“HELLOW” from The Bridgewater Centre!
 
Today we are anxious. By the time you read this blog we will have settled into our new space however at the time of writing, we are feeling all the feels. Change can be hard, but it can also be exciting! That’s the way I’m taking it.
 
You see this day for Umbrella Support is a big one. We have moved into a new community centre and are starting our new media program. This meant that our super bloggers had to adapt to the change of moving to a new community centre and for some of us, it was a little like butterflies in our tummies.
 
By morning tea time we were all feeling a little more settled and were blogging away. So, enjoy our blogs which today talk about “A DAY IN THE LIFE”…Cindy
 
 
It's blog day and I'm writing about what happens on the day of my life for everything and hanging out with my friend. Krystle is the one who hangs out with me, but I wish would take her to a movie.  Cindy is my mate. We love her so much and have fun then Jessy is really good at cooking. I made a video and send to Cindy on my phone when she is busy.  
 
I like to play games on my laptop and do RadioVoice with Daz, Cindy and Beth . We had so much fun.  I always have some fun with my beautiful friends but one more thing, I love to hang out with my mate Delia.  At Delia's house we did Buldak 2x hot spicy Raman and only me finish the bowl but not too spicy for me.
I have to be on the time to get there Umbrella in the morning – TJ
 
 
Hi, my readers today's blog is about packing for the Blues Festival, here is what I will need and how that day would look like. On that day mum will wake me up before she leaves for work. Then I will have my music up for an hour and start making something to eat for lunch, I will start to pack for Blues Festival, I will need clothes, toiletries, my Nike air forces, jumpers, a pillow and blanket I will also need to charge my headphones as I will be listening to music the whole car ride.
 
It is held in Echuca, Moama.  I will be going with my mum, and we will be staying at her best friend's house for the weekend. We are staying there Friday until the Sunday. I feel happy to go because I will be shopping most of the time, eating delicious food, and spending time with family and friends.
 
The Winter Blues festival is a wonderful event that people from all states will attend and listen to great music. Thank you for reading my blog this week Alannah
 
 
What does your day look like? 
Hello Friends,  
Have you ever wondered what a day in the life of a dog would look like? Wonder no more! Today I will be talking about what a day in the life of Chopper would look like, for those who don’t know Chopper is my sister’s American Staffy. He is a 100% good boy (even when he isn’t) and I absolutely love him to the ends of the earth.  
 
His day starts all warm and cozy in bed, possibly wrapped up like a burrito and with just his nose sticking out. He lives like he is king of the world, because all dogs should. He then gets up to greet everyone that's in the house with a Boop and some happy circles, like a good family member. He will then demand to be let out for toilet time and an inspection of the backyard. It’s extremely important to him that he be let back in to either check out the house and do all the sniffing or find a cozy spot for a nap.  
 
Morning Walkies are an important part of Chop’s day as he needs at least two walkies a day so that he doesn’t turn into the flash and turn the house upside-down. He has a great red harness and an assortment of jackets, oodies and a fancy jumper/cardigan for his colder day walkies. He does enjoy a good Snifari (sniffing safari), so walkies can be a stop and start affair.  
 
After walkies he has some outside time until around four o’clock (sometimes he gets in earlier though) when he comes inside. Outside time is when Chop will have a series of naps, he might also play with his toys and try to catch leaves, bugs or his own shadow if he’s feeling it. He has many choices of outdoor napping spots, though I believe he might be solar powered, so you’ll mostly find him napping in the sun.  
 
Four o’clock he comes inside booping people as he comes in and finds a good spot for his inside nap, until he thinks its dinner time and then stands at the back door staring at people with a pouting look because he wants to be fed an hour or so early. Dinner is outdoor dining and Chop must shake hands, do a double high-five and a boop kiss before dinner. He is a well-mannered boy when it comes to dinner. He then waits for night time walkies so he can go check out the smells of the night.  
 
Around eight o’clock he comes in to in theory wind down for bedtime, it's not always like that but he does make it his job to add some fun and spice to our lives and we absolutely love it! He does settle into bed for the night when it’s bedtime and everyone comes in to say goodnight to him every night because as I said he is treated like a king!  
What does your pet family members day look like? 
Have a wonderful day my friends! 
Your friend Shan  
 
 
The journey to buy our home continues.
Let’s start with how my Monday went, well it was meant to be a simple day “signing the contract” but it was not when we arrived at the conveyancer’s office we discovered my name was not on the document! I felt so angry / annoyed as we had told the agent it was to be in both names. We looked over the contract and saw that without a pest inspection the sale could not go ahead, so we now have to organise the inspection, which fingers crossed will happen in the next week.

We have learnt from this, now we have a check list of what we need to do and see how things are Hopefully in the next few week we will be home owners!! Apart from the contract drama we had to deal with the rain. It was so heavy we could hardly see the traffic ahead of us, so we stopped at Maccas. It was a long drive home and I was exhausted and confused but proud I had got through but without the support of my mum and mother in law (Rob’s mum), I would not have. I am so grateful to them both. And also, my family and friends support.

Have you ever experienced this when buying your new home. Love from Jess 
 
 
My dog has just had knee patella crucial ligament surgery two weeks ago on the 5th July. While he was in surgery the vet rang me and told me that they have found a mass in his leg and asked me for the go ahead to take out the mass. In that moment I assumed the worst and I instantly told the vet to take out the mass in his leg, I didn’t think about any extra cost because all I cared about was that Prince was going to ok.
 
When I picked up Prince he was very sore and he cried a lot because he was in pain. I made sure to give him plenty of cuddles and made sure he was warm with lots of blankets. He is very stubborn when it comes time to his medication so I had to cook some mince pork and put his medication in the mince so he takes his medications. 

On Wednesday last week Prince took off his bandage and my support worker and I had to take him back to the vet. He now has a bigger cone because he could still get to his stitches. 
 
The really good news is that Prince has his stitches out tomorrow and my Prince is doing really well, and my Prince is a long hair Chihuahua. He is not good at being patient but who is, and even though Chihuahuas are stubborn and feisty I still really love Chihuahuas and I really love my Prince. 
 
