Melbourne Earthquake 2012

Wow! So there has been a bit of an exciting buzz happening last night with us experiencing the effects of an earthquake that happened in the greater Melbourne area just before 9pm.

The windows started rattling and the whole house started shaking. It wasn't next door slamming their car doors. It wasn't the wind either, because it went on for just too long and slowly increased in shake-a-bility. The little man missed it because he was gently snoring on the other side of the house, but Sunshine came through with wide eyes and a questioning look on her face.

Of course the news stations was then full of the story. Measuring (depending on which station you listen to or tv channel you watch) 5.3 on the Richter scale and is the worst we've had in just over 100 years.

I have recently started working permanently and it just so happens I work for an environmental monitoring company and we have a blast monitor not far from the office.

This is the graphical result from the blast monitor...

 
 The time on the y-axis is in second so you can see it lasted just over half a minute.

Oh and by the way, we're all ok. Thanks for asking ;-)

Robyn x

The Little Man's School - Assembly

Monday mornings means assembly day at the little man's school, and as long as it's dry they have it outside in what is called the quadrangle.

Once a month it's Aussie of the Month assembly where one student is awarded for going the extra mile.

Because it's outside, parents are welcome to be there too.

This is what assembly looks like in summer.

Being SunSmart is very important!

Robyn x

Australian School Art @ The Local Mall

Each year, primary schools in the area display art work that the kids have done in a sort of exhibition at the local mall.

The little man's school is included, but unfortunately none of his art work was exhibited. Actually not a lot from his school was up.

It seemed extremely colourful this year than from what I remember last year. The exhibition is only up for a few days so you have to get there chop-chop in case you miss it.

I like to treat myself to a chai (chocolate) latte when I do my weekly shop so after I picked it up I headed over to see the exhibition. Pictures taken using my HTC...

I'd like to think we have many a budding artist out there just waiting to be discovered!

Robyn x