79. Jacaranda?

Outside my hotel in Gladstone was a beautiful tree that had foliage very much like a Jacaranda tree. However it had very large seed pods. I wonder what sort of tree it is? Everything's greener in Queensland.

78. A frame from nature (pic 50)

I've been looking for a really good frame from nature since pic number 50. So I'm cheating and putting it in here to save you from having to go back to pic 50. I've added 2 so both numbers are covered. Hanging Rock a great place for photos from all different angles and views.

77. Hanging Rock

Today we went and had a very nice lunch at the Hanging Rock cafe to celebrate Bill's birthday. We also walked up to the top of the summit. They have made new paths so the climb to the top is much easier. Once you reach the top you can see for miles and the recent rain has painted a lovely green picture. Where were the koalas?

76. Gladstone

Visited a lovely school St John's in Gladstone to run a workshop using the iPod touch in the classroom with gr 1&2?teachers.
They had lots of huge verandahs a arched rooves above the basketball courts.

Like everyone they had fences and pull down parts stuff stacked up in the library etc waiting for the BER funding and works to be completed.

There's a lot of building works to be completed by October or heads will roll in the next election.


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75. Ului

Well it's not too windy yet. Will it be windy at 5pm?



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74. Three

Sitting on the plane. Waiting to take off. Today's challenge was the number three and I have found everything in two's since I began looking for three. At last the job has been completed.

Flying to Brisbane then on to Gladstone hopefully. They have a cyclone off the coast in QLD so I'll see what happens today.




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73. Run the rock

Just got my run the rock info today. Saw this earlier and thought it would be good for an April run before the Mother's day classic in May.

Hanging Rock was one of our yearly picnic spots for Simon's birthday. Then we got busy with working teenagers and after driving for 2 days the short trip seemed like too much.

The restaurant was lovely the last time we went and celebrated Sally's birthday also.

Hanging Rock a place of mystery and great views from the top.




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72. Run4kids

Today I did a 5.2km run4kids in Melbourne. It was very hectic with 30,000 people at the gardens and 14000 in my race.

We raised over $1mil for the children's hospital.

The run was very pleasant and I ran the whole way. Katherine my daughter came in the run also and made the whole distance running. It's great to run together. Carey and Nic ran in the 14 km run and that was huge. They ran through the tunnel and over the Bolte Bridge.16,000 people.


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71. Autumn in Autumn

The Autumn raindrops are now in full bloom. They are the only flowers in bloom and look very fresh. The bees have appeared and like them also.


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70. Watching the grass grow

It's so exiting we actually have grass growing again. I can see from morning to afternoon the grass has grown. Our flooding rains have really got everything growing. The backyard has been just brown dirt for months.

There's nothing so calming as green grass and just in time for our German exchange student who no doubt is used to a very green countryside.

The kangaroos won't know where to go as there is grass everywhere.

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