Prince  looks really funny and very cute with his cone but he doesn’t like his cone very much but he is doing really well with his cone and today is the last day of having the cone on because it is coming off tomorrow.  Thank God for that, because I miss when I cuddle his little face, I miss the feeling of his fur on the side of my face.
It was a very emotional, stressful time but I am getting there.
Thank you everyone, Gipsy.
 
 
Hi friends, welcome back! Today’s topic is a day in the life of Beth.Let me explain to you for those who don’t know I did RadioVoice on Monday after Handmade. Cindy takes cheeky monkey TJ and I to Daz’s studio.  
 
Once we arrive there we get started by putting headphones on and bringing the microphones right up to our mouths, we talk about different topics. Daz does the introductions, he does the music and the recording of Disability Matters every Thursday night. It goes on-air and you can listen to it on The Buzzz at 6:00pm. Don’t worry if you miss out you can listen to it on mix cloud, it is so much fun. When I first started I was very anxious and very shy and not very confident. But the more you practice the more comfortable you will be at it. You need to prepare yourself, there is always someone there to help you. When I started, Cindy helped me by being gentle, calm and with a couple of time doing radio I was so confident. I enjoy it so much now that looking back there was nothing to worry about.
 
If you are anxious about anything, like starting something new for the first time, as time passes you will become more and more confident with each try. 
Thank you for reading my blog my dear friends signing off your beautiful friend Bethany.
 
 
Welcome back to our cozy little corner of the internet, my dear lovely readers. Today, I'm going to discuss how Miss Suki-pants spent her day of life.  Hey, guys! Do you still recall our lovable furball, Suki La La? Woof Woof!

The quote of the day
“We don’t have a great day, we make it a great day!”

Each morning, she rises up at around seven and begins her day by either going to the bathroom or lounging in bed until she's ready to go outside. Once back inside, she either retreats to her bedroom with her favourite owner, my mum, or plays with the owner whose jumpers/hoodies she enjoys eating. She plays with her doggy toy daily and chases our cats around the house, almost causing them to die. It can be quite entertaining until it becomes too intense. I think she plays too big for our cat friends.

She also takes a few naps throughout the day to recharge. Next week on Thursday, Miss Puppy Pants will be going on a holiday where she'll meet new people and some other dogs while we're away at a festival for a couple of days.
​
Unfortunately, this means I won't be able to blog during that time.
Not to worry!

​Thanks you for reading my blog
See ya next time, and also have a great day..
Kathryn 

​It’s a bonus round of choose your own adventure this week as our bloggers were undecided as to what topic they would write about so, we made the decision that we would (as a special treat) once again choose our own adventure.
 
As we write these pieces it is school holidays in Melbourne so we have a few of our participants away doing super fun activities. We can’t wait to have everyone back again next week. Please enjoy these pieces from our team today…
 
 
Hey everyone and welcome back to another blog today. My name is Jess and I have a intellectual disability. It doesn’t stop me from enjoying my life even those tough times which come and go and no matter where I am or what I’m doing. I’m always believing in myself.
What a week it’s been. 
Where to start. Last Friday after cooking I went up to Morwell to look at a gorgeous home, with my fiancé Rob. We loved it and on Monday we put an offer in and on Tuesday we got the exciting news they accepted it!!! We were so shocked, relieved and so proud. We can’t wait to move in. Rob told me this great news after I finished working at St Vinnies.

Tuesday night was Dinner with Friends and what a special night it was, everyone was so happy and the singing and dancing was great, a really fun night.

Wednesday - I travelled to Seaford to a lovely cafe called “” Cafe L’ A Wheels which is run by people with disabilities. It is a fun place and the staff are so kind. They have great food. Worth a visit. After the cafe we went Market 3976 which is incredible and I got some bright colourful headbands. Then we were off to a factory in Dandy South to buy some Diamond arts which I love doing.

Thursday is blogging and I am exhausted after my week. 

How was your week? 

Have you or know anyone you know have a busy life  or a week like mine? – Jess
 
Life is exactly like a game of chess…
 
Hello Friends,
 
There are so many days where plans are made, routines are down pat and then everything changes. Ah my favourite word “change” (sarcasm). Though as much as I hate to admit it we need a shake up of our lives every now and then (like the Kardashians with salad bowls, if you know you know). I think we all like to believe that we are fully in control of everything in life, so when it becomes clear that we control nothing but ourselves and our own bodies the panic sets in. Today I’m talking about the positive changes and shake ups of life.
 
Now’s probably a good time to point out that I have no idea how to play chess…
 
Today we have a bonus choose your own adventure blog, which has got me thinking about life and I’m getting all deep and meaningful. How are you all going in life? I hope the universe is treating you well and that you are looking after yourselves. (Have you had water today?) It’s important to make sure you are taking care of yourselves especially when life does what it does best and throws some hypothetical positive lemons at you.
 
Positive changes in life can also throw you in a spin and I completely understand the overwhelming feelings that come with having to rearrange everything in your mind to come to terms with the changes, but as an added bonus you get the joy of living through the experience and I’m all for a learning experience. For those of you that can just go with the flow and fly with the changes without a second thought, please teach us your ways!
 
We as a blogging group will be moving soon and this is a wonderfully exciting change but also does send the mind into overdrive, planning and organising ourselves to make sure everything goes well and we each end up at the right place. There’s nothing more awkward than turning up to the wrong place.
 
Embrace the positive changes of life and ride the roller coaster of ups and downs! I’ll be right there with you!
 
Go live your best lives!
 
Your friend Shan.
 
 
Hello sunshines! We're back on this very cold day, and I'd love to share this week's adventure with you. On Monday, I went to Disney on Ice! My support worker picked me up from home, and we headed to out to catch the bus with my friends. Unfortunately, we got stuck in bad traffic, but we didn't miss a thing! We quickly took our seats and waited a few minutes for the show to start. The show was absolutely gorgeous! We saw many Disney characters dancing, skating, and performing tricks and singing - it was spectacular! I'd rate it a ten out of ten and recommend it to anyone who loves Disney.
 
On Wednesday, I attended another show, Beauty and the Beast: The Musical. It was a bit different from the original movie, but I found it beautiful, as it was my first time seeing it live. It was incredible, gorgeous, and I loved every moment! I'd love to see it again and recommend it to anyone who loves Disney and romance.
 
