Greetings from Tarramurra, New South Wales. The five of us have been keeping ourselves very busy this week. After easing into things Saturday and Sunday, we were off running on Monday visiting the Koala Park in the morning. I can safely say that for most of us, that visit is one of the high points of our trip. We all got to play with the koalas and get in amongst the kangaroos.Yvonne and Megan even tried their hands at sheering sheep! (Girls, you’d be so proud of your mother!) Afterwards we had a traditional fish and chips lunch at Berowra Waters, a beautiful river valley set amongst bush-covered hills. In the evening we attended our first Rotary Club meeting, where we heard a local MP (Member of Parliament) speak about Australian politics.
Tuesday was a long day for us. In the morning we all visited St. Bernadette Primary School. This is a private school in the Catholic school system of NSW. We were shown around by four class leaders from Year 6, Annabelle, Emma, Nicky and Justin. It was great seeing how different the schools are laid out here as well as the variety of safety measures that they take for their students, including providing ample shaded areas in the play areas and having students with food allergies wear yellow hats (as opposed to the regular blue uniform hats) as a way to quickly identify those students who may need assistance. Following our visit there, we went to The Hills Grammar School, an independent private school which serves Kindergarten through Year 12. It has an amazing campus with buildings that house each different department which were designed with the input of each department to best suit their needs. After a quick visit to a local nursery and some much needed downtime, the five of us were off to an evening Rotary meeting where three clubs joined together to hear us give our presentation for the first time. The crowd was very receptive and had excellent questions for us afterwards.
Today we started off at St. Lucy’s Primary School, which is a school designed to serve the needs of those students with special needs. At a morning Rotary meeting, we learned about what the school has been doing to improve the lives of these children. The work that is being done there is quite impressive. After leaving St. Lucy’s, we hopped on a train into Sydney, walked down George Street to Circular Quay and caught a ferry to the Olympic Park. After a nice lunch we received a private tour of the Olympic stadium. Talk about impressive! Even Yvonne had to admit it’s better than the Palace.
Well everyone, I’m off to a barbecue tonight. To our families back home, believe me, we all talk about you often and miss you. Linda, you can thank us later for taking Rusty off your hands for a month.
Today we started off at St. Lucy’s Primary School, which is a school designed to serve the needs of those students with special needs. At a morning Rotary meeting, we learned about what the school has been doing to improve the lives of these children. The work that is being done there is quite impressive. After leaving St. Lucy’s, we hopped on a train into Sydney, walked down George Street to Circular Quay and caught a ferry to the Olympic Park. After a nice lunch we received a private tour of the Olympic stadium. Talk about impressive! Even Yvonne had to admit it’s better than the Palace.
Well everyone, I’m off to a barbecue tonight. To our families back home, believe me, we all talk about you often and miss you. Linda, you can thank us later for taking Rusty off your hands for a month.
2 comments:
Oh, I would SO love to see the Olympic stadium! The school would have been of peek interest to me as well. So glad you are all having such an enriching experience. As for you taking Rusty off my hands, AMEN to that, brother!
That koala is SO cute! Will he fit in your suit case? If not, just FedEx him.
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