March 2010
20 posts
Monday, March 8, 2010
Julie Pollock — Team Member: We had a great day in Benalla today and although the weather changed every quarter hour (cloudy and cool to sunny and warm to windy…), we managed to stay dry! Our day began just before noon with a guided tour of the Benalla Botanical Gardens, located close to the center of town. In addition to beautiful assortments of roses and indigenous gum trees, the...
February 2010
9 posts
Sunday February 28th
Kyla Kiester - Team Member: Today the wonderful people of Rosanna Rotary took us on an adventure around Port Phillip Bay, the main entrance into Melbourne. From Melbourne we drove around the east side of the bay to Portsea, which is a beautiful little town with brilliant blue waters where many Australian’s “go on holiday.” We had lunch at the Portsea Pub, and then ventured...
36 hours later....
Kyla Kiester - Team Member: …and we finally made it to Melbourne. Add 2 hours for Julie and Natasha who came from Iowa City. Flights to Chicago and then LA were uneventful, but the long journey across the ocean proved to be a bit problematic. Good news was that our 6 week old A380 was huge and awesome, and a very smooth and comfortable ride. It held 450 passengers and we all had our own...
January 2010
6 posts
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt