Muncaster Castle

After a tour of the Millom Network Centre, the team spent the day at the Muncaster Castle. The Owls were fantastic - some even managed to open their eyes to say "G'day"!

Dyani loved the castle - particularly the haunted room - as all could attest to her scream after listening to the story!

After a beautiful lunch, the team headed to the Millom Folk Museum. We are pictured here with Sue Day (Leah's host) and her granddaughter Millie (thank you to Howard for this photo)

Kendal Rotary Club Charter night

Rod represented District 9790 at the Kendal Rotary Club Charter night with the District Governor, Mick Eady.

Rod also met up with Graham Dowling (GSE 1190 Team Leader) and Richard Bird (GSE coord).

As you can tell by the photos - a great night was had by all!

Team has arrived in Millom!

On Monday morning the team bid a fond farewell to the Kendall team and met with the Millom team. (team pictured with Kendall host families)

We all headed off with our hosts for the journey, meeting at Ulverston - the birth place of Stan Laurel! We went to the Laurel and Hardy museum and even watched some of their movies! We then went to the beautiful Eccle Riggs for lunch; where the peacocks were only too happy to pose for us!

We then resumed our travels to Millom and a tour of the town was arranged before returning to the host family homes.

Later that night, the team presented to the Rotary Club of Ulverston and the Rotary Club of Millom and their respective partners. 89 people were in attendance. There were lots of fantastic questions and discussions - a great night for all!

Tuesday is the 4th vocation day for the team members.

The team in Edinburgh

The team arrived in Edinburgh for our chilled out weekend; but we couldn't help ourselves and got out the tourist card!

Pictured is the team at the Castle, and Dyani and Samuel tucking into haggis! yum yum

Other things we have done include checking out the local nightlife on Friday night and then a slower day on Saturday (and really slow for some), when we caught the city sightseeing tour and went to the Royal Yacht Britanni. Sarah was able to catch up with her Great Aunt while here too!

Dyani is still surprised that she has been asked for ID twice.

Team arrives in Kendal!

The team has arrived in Kendal and on our first night in this beautiful part of the district, we completed our presentation to 100 Rotarians and their partners.



















Today we were shown around the sights of Kendal, which included a visit to the "Grow Well Project" which was very inspiring. We were also given a guided tour of the organic farm on the property and were treated to a lovely lunch on site in their restuarant


We were also fortunate to go on a paddlesteamer boat to take in the sights of the area, which was followed by a nature walk.

Vocation day, presentation and farewell to Blackpool

On the 12th April our team experienced our second vocation day. We all had a fantastic time with lots of information, ideas and knowledge shared. Pictured above is Leah with the HeadStart team.

That evening, our team presented to the Blackpool Palatine Rotary meeting, where there was approximately 60 people in attendance. Glenn & Jim (from the club) had prepared some quizes about Australia and even some pictures of our landscapes and events; which was great fun!

Pictured is the team following the presentation with our host families, President and club members

Off to Blackpool

The morning after our presentation night in Preston, we headed off to Blackpool for the start of our stay with second hosts. day one was action packed with a climb up the Blackpool Tower, some ball room dancing, some Circus performing, and finally some Cabaret dancing. and one of the best fish and chip dinners we've ever seen at Harry Ramsden's