Tuesday 9th
April
The good news is…2XS is not lost at sea…
I had been very mildly worried; not to the point of panic but when
Cam rang from the Gold Coast, very concerned about Pete and Crew and Boat, I
notched up the anxiety just a tad. All
unnecessary; they were only out of phone range.
James occasionally had a few bars of reception, and he had rung Bron, so
I got a bit of reassurance from her. And
this afternoon Captain Pete rang, from Brampton Island, in the
Whitsundays. They should be at Hamilton
Island tomorrow, ready for both James and Rachel to return to real life in
Hobart. I rather think they will all
have fairly highly-coloured stories to report…and they possibly will conflict,
one way or the other…
This morning I went to Lauderdale School to talk to Wonderful Mr
Whelan’s Grade Five. I had met this
group a few weeks ago when I spent a few hours with them on a Ten Days on the
Island school excursion. I had been very
impressed with their charm and enthusiasm.
Angus is in this class; he thinks Mr Whelan is the Best Teacher
Ever. I had a great hour with the class,
showing them a few photos of children in the Solomons and the Louisiades. They had lots of questions and opinions. They were – this was no surprise –
particularly interested in toilet arrangements, and they were highly amused to
hear that both John Miedecke and I had swum right into toileting areas off
various islands, only to be sent back by small children in tiny canoes, saying,
“No swimming here. This water is for
pooping.” They loved the photo of the
children in the canoe at Twin Waterfall Bay in the Solomons – one teenage
babysitter, Gwendolyn, and six, I think, very small children, all balancing
confidently in a shallow, narrow, leaky canoe, which Gwendolyn confidently paddled
across deep water to visit us.
You may have noticed I have a new technological skill: I can include
photos!! I spent a very profitable hour
and a half with my Mac 101 man, Gary Waterson.#
He was very kind, patient and helpful and I can do NEARLY everything he
showed me… Sigh sigh not quite everything but…putting photos on my blog was
close to top of my list, so…all is well!
# Gary Waterson – helps with
all manner of Mac/Apple issues:
0402 917 751
info@mac101.com.au
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