“Hello Australia”
We have been virtually traveling…
One of us packed for a walk about:
We stamped our passports:
We grabbed our tickets (name the animal and you can travel):
And we went on a dash around the house looking for artifacts… we didn’t have a whole lot!!!
But we did have a whole heap of story books:
So we made some Boomerang Bookmarks:
Here are some boomerang links:
- How Boomerangs Work from How Stuff Works.
- Printable boomerang from Family Fun.
- Make a Paper Boomerang from WikiHow.
- You just can’t beat Activity Village for free printables and fun and games and stuff!!! Awesome!!!
- A to Z Kids – lots and lots of great links: crafts, info, gamers. songs… the lot!!!
- This site has everything you can possibly think of for Australia fun with kids, from Kingdom Servants (VBS).
- This is a fabulous site for kids with crafts, recipes and animal goodies.
- Aboriginal Art Online – We found lots and lots of arty inspiration here.
- Printable Paper Australian Animals from the Power House Museum.
- Printable Aboriginal Face Masks – quick fun, from Making Friends.
- Meet Me At Mikes – for pure eclectic fun!!!
- Whip Up – for all your crafty delights and inspiration.
- ProBlogger – for absolutely everything you need to know about blogging and totally readable.
- Growing Up Green – for some green craftiness and eye candy.
Then we had a Platypus Party with paper chains and balloons and an echidna cake:
And we tried out some Australian recipes:
We made a Digeridoo, you can listen to one here:
And we sang some songs:
We read some travel books:
Which inspired some postcards:
We stayed away from the Great Barrier Reef this time… But next time… scuba gear!!!
We looked at some weird and wonderful animals and made an Emu:
Se7en Great Australian links for you:
And Australia has some awesome blogs… gotta love:
That’s us – If you have a great Australian Post or you are one of our readers in Australia, then today is the day to stop by and say hi. We would love to hear from you all… Link up your blog or comment, whichever is easiest… We are off to make dampers!!! And will check back in a couple of hours…
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Hi from sunny Perth, down under! We check in every day to see what you are up to in South Africa. It’s mother’s day here in Australia today and we’re off to make pancakes for brekkie! Have a good day. :o)
Hi from Australia.
Just reading that you are off to make damper reminded me of how, when we were kids, we would do damper around a campfire or bonfire. We took the damper dough, wrapped it around a stick (yep, just one found on the ground) and cooked it over the fire. When cooked, we would take the stick out and fill the hole in the damper with butter and honey or jam. It was soooo yummy – and who cares if it was a little black on the outside ’cause it all just adds to the flavor!! I must introduce that method to my own kids – they’d love it. They have made damper in the oven but there’s something special about it being made in the Great Aussie Bush 🙂
Have fun.
Linda
Hi K all the way from Perth!!! Yup Mother’s Day here as well and it is freezing cold and pouring with rain so we are watching movies under blankets!!! Have a happy day!!!
Hi LindaOz – and I thought they had to be cooked on a stick over a fire!!! I had no other way there was another way!!!! Hope you have a great day thanks for stopping by again!!!!
You inspire me, as always! I am always amazed out how in-depth your homestudies go (trying very hard not to be jealous!).
I love the boomerang bookmarks…that would be a fun thing to do w/ the kiddos.
Happy Mother’s Day!
Hay S, Don’t dispair – it isn’t my energy!!! There are a whole lot of other folk bouncing around here, seriously I am often just here for the ride!!! Have a great week!!!