After having set up the blog initially everything has moved at such a fast pace I haven’t yet had time to add an entry – so this may be a long entry, you have been warned! Up until the Wednesday before leaving the UK we were still due to move house on Friday 18th – the day of our flight. Fortunately this has been postponed till after my return which is a big relief to myself and Alison who would have had to cope with the aftermath.
As a keen car enthusiast I’ve been eager to check out what sorts of cars are popular in Australia. Holden (which would be Vauxhall in UK) and Ford are of course the big players although different models to the UK. Japanese makes such as Mazda, Mitsubishi and Nissan are also big sellers. The photo below shows me in a ‘ute’ (short for utility vehicle). I was quite impressed with this one which had a 5.0L V8 engine!
As a keen car enthusiast I’ve been eager to check out what sorts of cars are popular in Australia. Holden (which would be Vauxhall in UK) and Ford are of course the big players although different models to the UK. Japanese makes such as Mazda, Mitsubishi and Nissan are also big sellers. The photo below shows me in a ‘ute’ (short for utility vehicle). I was quite impressed with this one which had a 5.0L V8 engine!
As you’ll see from the rest of the team entries we’ve been enjoying some fantastic cultural trips to museums and wildlife parks. I’ve been particularly impressed by the number and range of vocational trips the GSE committee has managed to arrange for us. On Wednesday I took a day out to visit Annesley College, a girls school from primary to Yr12. They are a private school (public school in the UK) with fees in the region of £6k per year. There seems to be a growing trend towards fee paid education and they have a very complex funding system here. The school is the 3rd oldest in Adelaide and it was interesting to see the mixture of original buildings and extensions that have been added over time.
On Friday I took a trip to Westminster School (http://www.westminster.sa.edu.au/). Unfortunately, a member of staff had left the school without the arrangements being passed on. However, Fiona Winwood, Events Coordinator came into the school on her day off and although unable to show me the site there and then very kindly agreed to provide me with a tour of the site on Sunday morning. The school has a huge site covering 23 hectares and took about 1 ½ hrs to cover all facilities. The stunning facilities include a chapel, auditorium, swimming pool, gym, rock-wall, boarding facilities, fully equipped conference rooms, vineyard and fully operational farm. Although I’m sure many of the staff at CCW would like to see a vineyard as part of the new school build I’m not quite sure this will get the go ahead! My sincere thanks to Fiona Winwood and Westminster School for the tour of the site and some great ideas to take back to CCW.
We enjoyed a very pleasant Sunday afternoon at the Henshall’s farm near Macclesfield. The picture below shows the Huddleston family (Mark, Debra, Aaron[4yrs], Elise[2yrs]) at the farm house, whom I have been staying with for the past 4 days. They have been fantastic and made me feel extremely welcome and certainly kept me well fed (including a huge spit roast at the farm!) Mark is also responsible for the Rotary Club of Edwardstown website which can be found here - http://www.edwardstownrotary.org/
I will save more details of the trip to the farm for Ray to add as I know he has it well documented with photos. That’s all for now.
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