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Will and Carens visit !!! Groovy Stuff !!!!
Well hello everyone , Sorry there has been about a 3 month delay in writing anything on this Blog !!!!! But busy times with work and things and nothing that exciting to say !!!! But now look out as we have been saving up our pictures and things we have been doing ... so you can now all have a peak !!! Wooooop ! Its been up and down weather wise and …
A timely meeting with Professor Freda Briggs AO
... help - yet as I said, the conviction rate of those accused is only 2%. This is not going to help break the cycle of abuse and is not going to lead to greater saftey of children’s lives.
Freda did a study of 84 offenders. She told us that 50% of them were first abused by a female. This is the first time we had heard this. She said in her experience, that boys see being abused by a women as not wrong. Actually some see it as bragging rights .... the problem is it still has ...
Great Ocean Road - Day 1
... sausage?) where we are staying tonight. The Ocean Road really is lovely – the views are every bit as amazing as you might imagine. You have the views of the ocean on the left side, and then green mountainous land to the right with wee rivers and lovely houses. It actually reminded me of some of the coast you see on Arran, so no need for you to come here gramps. Just take a drive along that road to blackwaterfoot and you’ll feel like ...
RAAF Museum
... and positions, and German aircraft. Additional Australian units were based in the United Kingdom. Nos 5, 6, 7 and 8 Squadrons were established to train aircrew for service in the four front line squadrons of the AFC. The only Victoria Cross (VC) awarded to an AFC member was to Lieutenant F.H. McNamara of 1SQN for his heroism on 20 March 1917. However, the leading scorer of the AFC was 24 year old Captain A.H. Cobby from No 4 Squadron, who ...
The best day of my whole liiife!!!
... water. I at least wanted to catch one big wave so I waited for one, paddled like crazy aaannnddd got on! :) Then I even got up for a few seconds! It felt amaaazing!! :D I was sooo happy after that.
Exhausted we tried to peel ourselves out of the wetsuit.
Then we went to a small snack bar and had lunch. Fish and chips, sandwich and shake ;) very healthy I know. We also went window shopping (it was way too expensive to buy something).
In ...