What did I love most about both shows? I adored seeing all the Disney characters at Disney on Ice, but my favourite was Elsa. As for Beauty and the Beast, I loved everything, but Belle was my favourite character. Fun fact: Belle means "beautiful" in French!
 
Thank you for reading my blog my beautiful friends and have a wonderful day your winter friend Beth.
 
 
choose your own adventure the last segment of my travel adventure



Hey guys surprise, we are doing a cheeky small choose your own adventure as unfortunately this is the last travel blog so let's go out with a bang!

Today is all about my recent overseas adventure. Let me take you back to 2019, not too long ago but felt like a long time ago since Covid and I was almost not going to go because a family member had a medical emergency but luckily I was able to go.

This time we are going to Japan!
On the 8th of April mum and I flew out to our new holiday Japan the land of the rising sun but we weren't going direct we had to stop midway for another flight, 6 hours to Malaysia then a 2 hour wait for the next flight which will land us in Haneda International airport in Tokyo.
 
We finally arrived around 6pm after 12 plus hours of flying and waiting, needless to say we were very tired as we got into a bus towards our hotel for the first few days which was right near Disney World. Our hotel was the Sheraton Grande at Tokyo Bay, we had Shabu Shabu hot pot for dinner then went to sleep in our new room.
 
the next morning was raining but we decided to go to Disneyland, luckily it wasn't too busy and we went straight in. Mum and I got lots of photo opportunities, the longest wait was mickey mouse with a 40 minute wait time but it was worth the wait and photo opportunity, Mickey Mouse was very happy to see my mother’s necklace as it was shaped like his head, we brought a lot of goodies for our friends and families.
 
The next day we decided to go to the other park next door, Disney Sea. Let me explain what Disney Sea is like, a massive version of Epcot but it's its own park. I won't say much about Disney Sea but it's worth going there if you hadn't put it on your list to do in Tokyo.

Our next hotel is right in the center of Shinjuku called the Sunlite Hotel and guess what! we were right next to a very pretty Inari Shrine, we had to pay our respects and offer our blessing for good luck. Every morning I would buy a latte for mum at family mart just down the street as the coffee was americano style in breakfast, the next couple of days we went around Shinjuku, Harajuku and the surrounding Tokyo  streets in the area, next thing we knew we were hopping on a bullet train to our last location, Osaka, we did get a beautiful view of Mount Fuji as we were on the train.
 
Our next hotel was located next to Dotonbori street which was packed with amazing street food and cheap eats and is next to breathtaking view of the river and billboards, the next day we booked a day trip to Kyoto as well as a makeover with rental kimonos, we got our hair done and we went to a famous market that sold fresh snacks and food and small goodies to take home, they then took us to Tlone of the oldest Japanese villages in Kyoto and we walked all the way to see the temple and we even got a fortune there, I somehow got the luckiest fortune, the kimono trip was so amazing and helped our backs when walking, would definitely do it again in a heartbeat, my mother would agree on that. – Holly

Monk-Oggy!
Do we have your attention yet?  Today we are inventing our own animals.
Here’s the brief:
What does it look like?
What does it eat?
What is it called?
How many arms, legs, eyes?
What noise does it make?
Does it have fur?
 
Let’s have some fun today as we get creative!
 
Are you ready for this?
 
Hello Friends,
 
Welcome to the make your own animal lab, it’s like build a bear but in my head and you shouldn’t actually see anyone running around with this animal…. Yet.
 
Let’s make my new favourite animal! (Evil laughter optional)
 
Right, so we’ve got a ball of black fluff, two ears, two eyes, a mouth and some teeth. no arms or legs though they kind of float around like ghosts and they’re also completely silent, no noise at all. Super appealing and totally family friendly right! There’s no need to discuss it’s life span because they live forever, also be ready to be committed to this guy, they choose their family and stick with that family forever, if they can’t stay with you they will pack up and find your closest family member and move themselves in with them. (Might want to inform the whole family tree of this guy)
 
They eat sunflowers as a main diet but will also eat rhubarb and the occasional carrot as a treat.  They will not eat anything other than what I have just listed because they are stubborn and their diet is non negotiable, No stress though they only need to eat a main meal once a day,  it has to be at 6:30pm or they get hangry. (Hungry Angry combination) No one knows how they breed, they kind of just multiply and they don’t get along with each other at all, so you’ll only get one.. I created the first one and the rest just kind of appeared (my bad). They pick the family’s they live with so once you get one well as I said inform your whole family tree, so get to know all your family because they’ll need to know about this guy.
 
If they don’t bring their own bedding (they carry it on their head) You’ll need to get a large dog bed, a blanket and a soft toy. They  sleep when you sleep and they enjoy having a soft toy for comfort but you won’t find  them in your bed as they like there own space when sleeping. They are super friendly and happy creatures unless they have to be around their own species or you feed them late. I believe they are adorable and you’d be very lucky to have one however I created them so I guess I’m bias.
 
What are these creatures you ask?
 
It’s a secret….. no seriously that’s what they are called Secret.
 
Thank you for following along with our blogs and the different topics we work hard to come up with! We appreciate you!
 
Spread kindness always - Shan.
 
 
What if we played God and made our own type of animal?
Would it thrive and adapt or will it be so unique that It’ll need human intervention just to get its population back?
We don’t know as it could be anything we could dream of, this topic had me thinking very long and hard about what to write about, perhaps if you think about it, it could even be us if you think about it.

Like we are considered mammals by nature and you know what’s even funny as a fact? Elephants see us like puppies, they just love to watch us and they consider us cute.
What if we were the animals being obeyed by the law? Maybe in another dimension we are one?

You know I think that’s my imaginary animal to think of, the evolution of us.
Perhaps in the next evolution we will be taller and able to use more advanced technology, able to look back at the past mistakes we’ve made and improve on these little facts we had.
 We are such an amazing species and evolution is imminent in a billion years, perhaps we’ll find another home in this lifetime at least that’s what I hope for.
I do hope we are a little taller. Holly
 
 
Hi my readers todays blog is about what is your favourite animal. So, I have decided to create an animal using my imagination. I have decided to call it Sparkles, here's what sparkles would look like. She would have pink fluffy fur, she poops out rainbows and breathes out fire.
 
what she eats for breakfast lunch, dinner and dessert is chocolate and she drinks water, She has two eyes two horns and four legs. The sound that Sparkles makes is click-di-clock. She does seven poop rainbows a day!
 
