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Insides on the outside

August 27, 2010 Activities
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Look what we did last night!  The little one on the left is a skeleton, the big girl has organs.  This was a first time, so we just chatted while drawing, and after the photos it became a general draw on each other (and Mummy) session.  Including some beautiful vines and flowers. The girls already [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Our New Chicks

August 18, 2010 Life and Living

2 days 4 days 5 days 9 days 11 days

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Orang Utans

August 12, 2010 General
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Whenever we go to Perth the Zoo is a must see, and one of our favourites is the Orang utans.  Perth Zoo is one of the world’s premiere breeding facilities for orang utans and has done a lot of research into keeping them happy and healthy.  I used to be a volunteer guide at the [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – This is not a photo

July 28, 2010 Life and Living

It is, in fact, the most amazing scent.  We walk past this bush every day and it is enough to stop you in your tracks and make you breathe deeply to fully enjoy the lovely smell.  I thought I’d share with you – just reach forward and scratch your computer screen.  Isn’t that gorgeous? I’d [...]

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We Made a Dinosaur!

July 20, 2010 Activities
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Isn’t he gorgeous? He’s actually rated for 6+ but it made a fantastic collaborative activity for the three girls when Daddy went back to work!  He started as two pieces of plywood with shapes cut out and a sheet of paper with maps and numbers.  The big girl found all sorts of numbers and noticed [...]

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Animals at the Zoo

July 15, 2010 Life and Living

I love the Perth Zoo, if I lived there I would definitely be a Zoo Friend and go as often as I could.  There is a post coming up about the types of enclosures and ways they’ve made it a great place to visit, plus some posts on individual animals.  But here are some more [...]

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Visiting a Museum

July 9, 2010 Earth and Beyond
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On our trip to Perth we visited the main WA Museum, so this is partly a specific review and partly some ideas about how to get the most out of a visit to your local museum.  The first is obvious – go when your kids are well fed and rested!  We found it unavoidable because [...]

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Landscapes We’ve Travelled Through

July 8, 2010 Earth and Beyond

On our holiday we drove around 500km into the centre of Australia, then flew roughly 2000km to Perth on the west coast.  We also saw the south-west, driving another 300km or so.  So we’ve been through a lot of climate zones, types of use and landscapes!  These are just a few. Tennant Creek The Devil’s [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Feeding Lambs

June 30, 2010 Life and Living

Not our pets though.  Ones we found on our little trip to Busselton and the southwest of WA at the Wonky Windmill Farm, well worth a visit to feed the animals and perfect for little kids.

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Our New Budgies

June 25, 2010 Babies
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Having a Pet A pet is a wonderful way for kids to learn about animals and ecology.  No matter what sort of pet you have children of all ages can be involved in watching them, interacting with them and older kids can care for them.  We now have some budgies in a palatial aviary in [...]

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