Polish / Australian Homeschooling Family Living in Tasmania, Australia.
Tonight we had a Full Moon which was pretty spectacular. I tried to capture it in all its glory as it lite up the sky as we moved from 2009 into 2010.
The Full Moon
The Full Moon
The View of the Moon over Hobart - Derwent River
Bright Full Moon over Hobart - Derwent River
Well tonight we went to visit Tata at work and on our way home we decided to take a look around at some of the Christmas Lights on Display. Unfortunately there does not seem to be as many around these days as I recall as a child. However we had fun looking at the ones we did manage to find!
Here are some photos we took we would like to share with you all.
After SZG finished work today we went for a walk along the Burnie Boardwalk. It was just before sunset as we wanted to try and grab a glimpse of the fairy penguin colony that actively live in Burnie. Apparently the colony is very big and from around an hour before sunset to about an hour after dark, the adult fairy penguins start to return from the sea, to look after and feed their young.
The children where very excited to be going down by the beach to see if we could see any penguins. We were initially greeted by a tour guide at the Penguin Centre, who voluntarily gave us a short talk about the life and times of the fairy penguin and told us their life cycle and other interesting facts. They also showed us Boris, the freeze dried and stuffed Fairy Penguin, who is available for photographs! The children enjoyed being able to get up close with a ‘real’ penguin – even though he was obviously not alive! They had a very hands on experience and got to touch Boris, which was great.
Once Sunset started we went for a short walk along the boardwalk to see if we could grab a glimpse of some live penguins – and we were not disappointed at all. There where a number of small chicks who came out to await the return of their parents. Then after some strange noises, which we were informed were the penguins talking to each other we could start to see the adult penguins emerging from the water and making their way across the rocks to their young. It was all very exciting and interesting. Unfortunately the penguins hate light, so we were unable to use a flash on the camera, and therefore did not manage to get any good shots to share of the live penguins and their chicks, but the experience was great none the less and the children enjoyed it immensely as did SZG and I!
Here are some photos we did get to take of Boris!
Well today we were on our way from Hobart to Burnie. SZG needed to be in Burnie for tomorrow as he has the next few days at Burnie for training. The children and I decided that we would go along with him and while he was working we would have a look around Burnie and surrounding places as the children have never been around to Burnie before.
Along the way we stopped at the small town of Sheffield. it is quite well known for the wonderful murals that adorn the buildings around the town. Unfortunately the weather was not on our side, but we braved the drizzle and rain to take a walk around the town and have a look at quite a variety of the different murals on offer.
The children had a good time, which was the main aim of the day!
Here are some pictures of a few of the murals we seen.
When we go to the Hobart Botanical Gardens we love to visit all the different areas. However one of our favourite is the Japanese Garden!
The Japanese Garden at the Hobart Botanical Gardens
