Sailing Boats at Tallarook

Woodcraft Club at Tallarook made a sailing boat, in the style of a dingy with a mainsail, mast and boom. It worked very well with some of the students challenging themselves by making little people, from the many small off-cuts, to go into their boats. Peter was impressed by the ingenuity on display. Well done to the students of this club. Peter did decide to assemble the mast, paper sail and boom for each boat. There was just a bit too much "Murphy's Law" with that part.  

Redgum Pendants

Peter has made a huge number of pendants from one old Redgum post that he had. The kids have requested anything from crosses to sharks teeth. Peter glues two thin layers of Redgum (grain in different directions for extra strength), then cuts out each shape, and gives them a clear finish to protect against moisture. The crosses are inlaid with coloured Polyclay and baked in the oven for to harden the material.

Funk Family Restaurant

It is almost a week ago now from when this happened. Wonderful memories of family coming together. The venue was "Enthaiced", a Thai restaurant at Lillidale, half way between us and the Funks. Afterward we played soccer in a nearby park in the dark except for pathway lighting. That was fun and we sort of created a new game of keepings off that worked a treat. It is truly nice that we can pull off events like that one.

Racehorses at Tallarook

Peter's last woodcraft club at Tallarook picked up the Melbourne Cup horse race theme. The kids quickly caught on to what they needed to do by noting the one assembled racehorse. Peter had to help with some pushing dowel into holes but other than that it was smooth going and there were over twenty-five happy students on the day.

Sailing

Rigging a 'Mirror'

Recently, Peter had the pleasure of joining a family style sailing camp at Camp Coolamatong, near Bairnsdale, Vic. About half the time sailing was deemed to be safe enough to go out with the sailing skills most people had. In the morning the air would be very still, but a good sailor could still find a way to sail in that, and good skills to learn. Later in the morning the wind would spring up to around 10 Knots and the boats would start skimming along. Peter experienced a capsize which was good for his training and good for prompting him to wear more appropriate sailing clothing next time.

Raymond Island Koalas

Recently, Peter had an opportunity to walk about Raymond Island looking for the many resident koalas in the trees there. Even though he began to get a stiff neck from a lot of looking up, the effort was worth it with many finds close enough for nice pictures taken. Raymond Island is a part of the charming East Gippsland lake system of Victoria.