As I get ready for classes to start tomorrow I felt it was time for another physics teaching moment. (and I have re-read and re-written this a few times, and I still feel like I ramble too much). Most of us out there think that these two words are the same thing. I can’t blame…
The Observatory
Time for another big drive day. We had to get from Brisbane to Coonabarabran. Coonabarabran is a dark skies area and is known for observatories. I had found a quirky Airbnb that had had an observatory included with it. So, I signed us up for it, and now was the time to go. BUT the…
Wait – more repairs?
Why, yes, I had to do more repairs over the last few days. First is our standup freezer. A couple weeks ago it gave me an alert that it was at a high temp. So, I tried to figure out what was going on. I really hoped it wasn’t going bad since it has a…
Lots of Animals!
We got up the next day and headed out of Noosa Heads toward The Australia Zoo. This is the zoo made famous by the Crocodile Hunter. “B” and I went here 17 years ago when we were in Australia for my friend’s wedding (“A and K”), and we thought the girls would enjoy it. IT…
Nature Days – Walking, Swimming, and Some 4-Wheeling
This was a big day for us. We had to be out the door by 5:30am to get picked up by a 4×4 vehicle to take us to K-gari (formerly called Fraser Island). This is a sand bar island off the east coast of Australia. It is the largest sand bar island in the world…
Influential People In My Life – Part 2
Here is another writing about some people in my life that made major impacts on me. This one is going to hit a larger section of time. What they all have in common is God. All of these men were people that made Godly impacts on me at different times in my life when I…
A Treehouse, A Waterfall, Shells on a Beach, and Driving.
So, yesterday was fun and all. Since we weren’t able to extend our stay at the Treehouse Airbnb we had to get everything loaded up into the car before we headed out. All good. Here is a picture of the place we were staying at – it was very pretty. The shower and hot water…
The Dryer Repair
So, the other day I talked about things needing to be fixed around the house once we got back from our trip. Well time to add one more to the list – the dryer. I went to get laundry out of the dryer the other day and half of it was still quite wet. So,…
The Great Barrier Reef
We woke up the next day and had breakfast and had to get down to the pier to head out to the Great Barrier Reef. This was one of the BIG things we had planned during the trip and we were blessed that we didn’t miss it after all the issues with getting to Australia….
“Trying” to Leave Singapore. The Saga of the Travel Day
One Last picture from the night before of the Singapore Skyline from the Skywalk/Treewalk at the Gardens by the Bay. This was a very nice picture “B” took. It was a late night and now we had to get up early to get to the airport. The earliest train was 5:50am so we planned on…