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1. Halls Head 06July2008
(Phocagallery / Halls Head 06July2008)
... On the way we saw kangaroos and an emu.  The Mandurah church meets in a double classroom, with an average of about 50 people attending.  For the Kids' Church, there were about 30 kids present.  ...
2. New (used) Trajet
(Phocagallery / New (used) Trajet)
Our new "people-mover" (They don't call them mini-vans here). To choose any of these photos to print, click here.  ...
3. Our Backyard
(Phocagallery / Our Backyard)
Just a few photos from the backyard of our house in Warnbro. Most people don't have clothes dryers here, so Lanette's getting used to hanging the clothes out to dry. To choose any of these photos to ...
4. Queen Mary 2- 14Mar2010
(Phocagallery / Queen Mary 2- 14Mar2010)
On Peter's 16th birthday we went to Fremantle to farewell the Queen Mary 2 - the world's largest ocean liner - which happened to drop by the port at Fremantle for a day.  Thousands of flag-waving people ...
5. Kangaroos!: RoosBegging
(Phocagallery / RoosBegging)
RoosBegging: The kangaroos had no inhibitions in approaching people for food.  ...
6. Driving Outback: Payne's Find roadhouse
(Phocagallery / Payne's Find roadhouse)
Payne's Find roadhouse: Typical roadhouse and tavern in the outback spaced apart just enough to need to stop and fill up with petrol.  Payne's Find was a gold mining town with enough people to have ...
7. Toodyay 02Aug2008: IMG_1320
(Phocagallery / IMG_1320)
IMG_1320: We arrived too late for the Avon Descent.  By the time we got to the "weir" (dam) where there was to be lots of action going over the falls, the rescue people were waiting for the one last ...
8. ACLE3 Conference at MCG: presenting at MCG
(Phocagallery / presenting at MCG)
presenting at MCG: This is the view of the MCG that I had during my presentation at the educator's conference (but, of course, with people sitting in the chairs!).  ...
9. Red Bull Air Racing in Perth
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... if it made the cuts.) It's quite a scene to watch.  People like us line the shores of the Swan River across from the Perth CBD.  A course consisting of 8 or so air gates is set up on barges in the river.  ...
10. Big Day in the City
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... the world.  We weren't the only curious onlookers as Fremantle was flooded with thousands of people who came to farewell the ship that was planning on leaving around 5pm. See Queen Mary 2 photos in our ...
11. We are liking curry
(Blogs/Dane's Blog)
Here in Australia, there's lots of people who eat curry.  It's because of how close we are to Bali (Indonesia), Malaysia and India. Mum's tried cooking it about 4 times so far.  This last effort may ...
12. Merry Christmas!
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... church.  I was asked to prepare the lyrics for "Silent Night, Holy Night" in the various languages spoken by people in our church.  So, we ended up singing the first verse simultaneously in 12 languages: ...
... two more raises during 2010 (Lutheran teachers are unionised in Australia).  We don't really know that many people who have lost jobs in the past year. But one direct connection we have to the quotes ...
14. More on the Aussie language
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... was ConvictCreations.com.  They have an excellent page describing the Australian language titled "Strine - the world's most advanced English language".  To explain that title, "Strine" is how people from ...
15. About Canberra
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... who leads government as the head of the majority party (he's not directly elected by the people).  The Parliament is split into two houses - the Senate and the House of Representatives. Like in the US, ...
16. Flyaway to Adelaide Part 1
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... our one day of driving around the small towns of the valley (Tanunda has 3,700 people), we must have just happened upon at least 15 Lutheran churches.  This is one place in Australia where we don't have ...
17. Snakes in Australia
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... known to be aggressive, and they're from one of only two non-venomous snake groups in Australia (pythons and colubridae). Many people favour them as house pets. But pythons, in general, have large appetites. ...
18. Karl Gets a Twin's Autograph
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... of the ladder and is hosting the series this weekend.  About 2,000-3,000 people will be attending each game.  All 3 of the boys and I will be going to tonight's game 2. Karl got the autograph of Luke ...
... national identity on the anniversary of it's founding day with fireworks, burning something on the barbie, and playing cricket (instead of baseball).  There will be lots of people hitting the beach or ...
The barbie (Australian for "BBQ") is at the centre of the Australian national psyche, as acknowledged by this news story from the BBC.  An excerpt here: "The barbecue, or barbie, gives people the chance ...
21. Happy New Year!
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... from Sydney on TV and watched the fireworks when we got back to the house.  Simply amazing!  They launched 100,000 fireworks from the Sydney Harbour Bridge and 7 barges with 1.5 million people watching ...
22. Shark Update 2
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... It was "menacing" two fishermen in a small dinghy, and a patrol boat later followed it out to deeper waters.  So the beach was marked with "closed" signs.  Yet there were a number of people ankle deep ...
