March Memories

Our first memory in March was made when we went to the Mt French Section of the Main Ranges National Park just up the road from us.  Hadassah was doing a biological survey for a Science project.  We spent a delightful couple of hours wandering about looking at plants and insects, examining the soil and listening for birds.  We even managed to chat to a couple of National Parks Officers who told us they were planning to burn off a section of the park the next day.

A few days later we headed out to Moogerah Dam with some family and friends to celebrate my birthday.  It was a beautiful Sabbath day - perfect for spreading out a rug or two and having a singalong with the guitar.  We ate tea as the sun set over the mountain ranges.

We created our third memory in March by visiting the RAAF Amberley Aviation Heritage Centre at Ipswich.  We caught the bus onto the airforce base and spent a couple of hours wandering around and looking at all the static aircraft displays and battle memorabilia.


Children in the Caribou



F-111

While we were looking around we were most surprised to hear the roar of F-18F Super Hornets taking off.  Given that it was Sunday we were not expecting to see any aircraft active on the base.  However we saw ten take off that day.

We awoke to this unusual sunrise one morning.  It was so beautiful.  Later that day the children and I returned to Mt French National Park with some friends to see what a difference the burning off had made.

The children had great fun spotting frogs and crickets in the blackened ground whilst dodging showers of rain.

School kept us very busy in March.  Hadassah made pikelets as part of a Maths investigation while Matthew learned about how salt is obtained through evaporation. 

As part of his Busy Bee work for Adventurers, Matthew completed the Collectors Award.  He decided to put together a collection of toy vehicles.  He had to label his collection and present it to the other Busy Bees in his class.  A bit daunting for our shy boy but he rose to the occasion and did a good job!

Another enjoyable event was a trip down memory lane for Boonah when the Model A Ford club held it's annual meet in Ipswich and drove out to Boonah for a day.  Suddenly the town was taken over by these old shining cars.  My mum and I took the children down into town to see the parade and get up close and personal with the cars.

My most treasured memory of March was hearing our baby's heartbeat for the first time at my ten week check-up with the obstetrician.  Such a precious sound.  The children were so excited to discover that they were going to have a baby brother or sister even to the point of arguing about whose room the baby was going to sleep in!

Thus ends the planting of March memories in my Memory Patch.