May 21, 2008
· Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged vegemite
Well here I am eating the great Australian breakfast food! Vegemite toast! For those of you who have never heard of vegemite, it is a yeast extract paste that is supposed to taste like meat…it is very salty and Aunty Tenina LOVES it…but Sam’s mom Lori thinks it tastes like a mixture of vaseline and crunched up vitamin B pills and I have to agree with Lori! They eat it here like we eat Peanut Butter….on toast, on sandwiches, on crackers…YUCK! I am sending the class some to try out to see what you all think.
There is a television ad here for vegemite that you can all watch by clicking on the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vINFq6ZYLSM
It truly is an Australian icon! Anyway, I’ve had my vegemite for the day! Have you???
May 19, 2008
· Filed under PLACES I VISIT, Uncategorized · Tagged Burswood Hotel and theatre, Kalgoorlie
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A big big diamond and me in the Hotel lobby
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Aunty Tenina and Me
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Can you see me in Paddy’s cup?
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Me in the theatre
Well, we went to the Buswood Casino and Theatre Complex to see Miss Saigon the musical the other night. It was OK but Aunty Tenina was disappointed. But it was fun to see all the people having dinner and at the casino and hotel. We took some pictures of me inside a cup held by a statue of Paddy Hannan. He was an Irish gold prospector who came to Western Australia and founded a gold field out in Kalgoorlie, which still gets gold out of it today! Some of the pictures of me in the theatre didn’t really turn out…but I put them on here anyway.
I guess I will be coming home soon so I need to start seeing a few more things before I go….hope you are enjoying my blog Sam and class! I will see you soon!
May 11, 2008
· Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged Kings Park
Well today was Mother’s Day here in Australia, and I think it was in America as well. I hope my mom had a nice day. We had a quiet day at home with the family but had a nice dinner with friends and family. Aunty Tenina got lots of chocolate as gifts and she isn’t sharing! She got a nice card from all the kids as well. She is hoping to take me to Kings Park this week…(look that up on the Google Map) It is a big park that is famous in Perth and it overlooks the river. I have put some photos of it on here for you to see. We are going to go and see Kangaroos as well! I went rafting with the boys yesterday, but I did get rather wet and so the photos didn’t turn out too well. It was a lot of fun and we came third…it was a race and we had to build the raft first. Ours was made out of tires and air mattresses!
Anyway, I better go to bed. Another day tomorrow and so much nice weather, it’s amazing!
Sleep tight
Flat Stanley
