1. Hockeyroos 14Feb2010
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Photos from an international test match played in Rockingham on 14 February 2010 between the national teams of Australia (Hockeyroos) and New Zealand (All Blacks). ...

2. House in Rockingham (Dec 2007)
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3. Kids' Baseball 01Nov2008
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These are baseball pictures from Saturday, 1st November.  Karl and Dane's Little League team, Rockingham Rams, played the Cockburn (pronounced "Co-burn" - go figure) Cobras.  Then Peter's team ...

4. LWLC
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Photos from around the campus at Living Waters Lutheran College in Rockingham, Western Australia. To choose any of these photos to print, click here. ...

5. Pt. Peron 16Aug2008 (Peter)
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On a wintry Saturday afternoon (75° and blue skies), Tim and the boys went hiking at Pt. Peron.  It's a beautiful point of land jutting into the Indian Ocean right in our city of Rockingham.  ...

6. Sailing to Garden Is. Jan2010
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In mid-January, the boys and I went off sailing to Garden Island with our friends Keith and Rob (originally from Minnesota and Wisconsin, respectively).  It's about a 1-2 hour sail each way from the Rockingham ...

7. Flght to Perth Australia: Dane asleep on bus from Perth
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Dane asleep on bus from Perth: Jetlag setting in on our 45-minute bus ride from Perth to Rockingham.  ...

8. LWLC: chapel02
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chapel02: This building serves as Rockingham Lutheran Church, as well as, school chapel and all purpose room (no permanent seating).  ...

9. Kangaroos!: sheep
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sheep: Driving away from the Darling Range and back toward Rockingham, Lanette took this photo of sheep.  ...

10. Pt. Peron 16Aug2008 (Tim): Northeast from Pt. Peron
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Northeast from Pt. Peron: Looking at Cockburn ("Coe-burn") Sound which goes north from Pt. Peron.  The taller buildings on the shore make up the Rockingham city foreshore.  The bridge in the ...

11. Mom S in WA - Day 01: Pt Peron - Rockingham WA
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Pt Peron - Rockingham WA: After climbing to the top of Pt. Peron in Rockingham: Karl, Ann, Dane, Peter and Lanette. ...

12. Mom S in WA - Day 01: Pt Peron - Rockingham WA_2
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Pt Peron - Rockingham WA_2: Hanging out over the rocky, limestone cliffs at Pt. Peron. ...

13. Mom S in WA - Day 01: Pt Peron - Rockingham WA_3
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Pt Peron - Rockingham WA_3: Pt. Peron ...

14. Mom S in WA - Day 01: Pt Peron - Rockingham WA_4
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Pt Peron - Rockingham WA_4: Pt. Peron ...

15. Mom S in WA - Day 01: Pt Peron - Rockingham WA_5
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Pt Peron - Rockingham WA_5: Pt. Peron ...

16. Mom S in WA - Day 01: Pt Peron - Rockingham WA_6
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Pt Peron - Rockingham WA_6: Looking at snail - Pt. Peron ...

17. Mom S in WA - Day 01: Pt Peron - Rockingham WA_7
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Pt Peron - Rockingham WA_7: Pt. Peron sunset ...

18. Mom S in WA - Day 01: Pt Peron - Rockingham WA_8
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Pt Peron - Rockingham WA_8: Pt. Peron ...

19. Mom S in WA - Day 01: Pt Peron - Rockingham WA_9
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Pt Peron - Rockingham WA_9: Pt. Peron sunset ...

20. Mom S in WA - Day 01: Pt Peron - Rockingham WA_10
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Pt Peron - Rockingham WA_10: Full moon rising over Rockingham city foreshore - from Pt. Peron ...

21. Mom S in WA - Day 01: Pt Peron - Rockingham WA_11
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Pt Peron - Rockingham WA_11: Rockingham city foreshore from Pt. Peron ...

22. Mom S in WA - Day 03: DSC09092
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DSC09092: Easter Sunday picnic at Serpentine Falls up in the hills east of Perth and Rockingham. ...

23. Mom S in WA - Day 03: DSC09094
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DSC09094: Karl and Tim - Easter Sunday picnic at Serpentine Falls up in the hills east of Perth and Rockingham. ...

24. Mom S in WA - Day 03: DSC09140
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DSC09140: Driving back from Serpentine Falls toward Rockingham we could see the bush fire ahead. ...

25. Baseball Dec2009: baseball Dec 09 - 21
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baseball Dec 09 - 21: Some of the current Rockingham Baseball Club's players gathering to commemorate the club's 30th anniversary.  Peter, Karl and Dane are in there along with their coach (who also plays ...

26. Mike & Lori's Visit Jan2010: Mike & Lori Visit Dec2009 - 011
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Mike & Lori Visit Dec2009 - 011: All of the cousins posing on a windy evening on top of Point Peron in Rockingham ...

27. Mike & Lori's Visit Jan2010: Mike & Lori Visit Dec2009 - 017
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Mike & Lori Visit Dec2009 - 017: Dusk at Point Peron - Rockingham ...

28. Mike & Lori's Visit Jan2010: Mike & Lori Visit Dec2009 - 021
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Mike & Lori Visit Dec2009 - 021: Sunset over Mushroom Rock at Point Peron - Rockingham ...

29. Sailing to Garden Is. Jan2010: Garden Island sailing 11Jan2010 - 03
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Garden Island sailing 11Jan2010 - 03: Looking south from Garden Island toward the Rockingham City foreshore ...

30. Car Chase on Fox News
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Once again, Rockingham makes world news headlines... If you were watching Fox News back in the States on Thursday, America's Newsroom showed a video from Australia of a wild car chase.  A very scary aboriginal ...

31. Baseball Awards
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Last Saturday, the boys' Rockingham Rams gave out their season-ending awards. The "imports", as Coach Thommo refers to our boys, walked away with some nice trophies. Both of the teams had a players' ...

32. Hockey... Aussie style
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Tonight we went to a hockey game.  Australia vs. New Zealand in an international test match played right here in Rockingham.  Not the "ice" version like we'd prefer back in Minnesota.  This was "field ...

33. A visit from the cousins
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... spots.  We had a windy sunset at Point Peron here in Rockingham (photo of kids at the top of the point).  We spent a day in Perth, taking the train and the ferry to the Perth Zoo (100° made it a little ...

34. Baseball season resumes
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... to Waneroo.  Peter had 3 throw-outs from 3rd base and batted 1 for 4. Early in December the Rockingham Baseball Club commemorated it's 30th anniversary with a gathering of founding players and current ...

35. Peter pitches well
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... bush in the hills east of Perth to Roleystone for this most recent game for Peter's under-17 team.  As seems to be the pattern, the Rockingham team gave up heaps of early inning runs.  However, with Peter ...

36. Rockingham Baseball News
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... of all of our Rockingham baseball club teams. Karl and Dane's Little League (Under-13) team is cruising along early in the season outscoring their opponents 43-3 in 3 games.  It's looking like there might ...

37. Peter receives big honour
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Peter received a significant honour last evening.  He was awarded the "Year 10 City of Rockingham Scholarship".  The small print of the certificate explains the award: For a strong academic student who ...

38. Bushfire 3km From Home Under Control
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As we were returning from our picnic in the hills on Easter Sunday, we saw a huge plume of smoke as we looked toward Rockingham.  The fire crossed the main road home and thus was closed.  It took us nearly ...

39. Mom S Arrives in WA
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... them up at the airport and drove them through downtown Perth on the way to our house.  After a bit of settling in, we took them for a walk at dusk at Point Peron in Rockingham.  It had been in the high ...

40. Last Time It Rained?... Hmmm
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... hemisphere was built in Kwinana (right next to Rockingham) just a few years ago. By the way - we think we have great tasting drinking water in our house.  ...

41. Happy New Year!
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... to the beach and watched fireworks towards the north up the beach from Rockingham's foreshore (about 9 km away) and towards the south down the beach at Mandurah (about 20 km). We taped the celebration ...

42. Shark Update 2
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... continues with a shocking story from our Rockingham Golf Club (where Lanette and I golfed with the roos in October) where some kids have been sneaking in and mutilating kangaroos. There have been other ...

43. Day Out Sailing
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... (Minnesota). The boys and I met up with Keith this morning at the Rockingham Yacht Club and took off in his 23-footer for a trip around Garden Island.  We went out under the causeway that connects the ...

44. November Weekend Down Under
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... kids' teams played home games on the same field.  That means a 3 mile drive to Hourglass Park in Rockingham, home of the Rams Baseball Club.  Karl and Dane play in the Little League (same organisation ...

45. Golfing With the Roos
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... hadn't golfed for over a year.  It was a beautiful spring day with a top of 27°C (80°F) and blue skies. We went to the Rockingham Golf Club just 10 minutes from our house and played among the ...

46. Hiking at Pt. Peron
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On a wintry Saturday afternoon (75° and blue skies), the boys and I went hiking at Pt. Peron.  It's a beautiful point of land jutting into the Indian Ocean right in our city of Rockingham.  Peter ...

47. Sheephead Down Under
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... nothing other than an actual "Shindig."  We may have missed attending the bi-annual Schumacher Shindig in Mayer, Minnesota, last weekend, but tonight our Rockingham Lutheran Church hosted it's very ...

48. Acknowledging Some Things We Miss
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... Baker's Square, DQ Grill & Chill, Applebee's, and Culvers.  There's just nothing like those here in Rockingham (city of 80,000), and a limited choice of such in Perth.  A couple of weeks ...

49. It's a Small World After All
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... been here for 25 years. She lives only 40 minutes away from us and her 3 daughters play sports in our city. We had a lovely chat. Here's another one: Our pastor, Mike Fulwood, here at Rockingham Lutheran ...

50. Virtual Tour of the Rockingham Area
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... pop-up menu choose 'Save as...' or 'Save Target as..." 3. Find the downloaded file "Rockingham Tour.kmz.zip."  It will probably be on your Desktop.  If it still has ".zip" at the end of ...