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Date: 29th July 2012
thanks Kev
That was one Pagoda! Yes it was before chris was sick
From Blog: Silk Island!
thanks Kev
That was one Pagoda! Yes it was before chris was sick
From Blog: Silk Island!
Date: 28th July 2012
interesting
Very interesting work and research, silk is so beautiful, pagoda and warm weather look very appealing. Have fun Patti and Geoff x
From Blog: Silk Island!
interesting
Very interesting work and research, silk is so beautiful, pagoda and warm weather look very appealing. Have fun Patti and Geoff x
From Blog: Silk Island!
Date: 29th July 2012
thanks Patti & Geoff
Yes it has been interesting work, Looking forward to catching up with you all for Manwar Christmas
From Blog: Silk Island!
thanks Patti & Geoff
Yes it has been interesting work, Looking forward to catching up with you all for Manwar Christmas
From Blog: Silk Island!
Date: 19th July 2012
plants
Great photos and the trees and flowers are very impresive and I could see myself on that lake chilling ,keep it coming I enjoy very much .Kevie xxx
From Blog: King's Birthday weekend Away!
plants
Great photos and the trees and flowers are very impresive and I could see myself on that lake chilling ,keep it coming I enjoy very much .Kevie xxx
From Blog: King's Birthday weekend Away!
Date: 10th July 2012
Utopia looks excellent!
Utopia looks great .... good to hear it's not all work and no play.
From Blog: King's Birthday weekend Away!
Utopia looks excellent!
Utopia looks great .... good to hear it's not all work and no play.
From Blog: King's Birthday weekend Away!
Date: 10th July 2012
Photos
I love reading your stories and then looking at the photos , your favorite flower is indeed beautiful.Thank you Kevie xx
From Blog: King's Birthday weekend Away!
Photos
I love reading your stories and then looking at the photos , your favorite flower is indeed beautiful.Thank you Kevie xx
From Blog: King's Birthday weekend Away!
Date: 10th July 2012
Thanks Kev, If only I could bring the flower home to Oz!
From Blog: King's Birthday weekend Away!
Thanks Kev, If only I could bring the flower home to Oz!
From Blog: King's Birthday weekend Away!
Date: 9th July 2012
Love it
Luv reading your blog - very descriptive, interesting and colurful and great pics. Will be good for you all to see Lyn and Danny soon. xox
From Blog: King's Birthday weekend Away!
Love it
Luv reading your blog - very descriptive, interesting and colurful and great pics. Will be good for you all to see Lyn and Danny soon. xox
From Blog: King's Birthday weekend Away!
Date: 10th July 2012
Thanks Patti Yup we are looking forward to it 4 days to go now!
From Blog: King's Birthday weekend Away!
Thanks Patti Yup we are looking forward to it 4 days to go now!
From Blog: King's Birthday weekend Away!
Date: 20th May 2012
Shoes and hat Chris!!!!
Hi Chris... sorry can't help it but it would be great to see you wearing shoes (or at least thongs..as this makes it harder for the worms to burrow in through the soles of your feet!) and a hat wouldn't go astray (when I think of all those precautions taken at Macs Beach when you were a toddler!) But most of all ... my motherly advice is .... "make the most of this amazing experience you and Kari are having."
From Blog: The beginning of the wet season
Shoes and hat Chris!!!!
Hi Chris... sorry can't help it but it would be great to see you wearing shoes (or at least thongs..as this makes it harder for the worms to burrow in through the soles of your feet!) and a hat wouldn't go astray (when I think of all those precautions taken at Macs Beach when you were a toddler!) But most of all ... my motherly advice is .... "make the most of this amazing experience you and Kari are having."
From Blog: The beginning of the wet season
Date: 20th May 2012
White privilege
'White privilege" is a tricky one. Lucky for me I just need to keep my mouth shut and with my dark hair I can blend in. Not taking advantage of it and showing your gratitude and respect always seems to go a long way ... as well as an ever present smile!
