Hi everybody ~ again ! Just wondering if you'd heard of the group, Education Resources? I've been a member for a couple of weeks, and it has the hugest list of...
Hi, I've just put together my HOMESCHOOL AUSTRALIA NEWSLETTER December, 2003 Issue #3. I was enthused by the New Year and got straight into producing this...
TEACH "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the...
Hi Dannye, You're welcome and thank *you*! I'm so happy for Dakota and you that, whether you'd decided to have him do schoolwork at home or let him continue to...
Hi Gabrielle, So glad you've joined us here. Thank you so much for the information re. and link to the Education Resources group. Here's another one which...
Hi Everyone, Have uploaded photographs of two of our recent visitors to the 'Photos' section of our group's home page. They're in the 'Some of our unusual...
This is a cross post to several Home Ed and parenting lists so I apologise for those who get multiple copies of the same info. Please feel free to pass on the...
... It's a beetle.... other than that you may like to email the image to your state museum - their website will have a contact - and their insect collection ...
Hi Kirsten Thank you very much for this. It's about the same size as a Christmas beetle and it's been suggested that it might be a Fiddler beetle. Will...
Hello all I have a question about swimming lessons for children. In SA we have government run swimming classes that run each weekday for 9 days during January....
... I have a question about swimming lessons for children. In SA we have government run swimming classes that run each weekday for 9 days during January....
If you are worried about drowning because small children have access to dams or other water supplies, you may need to put your money where their safety is, but...
I thought I'd share our recent swimming experience... I have a 6 year old daughter and and 8 year old son and neither are too
confident in the water due to a...
Hi again Adele! My husband and I know quite a few bug people as we're spider people (spider queries welcome!) and I've sent the photo along to someone who is...
Hi Louise, My first experience at learning to swim was when I was about three - the next-door neighbour took me out with his children in a little boat on the...
Hi Dannye, Thank you sooo much! Found a photograph of a Fiddler Beetle (Eupoecila australasiae) in an internet photograph competition and it looks identical...
... have government run swimming classes that run each weekday for 9 days during January. Bethany, aged 8, has done these lessons for a few years and enjoys...
Hi Adele. That would definitely be the beetle you're looking at. Looks like it to me, too. I haven't seen anything else with that colouration here, either....
Hi Dannye, Thanks again. And thanks for adding the link. Love, Adele. ... That would definitely be the beetle you're looking at. Looks like it to me, too. I...
Hi everyone, Just seen a good website. Check it out at www.connect.to/hippohelper Cheers Jenny ... Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG...
My ds Lachlan 8 identified it for you he says it is a Fiddler beetle and I will vouch for the accuracy of that. We hail from Canberra and a big part of our...
Hello all Thank you for all your responses to my questions. I suspected that I needed to deschool myself with my attitude to swimming skills, and your views...
Hi Janette, Welcome to our group. It's lovely to have you here. Thank you for the info. and please thank Lachlan for me. I'm pretty ancient and have spent a...
You're all spot on. This is what my beetle friend had to say: "The beetle is a Cetoniine scarab...common name cock chafer or flower chafer. Its an eastern...
Hi Dannye, Thanks for providing these extra common names. If s. ever gets around to finishing that web site he might, perhaps, want to add some other things...
Hi Everyone, Today I've received news (only verbal at this stage) that Y.A. legislation is being changed. And it looks as though, due to the current...
Hi Adele and thanks for the welcome, Nice to meet you and the other ladies! Buladelah is familiar to me as we have often stopped there on our way north for...
