you know I am the biggest thunderstorm wimp ever ) but I couln´t stop watching the lightning’s over the city. One of them hit a crane on a roof next to us.


I met a great german guy and we hang out the days together discovering the city which is so untypical clean and doesn’t fit into southeast Asia at all. Thanks to crazy penalty´s for lot´s of things you can nearly eat from the ground.
Jaywalking, littering and spitting or eating in the MRT: 500 – 1000 $ Penalty. Chewing gum is also illegal! isn´t that crazy???

Is that a sign of pleasantness or naivety of the Singapore civilisation? Or am I just too cruel about it? Would you accept this or are you like me . . . laws are there to brake them ?! :)
Well I had the feeling that everything is forbidden and just these things were allowed – eating gambling and shopping.

It all looks the same for me so we just visited some places, we thought may be spectacular but couldn’t find anything that gives me an “ oh wow” or “ uhhh, look at that!”. Like Santosa Island. Nothing special, just crowded by tourist.
We had more fun in one of the biggest nightclub “ Zonk” and drank the night away, dancing and partying with Singapore people who took pictures of us the whole night. I guess we were the only Europeans between hundreds of Asian people.

All in one, Singapore is a nice city, mixed with culture and modern architecture, lots of people and penalty signs.
For us its time to leave..back to Australia. Thank god.
Flo is driving back to Germany with his car from Australia – you should check out his homepage! Crazy.. www.quernachhause.de.vu

Diggers Rest, King River Valley, East Kimberley’s

The Location for the shootings changed to another unique area in the Cockburn range. Diggers Rest. I changed the department too, this time I was working in Catering. “Kollage” is the kitchen of my boss Kerry and we made our way another few hours from Kununurra to the middle of nowhere, in the heart of the Cockburn Range.
Along the King River, this path leads through a dessert with lonely Boab Trees and some smaller streams to the Diggers Rest Station.

Station is a big word, but there is only one house and some smaller ones. So we stayed in tents like the other 200 people of the crew. That was awesome, I had my own tent full equipped with a mattress, sleeping bag and a light. It was all covered in red sand, it crawls through every tiny hole in your tent. Doesn’t matter, it was lovely. We just couldn’t enjoy it that much because of a 20 hour working day. We had to feed a 250 crew. Started at 3 in the morning and finished at 11 pm. For one week.

If we had the chance, we brought the afternoon tea to the set. Another 45 min to the shootings. They changed the locations a few times and every time they had to take all the animals and the crew with them, u can image how big this film will be..
The places were just incredible and we loved watching Baz during the shooting. He is such a creative genius.
He´s always smiling and saying hello, even to us. Great guy.

Our chefs and we were an absolutely great team, we had lots of fun and they cooked amazing things day for day.
In the evening Hugh Jackmann came by to bring us some beer and had a chat. A week before his little daughter was fascinated by my tattoo on the back and he told me that she has got one too. Since she saw mine, she thinks she has got one there too!
Very cute little girl, and Hugh is just a down to earth Australian man. Very kind and sexy!

I changed the department again to the Transport and drove back Van´s to Darwin. Every day nearly 1000 km of driving, but it never got bored. The area is amazing and I crossed bushfires, millions of termite hills, big streams, dead cows and huge Boabs.
Then they flew us back to Kununurra to grab the next car..
Great job.

Back in Faraway Downs

The last weeks I was back in constructions just with a few people of the old team. This time was amazing. Very hard work in 48° C but every drip of sweat was worth it. Thanks matt for bringing me back in here and Josh, I appreciated your work outside of the office, sweating like hell digging these fuckin holes.
Oh what a great time. The construction nurse Jen was always with us, in case something happens to us out here. We got really good friends and enjoyed this time so much. We were all blessed to be out here, in the middle of nowhere but right in between this special place.
The way back on the unsealed roud was tricky, some huge water dips were on the way and everybody tried to be the fastest trough them. I guess Josh was the best with nearly 160 Km/h!!

The last day was coming so fast. I couldn’t believe, I really had to leave this place. We so got used to this house and the hills, the roo´ s and the unbelievable heat. We did a BBQ , had a laugh and a beer.
Time to say goodbye.
I had tears in my eyes while leaving this place.

I will come back for sure. Thanks to all of the guys, you were such a great team.
Thanks Jen for being there for us and the time we had together.
And thanks Baz for bringing us all here.

This is a special place, I will never forget.

Bazmark Film Work, “Australia” , Kununurra, August 2007

During my stay in Kununurra I met people who are working for Baz Luhrmann. I couln´t belive it, I am a fan of Baz and didn´t know that!
It needed one day and I was working for him too. They told me for one week first, but I ended up working nearly 3 month for Bazmark.
And this time, was the best ever. I worked on places you would never reach, so unique and special that I am speechless. The people I worked with were absolutely great and kind.
A fantastic team.
This time will be unforgettable, all my life. Thank you Baz !!


Homestead Set Location, Carlton Hill

Every morning we drove one hour through the wilderness , full of big strange boab trees, silent hills, screaming cockatoos, lonely cows, jumping kangaroo family’s and many more unnamed animals. Punctually to the sunrise we arrived at our Unit Base, directly on the Ord River which is full of big saltwater croc´s.
The sunrises were fantastic, every morning. Just incredible.

Working as an assistant for my film set builder boys was lots of fun, and hard work. Every week the temperatures got higher and higher. We spend the whole day outside, finishing the “Faraway Downs “Location with its houses and cattle yards. The team was awesome and they kept me longer with them ( cause of my good work I guess :) )

After they finished shooting on this location, we had to change the whole area into an old and dirty house.

During working they chased 180 horses along the house, just a few meters away from us. The whole earth was shivering and the cowboys were piping and cracking the whips. Goosebumps.