Team 37

Team 37 is made up of four couples and a Saleisan Brother based in the Southern Flinders Ranges area of South Australia.  One couple from idyllic Crystal Brook and three couples from the seaside city of Port Pirie make for an interesting blend at our monthly meetings.

Our meetings  generally involve copious amounts of red wine drank amongst good conversation and always with a fine shared table.  Families are never far away from the conversation and all members are only too proud to mention their many achievements or heart breaks.  

At each meeting couples share their feelings from the previous months events, be they family based or work, while they feast on their shared dinner.  After dinner, it is time for a topic of discussion, normally based around our Christian beliefs and ethos.

End of year is a favorite time when team members and children join in a Kris Kringle (a small shared present) and a Xmas get-together.

A highlight of teams life is a bi-annual retreat. In 1998 the team  ventured to the outback and Innamincka in the far north-east corner of South Australia.  The thousand kilometer journey was interrupted when one of our most experienced explorers had motor vehicle troubles.  Eventually all members camped on the banks of  the Coopers Creek at a point named Policeman's Landing.  This was to be the most serene and idyllic camping spot and a great time was enjoyed by all, canoeing, fishing and bushwalking.

Eventually it was time to depart for home, when on the eve of our departure, the heavens opened up and flooded all roads leading south.  This left our intrepid team stranded and at the hands of nature.  Food supplies dwindling and work commitments pending were all at the beckoning of our Good Lord.  Two days later a gap opened and a slippery ride south began for Team 37.