Bastille Day in Sydney

We visited the Maritime Services Board to pick up Tom's boat licence, this boat was in the foyer

Northern escarpment of the Crag at 8.30am

Tony, local artist at Balmoral Beach, you can buy art straight off his easel

Tom being modest as he picks up his boat licence

Nick on the scooter at Balmoral

Balmoral Beach from the pier

Kellie, the siberian husky, I caught her running wild in the reserve

After a quick meal, I took her to the vet's where her microchip was scanned and she was returned to her owners.

Balmoral Beach, Winter

Sunday

Tom fishing

Barefoot Nick

Alex

Sailors Bay

Nick on the track

Nick again

Readers who know what this is can win a prize!

In the holidays

The back yard

Haven Amphitheatre

Amphitheatre panorama

William Morris tiles in Pre Raphaelites exhibit at NSWAG

Nick counting the sugars

Tony Tuckson abstract - ground breaking in 1972

South American bromeliad in Botanic Gardens

View of the City from the Gardens

Nick at the gates

Art Gallery Road, my favourite road in Sydney

NAIDOC sports at the National Centre for Indigenous Excellence in Redfern

Bust of La Perouse

Louis XIV

La Perouse shell art by local indigenous artists

The disintegration of the Astrolabe off Vanikoro

The monument to La Perouse with the names of French ships to Australia

Off the north east point of the Crag

Sanstone and salt water

Track to the north east point

End of the Trail

This photo is of the famous sculpture about the Cherokee Indian Nation, called End of the Trail. It was taken by one of my American blogging friends, Emery Jo. We are studying the Sioux Ogalal Lakota as part of Aboriginal Studies at school. Looking at this sculpture with Emery's son in front of it is inspiring and humbling at the same time

Term 2 2011

Sam has been teaching at my school, from Brighton, UK. He has given us his commuter bike which surprisingly was made in the UK and has a British Made sticker.

Alex taught himself to ride a bike with his friend Jasper's bike, I had tried to teach him for years but one day he just taught himself.

Nick and I at the Chatswood BBQ Chinese Kitchen waiting for the crispy skin roast duck

Alex and Tom, our dining companions

The ceiling of the NSW Parliament Hansard Room

The NSW Parliament Hansard Room where I spent a professional development day for HSC Legal Studies. We also attended two sittings of the parliament viewing members on their mobile phones and texting during speeches. It's good to know it's not just the students in my classes doing this.

The British coat of arms, used in NSW before federation

NAIDOC banner at school

The kids at school waiting to go in to the NAIDOC performance assembly

One of the primary school girls in her Aboriginal colours - red, yellow and black

School wall mural celebrating Aboriginal Australia

The Junior school choir

Tia and Siti warming up for competitive girls basketball

Building continues at Nick and Alex's school

Nick's second grade classroom

Well that catches you up on what's been happening this term. Now it is the Winter school holidays. We plan some fun activities in Sydney out and about. The weather is a bit of everything but that's okay. More postings will follow. Bye for now.