Joint Fishing Night with Glanville Hall Scout Group

This evening, the Cub Pack had a joint night with Glanville Hall Scout Group, fishing at West Lakes. It was a pleasant evening and one that those who attended enjoyed a great deal. All who attended and fished caught something – although we did work on the catch and release approach. There were even Crabs caught. One cub even earned her L1 Fishing One Badge!

Founders Day and Ella's Birthday

Today is a special day on several fronts in our household. Today is the day that Baden Powell was born. He is the person who’s ideas saw the start and development of Scouting (and Guiding). While the delivery of the program may look different to what Baden Powell originally started, it is a day that we remember

The other reason it is special is that Ella (Akela’s pet dog), has her birthday also. Akela is a bit of a nut and takes Ella to the beach for her birthday. Ella might not actually know it’s her birthday, but she sure LOVES the beach and if the windows of the car are not up, then we are pretty sure Ella would be out the window and down at the water edge before anyone else has un done their seat belts!

As a result, we headed for Sempahore and had a few hours at the beach. We were able to enjoy the water, as well as having a nice picnic lunch, prepared for by Akela, overall, we had a great day.  

World Cup Cricket - India vs Pakistan

Today, Akela took me to a World Cup Cricket game at Adelaide Oval. India vs Pakistan and it was a sell out. Cricket is HUGE in both India and Pakistan, with a HUGE number attending the game here in Adelaide. It is estimated that close to a BILLION people world wide will have watched this game on TV. That is HUGE.

We got there early and the atmosphere was HUGE. There were heaps of people there and Akela obviously took photos. It was the most electric atmosphere that had to be experienced and we were glad to be there to experience it. While the Australians were in the minority, the agreement was that it was a game to be there to experience for the atmosphere. It certainly is nothing compared to when Australian Supporters are in force and the supporters from India and Pakistan are so friendly and happy and the banter was soooo friendly and respectful.

 

Photo Mania Challenge

Today, Akela took me to Port Adelaide (AGAIN!). This time for the Photo Mainia challenge. It was certainly a warm day (40C) and Akela had a lot of fluid packed in her pack to drink! She had initially wanted to take a packed lunch, but due to the heat, decided we were buying it fresh at lunch time.

We arrived in plenty of time for the start, and were given the 12 topics on which to take photos. They were certainly a different list – stacked, crossed wires, together, inside out, and several others. Initially, we were only to get 4 topics, and then two hours to get photos and then get the next set of 4 topics. However, due to the heat, we were given them all at once, so that we could get as many of them done before the heat of the day really heated up. But we were able to use the base to return to for breaks, toilets, getting drinks (there was a fridge they allowed us to use and store our drinks in)

Despite the heat (Akela seemed to cope quite well though!), it was a good day out, exploring the Port and trying to get the best photos we could get for the topics we had been given.

 

 

 

Australia Day 2015 - with no cricket at Adelaide Oval, what is a black sheep to do?

Today is Australia Day.  It is the official National Day of Australia and it is the anniversary of the First Fleet arriving in at Port Jackson in 1788.

Normally on Australia Day, there is cricket of some description on at Adelaide Oval. It has been a Test Match (5 day game) but in recent times, it has been a one day game. However, for some reason this year there was no game, which meant Akela had to find something else to do (Cricket on Australia Day for Akela has been like breathing – it is just what she and her family have always done)

So, Akela decided we were going to head back to Port Adelaide and have another look around at the paintings we saw the other day. She was convinced (correctly) that some would be completed and others in the final stages of completion. It was definitely worth going down to the Port to have another look!

We eventually dragged ourselves home, with the idea that maybe we could watch the cricket on the Television. Not a chance. It was being played in Sydney and it was washed out! Really, that was poor planning as it was such a nice day in Adelaide!

 

 

Wonderwalls Photography Tour

Today, Akela and I headed to the Port. Akela had booked herself into a guided photography tour for the Wonderwalls Festival in Port Adelaide. Essentially, it was about the Port being turned into a giant canvas for the weekend and the photography tour was a chance to have a guided tour of where the art work was being painted.

A lot of the work had been started in the few days prior to the weekend and was a work in progress over the weekend. It was certainly a interesting activity and we are looking at going back in a few days to have a look at the work.

 More information about this can be found at http://wonderwallsfestival.com/about/

 

What a wash out

This evening, Aleka and I went to the Big Bash game at Adelaide Oval. Well, what was supposed to be the Big Bash game. It got rained out and essentially, the points were split between the two teams who were due to play the game this evening. Even though there was only a little bit of cricket played (we are talking about maybe 30 minutes of cricket), it was still a good atmosphere and everyone was in a rather festive mood!