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G'Day Mates! (sorry...it's just one of those things you can't resist saying while ya can get away with it!)
The long awaited overseas post has now commenced, but I regret to inform you that there will be no pictures available. For whatever reason blogger does not seem to want to download the pictures..'nuff said. I will attempt a brief collage of pictures once I get back to Winnipeg but for now hopefully the quick summary will do.
The Trip Here:
Commence Wpg. time 09:00 hrs June 13
Winnipeg-Vancouver [no meal]
Vancouver-Honalulu (Hawaii) [dinner]
Honalulu-Sydney [1st breakfast] also sidenote-they had to spray us with insecticide before we deboarded the plane and we got to watch a "Declare or Beware" short starring none other than the Croc Hunter himself...impressive
Sydney-Adelaide [2nd breakfast] And we were finally there at about Adl. time 06:00 hrs June 15
Things We've (I've) Done thus Far:
-Shower
-Meet host family
-Visit winery...do taste testing....bought a bottle...nearly lost Mr. A...
-Attempt boomerang
-Borrowing jacket from ASMS (school) temperature is about 14 during the day, drops to around 2 at night
-Learned houses don't have heating....repeat: drops to around 2 at night
-Bush walking, we walked through a field were there were cows (BULLS) just roaming about...yeah, not worrisome at all (I swear they were all giving me the evil eye)
-More showering
-Netball (10 points to whoever can tell me the rules of netball)
-Touring the countryside, cruises, dolphin spotting, opal mine, riding the tram, taking lots of pictures, etc.
My most favourite(est) thing to date though has been the night walk in the wildlife conservation park. I saw a platypus (from far away though) and I got to pet a kangaroo!!!! Exciting much! Anyway, it's almost 22:00 here and honestly that would be the latest I'll go to bed yet, ta!
posted by Faith-Love-Peace-Zeitgeist @ 06:42
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2 Comments:
Ahh... netball.
When I was in South Africa some children attempted to teach me how to play netball, but they gave up after a very short while.
All I remember is netball is like 'hardcore' basketball. It has a hoop without a backboard, and you need to pass a lot. What I didn't get was the fact that it was called netball but none of the hoops I saw ever had a net.
I believe the rough rules are:
When in possession of the ball:
- You can only take one step
- You can only hold the ball for no more than three seconds
- You can't throw the ball to yourself
For defense:
- You must remain three feet away from the person in possession of the ball
- No contact is permitted
Wow, I am hightly impressed, 10 points fully awarded. I had no idea what Marnie (host family buddy) was talking about the first time she mentioned it. I guess now I'll be ahead of the curve next year though I fear my skills will be highly comparble to what you believe yours to be.
Thankfully the nets I saw actually had a net and thus did not bewilder me for life!
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