Blogs from Gingin, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania

Some cities and towns are very famous, but while I doubt thet Gingin qualifies for that status, it is none the less a significant place for scientific research. Gingin is the southern hemisphere location for a multidimensional array of radio telescopes studying gravity and gravity waves. There is also a fun interactive discovery centre where gravity and magnetic forces interact. There is also the leanin towere of Gingin - it leans about twice as far as the more famous leaning tower of Pizza. The family scrambled up to the top and then dropped their balloons full of water the 100 meters to the ground with spectacular results. The grand children suddenly lost their fear of heights and were off to get more balloons to do it again.... read more

Hi people it has been a while I must show you this Video of Pete our lovely friend whos dad's farm we have been living on for the last 3 months. Before this accident he was doing some wicked jumps, but as he said he always stacks it when people are watching. He loves the fact we got it on film! He did however brake his leg in 3 places and hed a plate fitted and pin's. Well working in Gingin has been top, met loads of lovely locals! We have since been traveling up the coast of WA all the way to the north following the heat. On the way we have been doing as many off road tracks as we can before The Gibb to weed out any probs that the 4x4 will have ... read more