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Hi everyone here are some interesting facts about Aboriginal Culture

Aboriginals are the first know human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands

Traditional Aboriginal music is played on the Didgeridoo

Music and dance is a very important part of Aboriginal customs, there is a song and dance for every occasion, including songs for hunting, ancestors, landscapes, animals, seasons, myths, and dreamtime legends.

Aboriginals believe that they don't own this land the land owns them

The Dreamtime is the Aboriginal understanding of the world, of it's creation and its stories and the beginning of knowledge

Boomerangs are used as weapons especially for hunting and fighting

Uluru, or Ayers Rock is a Sacred Aboriginal Site for the Aboriginal people of Anangu, there is a sacred traditional Dreamtime track that runs around it



Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Hi everyone,

I just got an email from the Jessica Watson website, she is the young Australian teenager who sailed around the world single handed in her yacht Ella's Pink Lady, she was only 16!! I thought it would make an intresting post to share some info on her and give you a link to her site so you can check her out. Its amazing to think that she was only 16 when she made her voyage, we were able to keep a watch on her progress through her website and blog and every day you could see where she was in the world and how far she had travelled that day! She has written a book describing her experience called True spirit which is an inspiration to read and really gives you an insight into how hard and how rewarding each day of her trip was.


Here is a some info on Jessica, I knew she came from Queensland and was very happy to learn that she was born on the Gold Coast!! In May 2010, she became the youngest person to sail non-stop and unassited around the world. She left Sydney harbour on her pink yacht! on 18 October 2009. She headed East over the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and then the Indian Ocean, returning to Sydney on the 15 May 2010, three days before her 17th birthday. When she was asked why she wanted to make the voyage she said " "I wanted to challenge myself and achieve something to be proud of, and I wanted to inspire people with a dream in their heart."


I was interested to read some of her family history, She has an older sister and a younger brother and sister. All four of them took sailing lessons as children, and her family went to live on board a 16 metre cabin cruiser for five years. She was homeschooled with her brother and sister through distance learning and later they lived on a purpose-built double decker bus for a while!! (I would love that!! maybe I should talk to my mum and dad and suggest it for us!!) When Jessica was eleven and they were still living on the boat her mum read Jessie Martin's book Lionheart: A Journey of the Human Spirit to the children as a bedtime story, she said that hearing this story led her to forming the ambition at age twelve to sail around the world too.


Her book really is a great read so I hope you will take the chance and give it a go, I know it will truly inspire you, maybe not to sail round the world singal handed!! but to follow your dreams whatever they maybe!!!

Just a quick update on how Leigh Skinner, Nats friends dad, went in the Power lifting at the Commonwealth Games, he came 4th in his group and 12th overall out of 25 competitors, a brilliant achievement, huge congratulations!!

Dont forget if you have anything to share, email me and please make any comments you want about my post, hope you like it!! her website address is http://www.jessicawatson.com.au/

Lots of love Katiebxxx
kate@weareamazing.com.au
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