23. Shark Attack on Our Beach
(Blogs/Peter's Blog)
... 7 news helicopter circling over a spot on the beach. We told Mon, Dad, and Dane. We decided to drive to the beach to see them. When we got to the parking lot by the beach, there were dozens of people watching. ...
24. Shark Update
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... the beach to see what the commotion was.  We stood with dozens of people at a car park lookout for about 2 1/2 hours, not knowing for about the first hour whether it was a shark attack or something else. ...
... a rather tight family of just over 100 people.  Two sudden deaths in one family is quite hard to fathom.  Though not being here very long, we've come to the know the family and have great appreciation ...
26. November Weekend Down Under
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... Night) There's mixed interest in Halloween down here.  People definitely know the traditions, but many are opposed to Trick-or-Treating because "it's an American holiday".  Dane dressed up ...
27. Aussies' Holiest Secular Site
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
...  The MCG is often referred to as the "Spiritual Home of Australian Sport".  It seats about 100,000 people and is listed as the 8th largest stadium in the world.  It has hosted some of the ...
28. Look Who Else Moved In
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... spiders move very quickly, they are hairy with long legs. They often shock people who are not from Australia, as Australia has a reputation for dangerous creatures. Due to their size ...
... Actually, the house is next door to a couple who both are on our staff at the college.  Thursday night we chatted with that couple (two wonderful people).  They then talked to the owner who they ...
30. A Lamb
(Blogs/Lanette's Blog)
We drove 2 hours northeast this weekend into the hills to a small town that was bustling with people. The town is quaint with gift shops and ice cream parlours. As I looked into a shop with it's door open, ...
31. Sheephead Down Under
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... own first annual Shindig.  Never having hosted a Shindig before, the planner of the Shindig asked me earlier in the week regarding what people actually do at a Shindig.  Speaking from experience, ...
... of shampoo! it takes you 25 minutes to pick out a juice to drink because you just love reading the labels you can pack a suitcase to 49.9lbs without a scale. you freeze when people ask ...
33. Roos at Serpentine Falls
(Blogs/Dane's Blog)
... It just is at a slant and people can swim in the river. Then we went back to the place that we came from and walked across a brige and went up a really big hill and went higher then the water fall.  ...
34. New Zealand to Perth
(Blogs/Dane's Blog)
... I slept.  And when we woke up in the morning we were in a hotel and my Dad said I slept onthe bus but I thought that I didn't. The hotel room had 3 bed rooms, and 6 people could sleep in it.  ...
35. It's a Small World After All
(Blogs/Lanette's Blog)
Since we have moved, we have met people that bring us back home in our thoughts. Yesterday, Lori Pierce Sexton came to our house for morning tea. Lori is from my home town, Rochelle, IL, and graduated ...
36. Shopping in Australia
(Blogs/Lanette's Blog)
... the line today, which is typical of my schedule. Most people either don’t even have a dryer or only use it rarely. We were loaned a washer to use for now, but no dryer. Yesterday wasn’t sunny enough in ...
37. A Little About Our Little Church
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... - just PowerPoint), organ, or traditional hymns.  The Lord's Supper is celebrated every Sunday.  We have a variety of people who take part in a worship band that leads all of the singing.  ...
...  If you want to know more about these relatives of the black widow, check them out at the Australian Museum Online.  People can actually die from their bite, although it's ...
39. Getting Settled
(News/Latest)
... visas approved, our shipping container was finally released to start the customs clearing process which may take 10 to 20 business days.  So the home furnishings are a bit sparse though some people ...
40. Thanks!
(News/Latest)
We'll be on our way later this morning - finally!  We are grateful to so many people... my Mom for allowing this 3-month invasion of her condo and for being so good to us Vivian for ...
... an acknowledgment that our visa application packet had been received in Perth. The immigration people have a policy to not offer updates on the progress of an application, so all we can do is wait.  ...
42. Family Humour
(Blogs/Tim's Blog)
... time to plant the garden.  If she didn't get her pink flowers planted, she wondered if people driving by who knew her annual routine would think she'd passed away. To offer an explanation to ...
... WA.  With the move across town, the distance is now just 10,639.2 miles.  We'll celebrate any progress made at this point! Some people have commented that we must be moving "halfway around ...
... have to understand how this congregation equips and prepares people for being witnesses wherever God has placed them.  The sermon from Sunday is well worth a listen if you've got a few spare minutes (click ...
... 2 science classes, an art class, etc. and was responsible for maintaining computers, the network, managing web and email services, etc. Living Waters has two IT support people on staff, so I will not ...
After a few weeks of silence from the immigration people in Perth, we received an email from our case manager on Wednesday (9 April) requesting more information. It was not the news we were hoping to hear ...
47. ooVoo
(Web Links / Live on the Web Options (audio and/or video))
Conferencing with up to 6 people with an installed program (Windows version is ready and Mac version is now in beta as of 24 Jan 2008) ...