What a blessing today has been..... Firstly, the weather has continued to hold out for us, meaning that we didn't have to be out on the Southern Ocean in the 'southerly' that was forecast! We did however get to experience the amazing swells and breakers over the impressive coastline.... thank goodness for Kwells!
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| Ready for an adventure |
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| Rockin' and Rollin' or were we just 'Workin' the Waves? |
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| 'Reddy' for action |
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| Ahhh the calm before the storm |
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| Part of God's amazing handiwork in such a unique part of Australia |
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| Learning about the history of the families manning the lighthouse.... in the background is the landing from where people and supplies were winched up the cliffs on a trolley at a 42 deg angle! |
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| Spot the seals |
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| Doing our bit for the environment....remnants of a National Parks chopper 'dropping' supplies (just not in the right spot!) |
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| Captain Xeros |
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| An expensive sleep..... |
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| .....or perhaps it was all just too much! Maybe it was that 'bonk' on the head from the DVD screen hanging from the roof? |
We had seen Port Arthur from the water as we headed out to the ocean, so now it was time to see it up and close. We just managed to get there in time for the informative tour, which just managed to finish before the predicted ‘front’ came through.... another blessing!
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| Our fantastic guide telling us about the convicts and Port Arthur |
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| The Separate Church. no talking or interacting |
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| Hamish and Ratidzo preaching the word |
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| Mrs Anderson on her beautiful bush walk |
And then to cap the day off, after dinner we were all blessed with enjoying each others talents... 100% participation rate.... go Year 9 2018!! So many highlights.....
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| Mitch debuted with Isaac playing "4 Chords" |
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| A riveting battle between two strong men |
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| Merryn brought Cath and Kim alive! |
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| Jackie finally nailed his yoyo trick...took all trip. |
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| Ratidzo did some live art for Talent Night. Exceptional! |
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| Bradley moved from Rock n roll guitar to classical when he came to Australia. Sublime. |
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| Indy reading Poetry from Psalm 139 |
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| The boys couldn't resist singing "Country Roads" for talent night |
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| Jack played an original compostion |
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| Michaela and Erin brought story telling to life at the Talent Night |
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| Pearl trying to guess who Tim had drawn for Talent Night |
.... and that’s not all. I don’t think anyone will forget Mr Xeros’s rendition of The Switch! Anna’s original composition of ‘What can I do for you?’ was a powerful follow up to the testimony she gave at Poatina, and Mr Gilmour’s Tassie 2018 song nailed it!! So much talent and so willing (maybe?) to share it....
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| Everyone having a blast. All 28 people performed. A record! |
hi again merryn! looks like you are having a ball. really can't wait for you to get home to tell us all about your adventures. (I hope you are not going to be overtired & grumpy) this will get you excited...got you something special from river & wren.....bet you can't guess. see you tomorrow, don't vomit on the boat, love you. mum, dad & your adoring sister josephine (don't tell your sister I wrote that!)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic day it looked. It’s a shame Izzy slept through some of it. Travel safe back to us here in Wagga. Can’t wait to hear all about your adventures.
ReplyDeleteI miss you guys!! So sad that Allysa didn't go... Hi to all of you
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Hi Merri. This is from your only big brother! Thought it was about time I wrote on here. Hope you've been having lots of fun. Did you get to do that script we sent with you and if you did how did it go? Also I believe you should challenge Mr Gilmour to a game of fifa! :) (if you have a chance). We are missing you at home and I am looking forward to hearing a lot of stories tomorrow. See ya! (from Micah)
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