11/24/06
It is only three weeks from Summer vacation for Australian School kids – and ours now as well. We have enrolled the kids in the local Waldorf School – the Chrysalis Steiner School. It is just one mile from the farm where we are staying and the kids have enjoyed their first week of school. Caleb is attending 4th grade and learning about area and perimeter as well as practicing for the school play (“Iduna’s Apples”). Anna is in kindergarten (there is only one at the school) and goes for a full day (9:15-2:45) just like the grades.

We pack them up in the morning

and send them to school on the bus which passes right by the farm. Caleb’s class has swim lessons once a week (in the Bellinger River with the aid of a lifeguard) and Anna’s class swims in a rock pool on the school grounds. We work a bit during the day and then pick them up from the bus right at 3 PM.

Often we head down there to the river for a swim – sitting in the rapids is a favorite activity as well.


It has been hot here – typically between 85 and 95 degree F at it’s peak – so a swim in the river is a great break.