Thursday, February 4th, 2010
We are almost at the end of week 2. It has been sunny and hot here. No rain. It has been a busy week. We bought a car, 1995 Holden. It has 140,000 km’s and had A/C. Runs great and the best part it was only $ 2,800. The insurance was easy to get as well. We are set and can start touring around the cute little places around us. People either buy expensive cars or cheap ones. They also run longer. We are happy and got good advice on the car from colleagues at work. Tuesday and Wednesday we were out both nights. Info night at Gilroy and my principal from Abergowrie took us out for a nice dinner. I can’t even begin to explain Abergowrie. I love it and it is a great experience, way too much to write in an email but when I get permission I will send pictures. Ask Annette if you’re really keen to know details for now this is a little intro..... It is a boarding school for all boys. The boys come from various Islands and live there. Some of them never had primary school so they are very low and behavioural. Look the school up to give yourself a better outlook. The website is www.abergowrie.qld.edu.au
Our bodies have adjusted and we have had a BBQ every night with fresh fruit and vegetables. This weekend we plan to do a day trip with Kristina and Graham. We are planning on my birthday weekend to head to Magnetic Island, it’s not far and our first break in April we are planning on going to Tasmania.
We watched the Sens with our students on the web. Mine loved it and I also showed them the snow and our ski pictures. You could hear a pin drop in the class. They loved the stories and looking at the pictures. JC’s kids well....I think he was more excited than they were. Go Sens Go!!! Wow, we leave the country and they start winning!!! That’s it for now!! I am sweating just sitting here. We have a/c in our room and there are ceiling fans but it is hot!!! Hope all is well in the cold!!! J
g'day mates. how yea going? looks like it's been great so far. magnetic island eh. was there when the only hotel on the island had about 20 rooms, only other place to stay was a campsite. we stayed there, just sand in the bush. if you see any magpies watch out for your head. they are dive bombers! got hit by one a it bled for hours. anyway enjoy. ps happy bday mel. xo
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