She came from Unicorn Land, it's a land filed with different types of unicorns, and it has a lot of chocolate for them to eat. She had transferred over to earth and she lives on a farm, a chocolate farm.

Sparkles is living the single life hanging with her unicorn friends and looking after her baby unicorns, she has two kids a boy and a girl, their names are Roxy and the boy's name is Rex.
 
Lastly, Sparkles breathes out fire because if something bad happens she can use her protection and use her fire to make the bad guys leave her alone forever.
 
We call them unicorns on earth but on her planet, she's called magical unicorns.
 
Thankyou for reading my blog this week Alannah
 
 
 
My favourite animal is the monkey, we need to look after the monkey for friends and feed them more. They will then come to you. They have two arms and two legs and two eyes. We can make sure they need to learn sign language, like me. 
 
The monkey looks good and his friends have fun and more play and more food for the monkey in the jungle.  They have orange hair and some black too so we are all family like a zoo, the house for monkeys is in my house and the bed on the tree.   
 
I hope one day to have a boy and girl, I mean both, and I want both the father Jelly and mother Katie if they got a baby, call it name Kelley. – TJ
 
 
Today we are talking about designing our own animal and if we could design one. So, I decided to design an animal using my two favourite animals’ koala and zebra!! 
I’m going to start at the bottom, using the koala legs short fat little things but cute. The body will be a Zebra’s big and strong.

The head will be the koala head as they are cute with zebra ears stripped and the nose is orange and soft to touch. The body will be covered with rainbow coloured fur. They eat lettuce leaves and sit under a gumtree all day long, so not a lot of movement by this animal. The noise it makes is not loud more like a hissing sound.     
 
This beautiful creature will be called a ZELOA which means beautiful one designed by me Jess! Have you ever thought of designing your own animal and if so what would it be like?
Love from zoo keeper Jess
 
 
My most favourite animal that I love most of all are dogs. 
My dog was black and his name was Bugsy and he was the most beautiful dog and I loved him so very much but he is now in a rainbow world and this is what he looked like. He had a horn and two wings, he has the most pure blue eyes and he is called a “dog Pomeranian angel” and he can also fly and he is a very loving happy dog and has lots and lots of dogie unicorn angel dog friends.
 
Bugsy and all his friends love to play with all the fairies, mermaids, angels and unicorns and they love to play around the waterfalls and rocks and greenery and also really love to play in the water.  When there is a rainbow and they really to play under the rainbow too and they have so much fun.
 
When Bugsy comes home he is tired and he will have a sleep and then he is in a new play mood.  He will go back to play with all his friends and when has had enough he will settle in the bed and we will have lots and lots of cuddles and watch tv together and all Bugsys friends have just met Snowy,Prince Lucky, Squeaky and Gracie.
 
Snowy, Prince, Lucky, Squeaky, Gracie have now become unicorn angel dogs and now they are all part of the team with Bugsy. Buggy’s real most bestest friends in the world are Snowy, Prince, Lucky, Squeaky, Gracie and they are all very close and inseparable they cannot be separated at all.
 
Snow, Prince, Lucky, Squeaky, Gracie are also very close to all Bugsy’s friends and they really love each other. They all love each other and cannot be separated under any circumstances because they are inseparable and when they are all together they have so much fun.
 
They all eat Indian food and some pasta meals, sausages and chicken roasts with veggies and salads and desserts.  They pretty much like what we do and they drink lots of water and lemonade.  I don’t let them drink coke or no sugar coke or any other fizzy drink the only fizzy drink they are allowed to drink is lemonade and raspberry, orange, fruit cup, strawberry lemonade and cordials.
 
I love my Bugsy.  Thank you for reading my blog, Gipsy.
 
 
 
Hi friends welcome back to blogging on this very cold day today's topic is what is your favourite animal? My favourite animal is a dolphin.
What do they look like? Dolphins can be a pink colour but also light grey and they have hole in the top of their head which is called a blow hole. They usually come to the surface for air because they can't breathe underwater.
 
My dolphin is very special to me because it can communicate and understands me like no other humans can do. They can do tricks that no other animal or humans can do. They can follow me and help me, if someone is in the water and they can't swim, the
dolphins will understand if the person needs help with just a wave of my hand.
What does it eat? They like to eat fish, squid and shrimps.

​Dolphins spend their days resting, feeding communicating and travelling.
I love dolphins because they're beautiful creatures and they are very gentle, very friendly animals and don't hurt anyone.
 
What is it called? I call it Magical dolphin.
 
How many arms legs eyes or fins?
Dolphins have two fins and one tail and two eyes.
Does It have fur? No dolphins do not have fur they have smooth skin.
What noise does it make? They make a clicking noise when they want to communicate.
 
Thank you for reading my blog and have a wonderful day, your ocean friend Bethany.

This is a Shan takeover this week as I was given the challenge from the wonderful Cindy to write the introduction for this weeks blogs.
Ready your tastebuds, you're going to have a feast for your eyes with this week's blog topic! Let our bloggers tempt you with their favourite restaurants and I'm warning you it's going to make you hungry!  
 
 
Hi my readers today’s blog is about your favourite restaurant, and why, where is it and what do you order?

My  First choice would be fast food, KFC because I like their hot chips when they are freshly made with extra chicken salt, I usually get a wrap or a snack box which has chips, chicken tenders and popcorn chicken.
My second favourite fast food place has to be Maccas for their cheeseburger meals and strawberry milkshakes. I recently had an experience with the Maccas in my estate. My mum and I drove there at 12am and we had to wait for over 15minutes to get our orders and because they were taking so long the store manager gave us three $10 gift vouchers. The vouchers expire until December 31st, how lucky is that. I will probably use them one at a time.

