It has been a slam packed few days here down under in Oz!
Monday through Wednesday we have logged back to back presentations at Rotary clubs. Most of these clubs are well rooted, 75-100 years old, in the surrounding communities of Sydney and are hosted by golf or “bowling” clubs. Australian bowling is on well manicured lawns and you must wear flat, club certified shoes. To bad our wheels are round! We have well received, though a bit challenged with the language barrier. We thought we would have it easy in an English speaking country and what we have found is they speak Australian, we speak American and we only understand each other half the time! Great thing Mike has become the official note taker of Australian – American translations.
We also had two days of vocational visits were partnerships have been made for some future wheelchair sports opportunities. Robb Martin had a very interesting experience with the New South Wales Supreme Court were he sat in the courtroom during a murder trial then had tea with the presiding judge during a recess! Photos coming soon! Darol
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It's interesting that the language is different enough to pose a bit of a barrier. I never would've imagined that.
ReplyDeleteSo, who is going to be the first one brave enough to try a vegamite sandwich?! I am challenging you to blog about that!
Oh, and I'm also curious what a kangaroo burger tastes like.
Thanks for the updates Darol. Glad things are going well so far. This should be a great experience for you and the team! ...John M, (Rotary Phx-West)
ReplyDeleteFor us it's not really his birthday until tomorrow but everyone here wanted me to wish Robb a Happy Birthday!!! It looks like it's a little after 2pm on the 28th for you guys now. So somebody buy my hubby a beer, and Darol give him a kiss for me!
ReplyDeleteLisa, Machelle, Rebecca and David Martin