Category: From a Land Down-Under…
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Last Trip to the Beach?
Maggie and I went to the beach last weekend. Down to the Cerberus at Black Rock. I always feel a little guilty when the kids go climbing on sandstone as they erosion is pretty bad but it does look cool and they have fun. There is talk in government circles about Melbourne going to Stage…
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The Map of Mathematics
I found this interesting pic in my random searches on the Internet. I thought it summed up (hee hee) why Maths is important.
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Saturday morning in Melbourne…
So I’ve spent some time this morning playing around with the website to change the colours over from the default theme to something a little brighter…Dad did say that I was allowed to change the theme and said that he wasn’t bothered so I chose my bike colours of course. It’s been a disappointing few…
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The wildlife of Wilson’s Prom
… not Ewan & Maggie!!!! Pete got a Trail Camera for his birthday and sent me the first results of using it after their trip to Wilson’s Prom last week. I’ve joined the clips together and edited them to reduce 2mins to 20secs using Shotcut, a FREE video-editor that runs on PCs, Macs and Linux…
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What a difference 7 years makes
In reviewing the stock of videos I’ve got and moving them over to Vimeo, or publishing them for the first time, I came across this – a record of our first trip to Australia in 2006. Quite a lot of us look a little older, especially Taylor, James & Lucas! I’m of course omitting the…
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Ewan at Milo Cricket in Highett
One thing they’re doing well in this part of Australia is encouraging both boys and girls to take up cricket. This is being done by Cricket Australia with sponsorship from the drinks manufacturer Milo; hence the programme is called Milo in2Cricket. Of course the weather helps, but what is really encouraging is seeing the involvement…
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Ewan goes to school, Maggie makes her way to kinder
Wednesday was a really important day for the Australian Harrisons. Ewan’s first day at school. You’ll have see Pete’s pictures, now here’s a short video clip of the family leaving the back gate and walking the 50m to the school – it’s just one block away. After dropping him off Jenny took Maggie to her…
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A sight for sore eyes …
I think everyone knows that Ewan had a rough start with his left arm being a bit crook (as the Australians say); Jenny and I just marvelled at the progress he has made thanks to the determined and loving care in exercises and encouraging him to do this sort of thing. Just great. Well done…
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Hubble, bubble, toil and trouble
We stayed at “The Cosy Cottage” Thermal Camping Park whilst in Rotorua. Just up the road was Kuirau Park, owned by the Council and thus free to walk around. These video clips were taken on a lovely evening whilst I wandered round the park marvelling in what nature just throws up at you from the…
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Skyline Rotorua
Rotorua is like nowhere else I’ve ever been. At one end of the spectrum it’s a unique quiescent volcanic landscape, always threatening to burst into action with the spectre of Lake Taupo and it’s super-volcano status just down the road, and at the other end it’s a fun, holiday venue. This video records the panorama…