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This picture is Australian because Australia is very well known for beaches. And this picture was taken in one of the most famous beaches, Bondi Beach in Sydney. This Picture is also very Australian becuase  Australia is surrounded by sea, it also says so in our national anthem. In this picture it shows a Surf Life Saver in action saving someone from drowning. These are the reasons why I think that this picture is very AUSTRALIAN !!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/al_jacob/2894285098

Knock, Knock,

Who’s there,

Hop on,

Hop on who,

Hop on POP ! HA HA HA

Here is a racing game that I absolutely love to play. The game is called Need For Madness so click on the link to play the game !

For those of you who do not know how the belt order goes for Taekwondo it goes like this…

1. White
2. White With Yellow Tip
3. Yellow
4. Yellow With Orange Tip
5. Orange
6. Orange With Green Tip
7. Green
8. Green With Blue Tip
9. Blue
10. Blue With Brown Tip
11. Brown
12. Brown With Red Tip
13. Red
14. Red With 1 Black Tip
15. 2 Tips
16. 3 Tips
17. 4 Tips
18. 5 Tips
19. BLACK 

After you get your black belt you start getting stripes called Dans. There are 9 Dans. My instructor has 1 Dan but he’s going for his 2nd Dan on the same test that I’m going for my yellow belt.

On the 11/8/08 I started training Taekwondo. So far I have made good progress. When doing Taekwondo you start of with a white belt and work your way up. On the 29th of November I will be going for my yellow belt (wish me luck). Taekwondo is a Korean Martial Art. If you want more information about world Taekwondo visit the website !                          http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/

On the 22nd of October my class & La 21 are going on camp. The campsite is called El shaddai. We will be going there to work on our inquiry question which is “What makes you Australian?”. I’m really excited and everybody in the class is as well. I think it will be heaps of fun and that I will enjoy myself.

In la20 last term our inquiry question is “Who Makes The Rules ?”.  A political journalist called Mike Smithson came to our school. He talked about how rules are made in Australia and In South Australia and gave us some interesting facts about rules in SA like the bike helmet rule, that rule was put in place in 1981. We were also focusing on how the government works. And as a final challenge we drew up a diagram of how we think rules are made.

Hello blog fans from around the world. I am from Australia so here are my ten uniquely Australian.

1. Aboriginal people.

The indigenous people of Australia are called Aboriginal people and they are only found in Australia unless they traveled to other countries

2. Zonked.

The Australian word zonked means that someone is so tired that they feel drugged or drunk.

3. Ned Kelly.

Ned Kelly was a very famous Australian bush ranger that was eventually captured and hanged. If you don’t know what a bush ranger click on the link.

4. Uluru. 

 Uluru is a giant rock in the center of Australia. People like to climb the rock but the local indigenous people believe that Uluru is sacred and are not very fond of people climbing the rock.

5. Golden Wattle.

The golden Wattle is the national plant of Australia. The plant is coloured green and gold, that’s where the green and gold colours of Australia comes from.

6. Ian Thorpe.

Ian Thorpe was a great Australian swimmer, he was born to swim even though he was allergic to chlorine and had bad asthma. But he sadly retired about two years ago.

7. Lagerphone.

A Lagerphone is an Australian Musical instrument. It is made out of beer bottle caps stuck on a long stick and when you tap the Lagerphone with a smaller stick or shake it the caps make a type of jingling sound.

8. Fruchocs.

Fruchocs are a type of sweet made by a confectionery company called Robern Menz. They only can be bought in South Australia and that makes them extra special. Fruchocs are made out of sweet apricot balls covered by a layer of choclate.

9. Steel Blue Boots.

Steel Blue is an Australian company that make working boots. They are popular when buying boots for people working at construction sites.

And the Tenth Uniquely Australian thing on my list is …..

10. AFL.

AFL stands for Australian Football Leage. It is a very unique sport that is a 150 yers old. It is played with a type of egg shaped ball. Australian football is very different fron the world game (soccer).

So there you have it 10 Uniquely Aussie things. If something on my list isn’t uniquely Australian please write a comment.

On the first week of term 3 in la20 the class went swimming at The Thebarton Aquatic centre. On the first day we got tested to see what groups we get divided up into and then we started learning simple strokes like back stroke, freestyle and breast stroke. Over these five days we did many fun activities like diving, riding on rafts and running against a simulation whirlpool. I think that these lessons have not only taught us how to swim but how to survive in the water.

Hello everybody,

just wanted to say that I have made another blog and if you want to go on it heres the link.

http://amarsbar.edublogs.org/