Buildings in Baradine

There is a lot of old buildings in Baradine, with one of them being the forestry office shown below which is 75 years old, and forestry is the main source of income in the town from the pine that can be harvested out of the Pilliga forest, but the amount of time it takes for the wood to grow is substantial, with the wood growing very slowly in the sandy dry soil and hot or cold conditions.

 This building is the old bank of NSW I think, but now is a large house with a garden beside the post office which is a fairly new building, although all the glass windows are smashed out by some intelligent individuals.

This plaque is at the town hall which is situated at the end of the main street so if you look from one end down the street you can see the whole halls front which is quite an impressive view.

This is the local memorial pool which is the pool, war memorial and ANZAC day service place all in one, but the cracked concrete could do with some maintenance.

 This is the church, which is a fairly old building as is shown by this plaque but it has had some modern fibreglass awnings added to the side doors.

Pilliga

We now live in Baradine western NSW, and it is right at the beginning of the Pilliga forest, although the sandy ground supports the prickly pear more than the pine trees that State Forests relies on for there income.
On the right there is a photo of my brother standing in front of one of the prickly pear trees, and on either side you can see more of them and pine trees.
The entire forest is full of burs, farmers friends and cat heads that whenever we take the dogs out for a walk, they get full of them, especially the poodle, with all of his coat being so curly, so we don't go in there anymore, as all dogs go running around, and both of them like to go to the biggest patches of farmers friends and run through them.

Also, there is a lot of dirt bikes and the forest is full of trails and jumps built with shovels and bulldozers.
On the road to Coonabarabran there is the goanna tracks MX track for all the competitions and stuff that happens here.
There is also a lot of wild flowers and birds, along with the Sculptures In The Scrub, featuring a whole mix of statues and things, but I will post on that later.

Playing in the sandpit

We have been playing a lot in our old sand pit lately and as it is under the cubyhouse we have a lot of protection from the rain and wind so there is a minimum of wind and water damage to the buildings and what water does get in is drained away by tunnels into the buildings and casltes (there have been a lot of them going on lately) and bridges .
My brother and I have been working on some big bridges in the sand pit and they are so big we cant use just the sand but we also have to put wooden braces on to the bridges to hold them up.

We whent out for dinner and it was an excellent meal , and after that we whent a concert and it was done by an artist called Bruce Mathiske but I didnt get any photos of him.

this is my brothers and my own birds getting to know each other over a bowl of food

I recently was given a camera for my birthday
and there are quite a few good shots


this one is of me at a YHA hostel in one of the rooms.
While we were there my little brother danced and danced
to the music of a band called the Lamplights and, from what
I heared there was a lot of cheers for him so I think he was the star
of the night and so in due course here they are just starting to play there music

have you seen them before?
If you have please leave a comment

Here is a picture of a model boat that we saw at the Yamba Maritime Museum
I think it is the Norfolk but I cant remember
We also went on a ferry trip from Yamba to Iluka
and walked all around Iluka after

a play in the park. Here is the captain firing his cannon

I think it is a completely terrific camera
thanks Mum and Dad.

Bird Boy

One of my more recent works has been bird boy


I got the idea from Emerald and I thought why not have her and me put together.


We have also been going on lots of field trips,
we went to Yuragir National Park
which is massive
and we saw a kookaburra catch a worm
and come really close to us


and we also saw a baby racehourse goanna
come out of the grass

Raptors

We are doing a bird unit study and here is some writing I have done today

Climate Change

I am an albatross,
I am fleeing because the climate is changing,
It is very tiring,
I am wet, cold , hungry and sore,
I do not know where we will land,
Our Island is no longer our home.
The place we have always nested is ravaged by ferociuos storms
and it seems to be getting smaller,
and too crowded.
We have had to defend our young-
those who could fly,
From hungry sea eagles and other mouths who want to eat them.
I had to leave my hatchlings behind.
They could not fly.
I am so tired.
I hope we can land soon.

I also have done a haiku poem on eagles

The Lord of the sky
Magestic Eagle on high
Surveys his kingdom

Haiku is an ancient Japanese form of poerty that focuses on rhythm not rhyme
5 syllables
7 syllables
5 sylables

The lego fort

This is me. I am in the background of one of my lego forts. Its quite large and the walls are an inch an a half thick, which in lego is quite large.


I liked making this fort, it went right across my doorway.


This is the back view and shows the stair cases and some of the men who are on watch duty. You can see their standard and below that is the tower.


This is a close up of a couple of pike men and a pole spearer, they are talking.


Yesterday I had a tooth pulled out of the right side of my mouth and that area is still very sensitive and sore.