This was a discovery we happened upon while exploring the Gold Coast. It’s fairly small (mainly just a gift shop) but there were a number of different honeys to taste and a talking tropical bird named Chuckles.
Category Archives: Australia
Surfers Paradise
Now this is a vacation!! Sun, sand, waves… And we even found a parking spot right on the beach, you can’t beat that!
We’re making our way to Nobby’s Beach where we’ll stay the weekend with Karen, Mark, and Mayanna, then we’ll be off to Sydney for a few days early next week.
What a vacation!!
Self Weigh Station
This is an example of a Self Weigh Station located at Child Health Centres all over Australia. Primary care for kids is delivered quite differently here than in the US, basically amounting to fewer Well Child Checks. That, in conjunction with most parents curiosity about their child’s weight, leads to a need for such stations… And they are very well used. I was at this centre for the morning, and I noticed at least 2-3 families per hour coming in to get a weight and then be on their way. Families are also given growth charts in their child’s Personal Health Record at the time of birth and parents are taught how to plot weight, so you can see more plot points for growth. A unique idea that seems to actually work.
Home Visiting
I went on a few home visits with a child health nurse today to check in with some new mums (one had triplets!). This was the setting of our second visit, in an area called Mt. Glorious.
Happy Australia Day!
In honor of Australia Day, I had vegemite toast this morning for breakfast. (Well, really I had half a piece of toast with a tiny bit of vegemite, the other half with just butter and a whole piece with peanut butter and cinnamon-sugar.)
I don’t know what the plans are for the rest of the day, but it should be very patriotic!
Good Morning
A relaxing morning out on the deck with a bit of breakfast and the morning paper. Later today it’s more disc golf and maybe some Killer Bunnies!
Game On!
Watch out Jill! PAC-Man is about to get you!
We went to the “Game On” exhibit at the Queensland Library last weekend. It had working displays of nearly every gaming system since the very beginning. We’re talking before Pong, even. The only notable exception was Coleco-vision, which was from A.J.’s childhood years.
They had all sorts of older games (we played a few levels of Bubble Bobble!) and lots of newer systems. There was an arrangement of 4 HD screens and 4 systems set-up for the multi-player Halo game, and the graphics were amazing! They also had Dance Dance Revolution and a Wii, which was set up with bowling.
It was a pretty amazing variety of games, all of which were working! There were also hand drawn animations of characters, architecture of simulated buildings, promotional materials, and some thoughtful discussions on game displays. We really enjoyed it!
Brekky!
It’s breakfast time (aka “brekky”) with Corn Flakes and Rice Bubbles!
Obama Blend
A new coffee blend is now offered at a specialty shop in Brisbane called Campos, and I got to see a package when a colleague brought it into work today.
It is described as follows:
“Great depth of character, strong, and eloquent. This very appealing blend unites coffees from Africa and the Americas to produce a cup which has gotten us excited. Formidable middle palate flavours, syrupy with an uplifting finish. Excellent choice for going forward and ideal for those looking for a change.”
On Top of Mt. Coo-tha
Yesterday we hiked up to the lookout at Mt. Coo-tha with Anna and Jem. It was a fairly short hike, but just hard enough to really feel like a workout. It was great!