From Blog: The beginning of the wet season
White privilege
'White privilege" is a tricky one. Lucky for me I just need to keep my mouth shut and with my dark hair I can blend in. Not taking advantage of it and showing your gratitude and respect always seems to go a long way ... as well as an ever present smile!
From Blog: The beginning of the wet season
Date: 23rd May 2012
Definately Lyn, being humble about it i think is the most important thing, because it is by chance I am white, it doesn't make me better though
From Blog: The beginning of the wet season
Definately Lyn, being humble about it i think is the most important thing, because it is by chance I am white, it doesn't make me better though
From Blog: The beginning of the wet season
Date: 13th May 2012
Really interesting from you both. xox
From Blog: The beginning of the wet season
Really interesting from you both. xox
From Blog: The beginning of the wet season
Date: 30th April 2012
Adventures galore
Very envious of all your experiences and travels. What a fantastic learning experience for you both. The hairdressing adventures brought back memories of my time in Thailand. There is nothing like it in Australia. The coastline and islands look and sound great! Take care , love from your mum , Chris
From Blog: April 2012
Adventures galore
Very envious of all your experiences and travels. What a fantastic learning experience for you both. The hairdressing adventures brought back memories of my time in Thailand. There is nothing like it in Australia. The coastline and islands look and sound great! Take care , love from your mum , Chris
From Blog: April 2012
Date: 29th April 2012
Envious
I might not see that much of the world but keep blogs going so i can at least see it thru your eyes ,Thanks Kevie
From Blog: April 2012
Envious
I might not see that much of the world but keep blogs going so i can at least see it thru your eyes ,Thanks Kevie
From Blog: April 2012
Date: 30th April 2012
Thanks Uncle Kev, we will try to keep them going, you may not be suprised to know that I have to drag Chris to write things sometimes. It's nice to hear its being read. lots of love
From Blog: April 2012
Thanks Uncle Kev, we will try to keep them going, you may not be suprised to know that I have to drag Chris to write things sometimes. It's nice to hear its being read. lots of love
From Blog: April 2012
Date: 29th April 2012
Luv the tree house
Wow! - what an experience you're both having - really interesting and worthwhile. I recently read a book about child prostitution in Cambodia by Somaly Mam - horrific story tho also one of hope. i was always fascinated by Swiss Family Robinson and would love to live in a tree house in a tropical country. Spent yesterday in Sydney and took Jo and Tayla to the Fitness Expo at Darling Harbour. Tayla made some useful contacts with her studies next year and then met your Mum and had a Thai lunch at Haymarket. Geoff and I then caught the train home. Archie is growing up and is still really cruisy and lots of fun, Nathan is in his 2nd rotation working in the mines in WA and in his next week off him and Hol are coming down here. Byron stydying at W'gong and Kayla has been assigned a case manager for her visa appn. Enjoy hearing about your adventures. Keep well much love Geoff Patti boys and girls xox
From Blog: April 2012
Luv the tree house
Wow! - what an experience you're both having - really interesting and worthwhile. I recently read a book about child prostitution in Cambodia by Somaly Mam - horrific story tho also one of hope. i was always fascinated by Swiss Family Robinson and would love to live in a tree house in a tropical country. Spent yesterday in Sydney and took Jo and Tayla to the Fitness Expo at Darling Harbour. Tayla made some useful contacts with her studies next year and then met your Mum and had a Thai lunch at Haymarket. Geoff and I then caught the train home. Archie is growing up and is still really cruisy and lots of fun, Nathan is in his 2nd rotation working in the mines in WA and in his next week off him and Hol are coming down here. Byron stydying at W'gong and Kayla has been assigned a case manager for her visa appn. Enjoy hearing about your adventures. Keep well much love Geoff Patti boys and girls xox
From Blog: April 2012
Date: 23rd May 2012
Hi Patti, the swiss family robinson thing came up on our advertures - i don't really know the show but Chris felt it was an achievement to stay in one after the show. We would love to see some recent pictures of archie so please pass on our love & email to Guy & Nic. My cousin & her partner just moved to perth so he can do mining work to save for a house - hope Nath is finding it worthwhile. How is Kayla's VISA application going? We will pray for a positive outcome. It is great to hear the update, Love Kari and Chris
From Blog: April 2012
Hi Patti, the swiss family robinson thing came up on our advertures - i don't really know the show but Chris felt it was an achievement to stay in one after the show. We would love to see some recent pictures of archie so please pass on our love & email to Guy & Nic. My cousin & her partner just moved to perth so he can do mining work to save for a house - hope Nath is finding it worthwhile. How is Kayla's VISA application going? We will pray for a positive outcome. It is great to hear the update, Love Kari and Chris
From Blog: April 2012
Date: 26th April 2012
WOW
Looks fantastic....didn't know Chris was so clever! Bet he could do the same surfing waves!!
