We departed Hawkesdale on schedule and arrived in Melbourne with plenty of time to take a tour around the Albert Park Lake Grand Prix track, past Luna Park and along St. Kilda esplanade. We passed through customs without incident and boarded the “Spirit of Tasmania” with about 1,000 other people (Maximum capacity overnight is 1,050 [...]

Emily was a member of the 15 & Under Mininera and District Netball Association representative side that played in the Association tournament at Warrnambool on May 25th.  She mainly played at wing defence and in the centre.  The team was very competitive and performed very well over the day.  Well done to all team participants.  [...]

Tim competed in the recent Cross Country at Lake Bolac on Monday May 19th.  His cousin Chloe also competed.  Tim and Chloe did a little bit of preparation together. Hawkesdale P12 College were very successful and had several winners of this event. Overall 32 students from the school partipated and we had five age group [...]

Recently Georgia came second in the CFA colouring competition. She was very excited!  Her prize included a CFA teddy bear, drink bottle, cap and a certificate.  She was and we were very proud of her efforts.  Well done Georgia!

This week our school started the Active After School Prgoram for Term 2.  This is a free program, that is promoted by the Government to give students from Prep to Grade 6 an opportunity to physical activities in a safe, fun and non competitive environment.  This term we are doing badminton.  Children start with some [...]

Blogs, Wikis. Vokis, collaboration, Profiles ……… the list is endless!  What does it all mean?What a day we had.  What an exciting world our children are heading into.  I discovered where I fit into the scheme of things - and I’m pleasantly surprised!  My tutor  from oru school, Ann has been a great help - [...]

I have taken these pictures from our garden.  Both my husband and I don’t call ourselves gardeners but we enjoy having a garden and all the delights a garden can bring.  We are fortunate to have lots of birds visit our garden as we have quite a few natives planted.  My mum was a great [...]

What a world blogging is!  It is a great experience and I am glad that I have been able to keep up with it  - just a little bit!  Most times I find it difficult to know what to write - but I have been told just to start writing - so that’s what I [...]