I had one of my birthday party at Maccas I celebrated my 7th birthday with my friends from school and we had a lot of fun in the play area. The cake I had was an ice cream cake with Freddo frog on top. from Alannah 
 
 
Favourite Restaurant conundrum... 
Hello Friends,  
 
The word conundrum has snuck back into a blog. Funny how that happens once you learn a new word and you end up using it in everyday conversation or in this case in a blog.  In all seriousness I do have a conundrum, our blog topic is our favourite restaurants, and I don't have a favourite restaurant.  
 
Don't get me wrong, I have favourite foods and beverages; I just don't have a restaurant that I would say is my favourite. Jokingly I said McDonalds when the topic was brought up, but I wouldn't go as far as committing to say it's my favourite restaurant. Sorry McDonalds, it’s not me, it’s you.  
 
For me to have something to be my favourite I need it to just pop into my mind as soon as I'm asked if it's my favourite. Like my Favourite ice cream at Augustus Gelatery, which is Biscoff & Dulce De Leche Gelato. That is my absolute favourite ice cream, and it immediately comes to my mind when asked about favourite ice creams. I can taste it in my mouth now all the Biscoffy bits and oh my goodness it’s delicious. Shout out to my sister, who I love endlessly, for taking me to get the Biscoff ice cream all those times.  
 
I love that we are supposed to be talking about our favourite restaurants and I’ve gone right ahead and started talking about ice cream. It's extremely good ice though guys, honestly, I think it's heaven. If you love ice cream and/or Biscoff give it a go. Bonus they have heaps of other flavours too, I just make a beeline for that one flavor because it’s Biscoff.  
 
I will finish this blog off by saying even if it is cold due to it being winter here in Australia, it’s still a great idea to get a mate and have an ice cream date.  
TREAT YOURSELF!  
Your Friend, 
Shan  
 
 
We are back at blogging on this cold winter day and today we are talking about our favourite restaurant or take away food.
Beth and I decided to talk about Fish and Chips- yummy.
We thought about why we like fish and chips and decided it’s crunchy, it’s yummy, it warms you up, it’s comforting, a good weekend takeaway to look forward to.
Our favourite things to order is:- Beth 6 nuggets, chips, potato cakes, dim sims either steamed or fried. And Jess 6 nuggets, chips, dim sims steamed and banana fritters.
How funny, our favourite food to order is the same! Our chips must have tomato sauce, and then take home to heat up later.
We researched fish and chips in Casey and there are so many. And they are very different. In some places you can eat fish and chips by the water, which is a real treat. 
You can also sit in the park, near a beach and the seagulls like to visit, and try to steal our food.  Thank you all, from Jess and Bethany.
 
Japanese food is my favourite, I like sushi. I like fish and rice in my sushi. It looks and tastes yummy I’ve made sushi before at my house and cooking with my friends it was yummy! But I like it a lot sometimes I eat it for my lunch.
 
I would like to have proper sushi in Japan one day and also gaming in Japan.  – TJ
 
 
My Favourite Restaurants 
Grill’d, is my favourite because their burgers and chips are so really yummy and I really love it. They have a wonderful chip dip called herbed mayo.
McDonald’s as well because I really love the Big Mac’s, Quarter Pounders with chips, the apple pies and I also really love the egg and bacon McMuffins with hash browns on the side.
 
I also like Schnitz but it isn’t as good as Grill’d or McDonald’s. 
I do really love Indian food, Mexican and some Italian.
 
But my most favourite restaurants will have to be Grill’d and McDonald’s.
I do really love La Porchetta it was one of my favourite restaurants but they have closed down in Frankston area which is a real shame and I do miss going there. In my opinion there is no other restaurant that can make Italian like La Porchetta and I have not found a new Italian restaurant that I like. La Porchetta was the only Italian restaurant that I really loved. – Gipsy
 
 
Welcome back to our cosy little corner of the internet, my dear lovely readers. Today, we'll discuss our favourite restaurant. Where is it located? When do you usually go there? Why do you like it? What do you usually order?

The quote of the day
“Never regret a day in your life. Good days give you happiness and bad days give you experiences”.
 
Today I will be writing about my favourite restaurant, which happens to be an Italian restaurant in Frankston called Fratelli. I don’t have a set schedule for visiting, as it depends on my desire for Italian food. I have been a fan of Italian since childhood, especially bolognese. Fratelli has great service, family-friendly, and has great food… you should go check it out.
I think I would be a great restaurant critic, if you want more recommendations let me know!

Thanks you for reading my blog
See ya next time.
Kathryn
 
 
Dear readers, this week’s topic is “what is your favourite restaurant”.
Let me tell you about two of my favourite restaurants Kick’in Inn and Amstel.
My family and I were invited to Kick’in Inn and I have chosen Kick’in Inn because they have seafood bags which are delicious. 
 
You can pick and choose what seafood bag you want and you can add different sauce flavour bases, such as Kajun.  You then add your sides.  For kids they have chicken bags.   After you order your food bag with everything you want and the sauce base, they boil everything in the bag.  Whilst waiting they will give you gloves, a bib, and cover the table in a large paper cloth.  When your food is ready they dump all the contents of the bag in front of you and you eat with your gloved hands.  It is an easy clean up as they wrap everything up in the tablecloth and throw it away. 
Amstel is another of my favourite restaurants as they have a huge selection to choose from. My favourite is the porterhouse steak and chicken scallopini and I work there so I get to see and smell the food come out .
 
Do you have a favourite restaurant?
Written by Charlotte
 
 Didn’t I tell you these blogs would make you hungry?  “Shan”.

​We love this day! It’s the day when we can write about anything we like AND…It’s fun! Our bloggers got straight to work on their devices tapping away at the keyboards with these wonderful pieces you are about to read.
 