From Blog: Whistler aka WhisTRALIA
WOW
Looks fantastic....didn't know Chris was so clever! Bet he could do the same surfing waves!!
From Blog: Whistler aka WhisTRALIA
Date: 27th April 2012
These Jumps were so high they are XL category and have massive warning signs saying do at your own risk it was hectic!
From Blog: Whistler aka WhisTRALIA
These Jumps were so high they are XL category and have massive warning signs saying do at your own risk it was hectic!
From Blog: Whistler aka WhisTRALIA
Date: 31st March 2012
Refugees - sadly a continuing rise in numbers
How can any of us lucky enough to be living in Australia even begin to imagine what horrors the Cambodian people went though in the 1970s. It is in inspirational to read of the courage and resilience of Van Chhuon. Australia welcomed many Cambodian refugees in the 80s who , along with their families Have happy and successful lives. Sadly there are still over 11 million refugees in the world. Unspeakable atrocities still happen. Last year Australia only accepted 13,700 refugees from Iran, Burma, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Congo , Ethiopia ... I wonder what more we can do?
From Blog: A story of courage - Contains some difficult content
Refugees - sadly a continuing rise in numbers
How can any of us lucky enough to be living in Australia even begin to imagine what horrors the Cambodian people went though in the 1970s. It is in inspirational to read of the courage and resilience of Van Chhuon. Australia welcomed many Cambodian refugees in the 80s who , along with their families Have happy and successful lives. Sadly there are still over 11 million refugees in the world. Unspeakable atrocities still happen. Last year Australia only accepted 13,700 refugees from Iran, Burma, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Congo , Ethiopia ... I wonder what more we can do?
From Blog: A story of courage - Contains some difficult content
Date: 1st April 2012
advocate is one answer
Thank you Lynny for your comment, the courage and resilience in this story is phenomonal. I think more stories like this in Cambodia will help build courage and strength of the community I think that we can use our position of privilege in Australia to advocate to our local members and to the media about asylum seeker & migration policy. Whilst the social and political climate (including the media) in Australia has aspects of racism, discrimination and neo-liberal ideology there our numbers of accepting refugees will be low comparative to other countries As to solving situations which cause refugees such as in Syria, Afghanisation, Iraq - I don't think there is a clear cut answer
From Blog: A story of courage - Contains some difficult content
advocate is one answer
Thank you Lynny for your comment, the courage and resilience in this story is phenomonal. I think more stories like this in Cambodia will help build courage and strength of the community I think that we can use our position of privilege in Australia to advocate to our local members and to the media about asylum seeker & migration policy. Whilst the social and political climate (including the media) in Australia has aspects of racism, discrimination and neo-liberal ideology there our numbers of accepting refugees will be low comparative to other countries As to solving situations which cause refugees such as in Syria, Afghanisation, Iraq - I don't think there is a clear cut answer
From Blog: A story of courage - Contains some difficult content
Kevin peterson
non-member comment
Silk Island
Hi Kari @ Chris ,you both look well now ,thats good. one question is that just one Pagoda or several .Thanks Kev xx
From Blog: Silk Island!