Well, its the end of a hectic year. With a few months to go before I start my PhD (hopefully) and once again losing my spare time by joining the Fenner Elite as Sub Dean I have decided to tour eastern Australia.
Thursday 22nd marks the first leg. I leave Canberra with four mates from the Science Circus as we start our marathon push bike ride from Questacon, Canberra to Federation Square Melbourne. Taking a route through Cooma and passing near Jindabyne as we make our way down east of Melbourne before crossing back to Victoria's Capital.
A few days will be spent lounging with my brother before I jump on the train to Albury to see my folks. A short drive to Canberra, followed by a night's rest and I'll jump on the old motorbike and head to Brisbane to hang out with my cousin.
A couple of weeks after christmas and I'll head back down the coast to Wollongong where I can replenish my cash supplies by doing some stage work for a music festival in mid January. The short ride back to Canberra via the Princes highway will complete my monstrous journey. I'll do my best to keep the blog updated, but it will be hard on occasion. Everyone enjoy their summer! Peace out.
Monday, November 19, 2007
The Coober Pedy Kids Festival
In my last post I very briefly mentioned the Coober Pedy Kids festival as a highlight of the Shell Questacon Science Circus South Australia tour. It was so much fun that I decided to award it its own entry. Once a year the local council has a festival at the Coober Pedy Area school that is fun for the kids and informative for the parents. It teaches parents about good parenting practices as well as offering advice on things such as nutrition, safety and the role of the police in the community. The kids get to paint rocks, eat lollies, make masks, throw water bombs, and play with fire...trucks. Also availble is free tucker in BBQ form and massages from some of the local Thai community. We went to the festival because we thought it would be a great way to advertise our presence to Coober Pedy and to get a free feed. So on went our Questacon shirts and off we went to see what glories awaited us.
He we all are, caught on camera
Chris enjoys his free massage
Joel makes a mask of himself. Pick which one is the real Hallinan.
It wasn't long before we got to see what fire engines could really do.
Don't worry, everyone got a go. This was my turn to deftly wield the hose of joy.
Circus Freaks drying in the hot Sunday sun after a mad drenching.
Feeling it was a bit of a free ride, Chris and I decided to entertain the kids with our superb juggling skills. Here I go...
Did we enjoy the festival? Well just ask Renae and Joel!
Monday, November 12, 2007
Tour 4 - The Circus flies South
The final tour of the 2007 circus has been and gone. We visited South Australia, leaving a fingerprint on the hearts and souls of school students thoughout the Eyre Peninsula. The towns we visited this time included Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Coober Pedy, Roxby Downs, Port Lincoln Whyalla, Ceduna and Kadina. It wasn't a very exciting tour, often only performing six or seven times a week. However it was good to be around the whole crew for a final hoorah. Highlights included the Pier Hotel in Port Lincoln, where we stumbled into channel seven celebrites, the kids festival at Coober Pedy, stroking the Iron Knob and meeting a Giant Galah.
Unpacking our truck in Pt Pirie
My Collisions show ready to go
The BOC Liquid Nitrogen Show
My character, Eddy Evil, teaches the littlies about clouds and water vapor using some really,really, really cold liquid nitrogen.
Port Germaine and a wooden Jetty that is a whooping 1500 meters long
Big Decisions - where do we go next from Port Augusta. This week its the Stuart to Coober Pedy - next week we're back to take the Eyre Highway to Whyalla.
The Big Winch - Coober Pedy
The Colton Bakery small and tasty, also works off the honour system. Take your bread and drop you money into the box. Please take the correct change
Walking on water at Cowell with Chris
Arno Bay and the greeting dolphin - the new love in Jacqui's life
Joel caressing the Iron Knob
Joel playing his guitar with the Galah at Kimba
The most epic adventure of the 2007 science circus occured right here. The Pier Hotel in Port Lincoln.
Moving house? Just chuck in on a truck and take up every lane on the highway. This rigs are all throughout SA
Port Lincoln shows its colours - the view from our acomodation
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