Hello my fellow readers! How are you?
Today's blog will be all about my Amstel journey and how I feel about it.
Before I worked at Amstel club, I was doing work experience with Umbrella Support called "every 1 cafe" and it was so awesome unlocking my achievements and skills.
Every 1 cafe improved my greeting skills and when customers have finished their drinks, they would leave so I would always greet them and say "Thank you for supporting and coming in".
I loved every 1 cafe so much but then 3 months later, I found out by Cindy or Jo that I would soon find myself as a waitress over at Amstel club. I was so excited finding out that I had an opportunity to get a job interview with the big bosses and Cindy coming to support me.
After the interview they had accepted me and told me that I'm on board the Amstel express (lol).
I was nervous and anxious for my job interview especially meeting the bosses.
I was happy because I had got a job.
I was very excited to see Cindy there for moral support.
I was feeling relieved because the job interview over and done with (lol).
 Opportunities come and go but things always work out in the end.
 Thank you so much for reading and following in my journey! bye!
-Angelina xo
 
 
It was a great week for me. I drove the golf cart.
Cindy let me drive the golf cart and this was fun but Cindy is a crazy driver.  
 Anyway I tried to turn left but Cindy makes me scared because she stops the car with her foot and had to brake to stop.  But it was ok.  I wasn’t scared. She won’t do it again, oh wait I see now I got new glasses for today. I’m taking my mate Krystle to pick up my glasses and I am excited to see.
 Ohh……I go out to see Inside out 2 on the weekend with Kristian and the friends. – TJ
 
 
I am back with the new segment of my travels around the world, last time we talked about Costa Rica and the wonderful jungle and now we are on to our next adventure but, little did I know it’ll be so soon after Costa Rica. Let me explain what happened at lead to the new adventure. 
My Yaya and I were flying back from Costa Rica but with most travels to remote locations there are stop overs to get back home, I didn’t mind the extra stop over to Los Angeles international airport in USA to board my last flight back home to good old Melbourne and fix my sleep cycle.
The trip from LA to Melbourne was a 15-hour flight. So much sleep was needed and luckily it was a night flight when we left LA. We were bound for Melbourne the next day so dad could pick us up, or so I thought.
 5 hours into the flight it was quiet and everyone was sleeping, it was 3:30 in the morning when all of the suddenly the plane tilted to the far right and the lights turned on, I woke my Yaya awake saying that the plane isn’t straightened and it was going off course, about a minute after I told her the captain was put on loud speaker, he said that there was a medical emergency on board and we were bound for the nearest airport, there was nothing but water I thought, the captain announced we’ll be detouring to Honolulu at that time. It was safe to say I was shocked and surprised as I looked to my grandmother for assurance.
By the time the ambulance came and got the patient off it had already been 3 hours since we landed, luckily for us they announced that they needed to refill the massive A380 jumbo plane, they had to get emergency stairwell just to get everyone off, they gave us food vouchers and a hotel room in the airport as the crew needed a 6 to 8 hours rest.
The captain and crew said to us, we’ll be bound for departure at 9:50pm that night so spent the day to relax and enjoy ourselves with the food vouchers we were handed.
My Yaya and I decided to book a small submarine cruise just 5 minutes away from the hotel so we didn’t spend the whole day in our room, the view was so amazing as we saw where they filmed Gilligan’s Island.
We also had to call mum and dad with the new information about what happened so dad knew when to pick us up, he told us that we had vanished from the radar and no one at Melbourne knew what happened.
Ironically, we knew we couldn’t get our luggage off because something like this happened with my brother back in 2007 when he was in Brazil, as he was flying into São Paulo but the plane before his overshot the runway on arrival and crashed in a shell gas station, needless to say my brothers plane got rerouted and he finally contacted us to say he was fine. – Holly
 
 
What Is Most Important to Me
My Dad - He is very supportive, loving, caring and there for me when I am in need.
My Dogs - They’ve been there for me unconditionally and give me the best cuddles and they make me really happy.  I could not live without my dogs because I love them so very much.
Singing - Singing lessons means the world to me because I always had a passion for singing and I take my singing very seriously. I have goals that I would really like to work towards and that is recording my own songs and writing my own songs.
Podcasting - that l love because I am putting my experiences.
out there into the universe which help me very much and I really love talking into the microphones. It is so much fun it is the best experience.
Blogging - I love writing about topics and putting my own words and expressions into my writing and I really love it.  It takes me away from reality because I really love being in my own world.  
Script writing - also very important to me because it allows me to express myself.
Handmade - I really love creating something new each week and seeing all my friends it is lots of fun I always have fantastic day.
Shopping cheaper because it will benefit my money management skills.
Cooking - Because I really would like different meals and develop being more independent in the kitchen and that has always been a goal of mine, but I have had anxieties.
But I really would like to work on my independence in the kitchen.
Doing things for myself in my home such has cleaning because my independence in my own home doing things for myself means very much to me, but I need some help from my support workers there. I may need more help from my support workers when I am not well and unexpected things come up until I am back on my feet and I can do it for myself and my independence in my home is very important to me. - Gipsy
 
 
Hi friends we are back again, today's topic is choose your own adventure and my topic is about my adventure with Jeff the Umbrella bear.
I got Jeff on Monday and we did Handmade which I do every Monday, for those who do not know what Handmade is, let me explain it to you. Handmade is where we do crafts and last Monday we did tie dyed pillowcases, it was hard but fun, next week we get to see them when they are washed and dry.
Every Tuesday we do cooking, this week we made chicken kiev balls, the recipe had lots of steps to prep but it was fun to go through all the steps and after we fried them, we got to eat them. they were ok for a first trial it could have been better if they had more garlic butter oozing in the middle. 
Wednesday we do bowling ,I have so much fun and we have to knock the pins down and see who the winner is, I haven't won yet but hopefully I will one day.
Every Thursday is blogging and it is where we write a piece of writing and then we post it on our blog page. I sometimes find it difficult to think about different topics but there is always someone to help me and I love it.
Fridays I work at Every 1 Cafe I take orders and sometimes I make coffees and milkshakes. I also greet customers I enjoy it and I don’t really want it to end because it has made me learn and get more confident with my communication skills, I wish I could still do it and I am going to be very emotional that it is ending. I hope to do it again in the future. 
Thank you for reading my blog my wonderful readers signing off Beth.
 
Dear readers I would like you to come on a road trip with me.
Our 1st shop is Albury. Monday the 3rd, then Tuesday to Canberra for 35th National in ten pin bowling. We bowled against different states. Some days we were doing sightseeing, but most of the days and nights we were competing against other states. This trip we have been planned very carefully because we travelled up there by car and Robert was doing all the driving. We did have a few stops to have a rest and most of the sightseeing was bushland, nature and the farm animals but I loved every moment of it. The countryside is something we don’t often see, if you have ever been to the countryside side it is amazing when you are in the passenger seat.
Ok, enough about sightseeing. Lets bowl our hearts out, do it for Victoria. Then on my way to Canberra I was lucky to FaceTime my Umbrella friends, then we got to the hotel safely and we rested before we went out to a local shopping centre and went out for a nice dinner.
After dinner we went back to the hotel and a FaceTime with my sister Sarah. Tuesday 4th we started our drive  to Canberra via a breakfast stop at McDonald’s and it was cold and chilly. Wednesday we started bowling at 8:00am. I did well. After that I had relaxed day before starting bowling again at 6:45pm. I bowled really well. I was proud of myself. Having a few days off after the competition was great because this gave me the opportunity to go the zoo with my friends, also it was great catching up with my friends from the other States.
My VIC State team friend Pino bowled a perfect 300 game. It was the first time in the 35 year history of National Disability.  I also was lucky to take Jeff the bear on my trip.
We also had Win News Canberra reporting on our competition.    
There was almost also up to 400 Bowlers competing.
It was amazing to meet new people. 
Have you or a friend competed in a National Competition?
 
Love from your Star bowler Jess 
 
This is this State Team Challenge Day for 2024
 
Michael Cooke Memorial Shield 🛡️
1st: 🥇 Queensland – 38 points, 6,240 pins
2nd: 🥈 Victoria – 38 points, 6,232 pins
3rd: 🥉 South Australia – 30 points, 5,588 pins
 
Cole Challenge Cup🏆
1st: 🥇 South Australia – 35 points, 7,462 pins
 2nd: 🥈 Western Australia – 34 points, 7,380 pins
 3rd: 🥉 New South Wales – 26.5 points, 7,314 pins




 
Dear readers, this week's topic is a choose your own adventure and I chose Europe as my topic.
Let me tell you why I chose Europe. I chose Europe because I went to Europe with my family a long time ago and I have fond memories. One day in the future I would like to go back to Europe.
The three places I would like to visit and see is Paris, Italy and Greece.  I’ve been to Paris and what would I do there first?
I would find a place to stay and then I would go to Disneyland Paris and go up the Eiffel tower by elevator.  I would go to the Louvre Museum and after all that I would try some macaroons.
Off to Italy and Greece I would go. In Italy, I would stay in Rome and I would hire a Vespa and would ride around on the Vespa. I would visit the Colosseum and I would go to Venice and Verona, then back to Rome and eat some Italian food. Off to my final destination Greece.
I’m now in Greece. I would make sure to see as much of Athens as I can. Mount Olympus is also on my list, and of course I would need to eat some Greek food.
What a holiday.
Have you ever been to Europe?
Written by Charlotte
 
 
Welcome back to our cosy little corner of the internet, my dear lovely readers. Today, we’re discussing choosing your own adventure. What would you do if you had the chance to create your own journey?
The quote of the day “If it doesn’t work out, say thank you. something better will. 
Imagine having the chance to choose your own journey.
Today I’m writing about what your own journey will be by choosing your own path. Remember, every day is a chance to make a positive change. Get ready to fall in with my precious puppy! born on February 6, 2023, she is a charming American Staffordshire cross with a lively and affectionate temperament. As a crossbreed between an American Staffordshire terrier and another breed, possibly a pit bull, my puppy boasts a distinctive appearance and captivating charm that will win your heart over! When we first brought home our new puppy, we gave her the name Athena, but eventually decided to change it to Suki. Despite the change, she has proven to be very sweet and kind, and loves to spend her time chasing the cats, sniffing around, and sleeping while cuddled up next to her humans. But she does love eating hoodies, especially my hoodies.
I was stumped on what to write until I saw Suki eating my hoodie, which inspired a great blog post about her.
Thank you for reading my blog
See ya next time.
Kathryn 

 
 
Words that take my fancy…
Hello Friends,
Are you ready to come with me on another choose your own adventure?
Today I have chosen to share with you some of my favourite words and their meanings, most of them I stumbled upon while looking for inspiration on Pinterest or I have heard it somewhere and liked the sound of it and looked it up in a dictionary or online. Always a good time to learn new words and expand our vocabulary.
 Let’s begin with Bibliophile (bib-lee-oh-file) a bibliophile is a person like me who loves and has a collection of books and has an appreciation for all things books. I love this word because saying it and knowing that it describes me to a tea brings me joy. Speaking of joy and happiness, the next word I want to throw into the ring is Euphoria (yoo-faw-ree-uh), now euphoria is feeling extremely excited and happy. It's another way to say that you are feeling very happy, excited and joyful. What a wonderful feeling Euphoria is, it also just feels so positive and wonderful to say.
 Hygge (hue-gah) according to merriam-webster.com Hygge means invoking or fostering a sense of coziness, contentment, and well-being. I’m all about anything that is cozy (shout out to my trackies), I didn't want to get the definition of Hygge wrong so I thought it would be better to get it from a dictionary or reliable website. I love this word because of its meaning but also because I have seen it in a few people's houses, and it's just never left my brain.
Do you ever just look up at the night sky and marval at the beauty of the stars? Me too, funny enough that brings me to my next and final word; Novalunosis (nova-loon-ohsis) which is the state of relaxation and amazement experienced while gazing upon the stars. I love looking up at the stars and letting it relax and calm my mind. The night sky is very calming, beautiful and mostly unexplored. And much like with the other words it brings me joy.
I offer you our readers a challenge to go find three new and interesting words, it can be something that you have learnt today and it's a conversation starter.
 I end this blog today with all the love and kindness to all our readers.
 Your friend,
Shan.

​SERENDIPITY
 
Meaning - Unexpected good luck!
This word was invented by a British man over 300 hundred years ago and isn’t used a lot in our modern-day language. When was the last time you were surprised by something or someone?
 
Dear my readers, as I write this, I welcome you back to my last week in Canberra. It’s been an amazing time enjoying being with my friends from the other states. I have been trying my best at bowling, we have had a bowler who has bowled his first ever perfect game of 300 on state day which was so amazing, also I have been spending time with my friends, been sightseeing, and met some new friends along the way. Something funny as I have been able to support my friends in anyway, I can’t wait to come back to blogging class. Love from your friends Jess and Jeff the Umbrella bear.
 
Hello my amazing readers! How are you?
I had a bit of writer's block just before, but now I know what to write exactly about.
Have you experienced a moment of serendipity in your lifetime?
 
My serendipity moment was when me and my family went to Crown Metropol for my 18th birthday. Very unexpected and amazing. It was so awesome, fun and relaxing.
We drove to the city on Tuesday morning, checked in, relaxed to catch our breath, and straight up to the roof-top pool for us!

 No pool visit is complete without a warm, soak in the bubbly spa. And we did exactly that! Chicken and noodles for me for my birthday dinner, everyone else chose their favourites and we enjoyed a meal together.  It's always so important on a family stay-cation.
 
​I'm the School Captain, I feel like a lot of good luck came with that.  That is also a serendipity moment for me.
 
What about you reader?
I think it's nice to look out for the good luck moments in life.
 
Thank you for reading! bye xoxo
-Angelina
 
 
The thing about luck is strange but wonderful and full of mystery and the feeling is immeasurable when something unexpected comes by like this.

I've had a few experiences of serendipity as I love to gamble and test my luck in many ways, each one a challenge to achieve, it almost feels like a superpower sometimes and even my boyfriend stares at me like how the heck did you do that? Oftentimes I shrug and smile because you can't explain what luck is sometimes, it's like you were the one to wield the power, but luck can be in many forms, good or bad. Each one tells a story.

I want to use my luck to help others find their own way of moving forward, 
Luck doesn't need to involve Money or fame, as we are lucky to have friends and Family who still love us and support us for who we are.

We are lucky to be alive and well, you can't ask for more luck, you already have the luck within yourself. Everyday is like Serendipity is here now for me. – Holly
 
 
Something that happened to me, that was a good luck, was to win Xbox games. Do know how many I won?
 
TEN! I won ten times! It was good luck for my good friend. I was expecting it. I love my good friends and my mates…. I love playing games with my friends. I think my level is 150 for now!!! And I love scary movies. TJ
 
 
Hi friends, we are back again at blogging on this very cold day. Today’s topic is something unexpected that happened to me during bowling. For those who don’t know every Wednesday I go bowling with my friends from Umbrella Support and for the last two weeks I tried to challenge myself with no bumpers. I didn’t do very well but I think the more I practice the better I will become. The better I do the less I will need serendipity which means unexpected good luck.
 
I will feel confident and not think it’s the end of the world because it’s just a game and the most important things to me is spending time with my friends. Remember that even if you are not excellent at something the more you practice or the more effort you put into something you can do anything when you set your mind into it. Always believe in yourself.

Have you had unexpected good luck in your life. Have a great day keep following your dreams my lovely friends your bubbly friend Bethany.
 
 
Dear readers, this week I chose to write about Inclusion which means being included. Let me tell you about inclusion. To me being included is very important and being excluded is not a good feeling. Yesterday I went bowling with the Umbrella Support group and our bowling team saw one of our friends and they played on another lane for one game, afterwards our team asked our friends to join us in bowling. I came up with the idea of including our friends again in bowling next week and I told Cindy. We decided as a team to invite our friends again to bowling next week.

I think our friend who will now come to bowling next week, had unexpected good luck from us, that was his moment of serendipity.
 
Have you ever been in a situation when something unexpected happened?
Written by Charlotte
 
Welcome back to our little corner of the internet, my dear lovely readers. Today, we’re discussing unexpected good fortune that has come your way. What have you done recently for unexpected good luck that has had an effect on your life? 

The quote of the day: “We all want to win more, but it’s about being blessed and grateful for our blessings. Since we have life”

Imagine having unexpected good fortune that could change your life. Today I'm writing about serendipity. The unexpected good luck that I have had in my life has been having two great, supportive parents who have always been there for me. I feel very blessed and lucky to have my parents. 

I was school captain, and I didn’t expect to be chosen. I felt very fortunate and felt like it was good luck coming my way. That was a moment of serendipity for me. 

I will admit I was a bit stuck today on what to write, so someone very special and dear to me said I had better mention her. Thank you Mum.

Also thanks you for taking the time to read my blog.
Signing out my readers.
See ya next time 
Kathryn.
 
 
Serendipity - my unexpected good luck.
 
When one door closes, a new door will open.
Things happen for a reason and everything works out in the end.
I have experienced seeing dolphins at the beach and have seen black swans and pelicans at Hastings foreshore, Western Port Bay. Both experiences were amazing and very beautiful and I felt very peaceful. I would really love to experience both more regularly. Both experiences were unexpected.
 
Sometimes I see rosellas in my garden and I really love seeing the rosellas because their colours are so beautiful. Each time I see them, I think how lucky I am to see them in that moment.
 
My Dad has offered to kindly help me with a problem and on Sunday my dad came to visit me and he bought me lunch and I had my favourite which is McDonald’s and yesterday unexpectedly I got $10 off my Coles shopping on my flybuys.
 
I have I new door opening at the moment which is very positive.
And I am looking towards a positive future. – Gipsy
 
 
Serendipity, what a fun word to say...  
Hello Friends,  
 
According to the all-knowing Google, Serendipity means; the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.  
 
I suppose my friendship with my best friend in the whole world is a bit of serendipity, when I first met her, she was a baby, and I would have been maybe 2 years old. I'm sure that was a super fun meeting for us since neither of us remembers it. Regardless of the events that led to us meeting, it was by chance that our parents happened to attend the same high school. That is where the Serendipity comes in. Our friendship started because our mums were friends, so I have known her all her life and we have always been friends, besties and sisters of the heart.  
 
There hasn't been a moment where I haven't been grateful for her friendship and having her beautiful self in my life. Even though she lives far away she is never far from my heart, having this close friendship has been honestly the most rewarding and beautiful gift life can give me. I love her and her little family endlessly and I did message her to ask if I could use her name for this blog but due to her being very busy with life, she did not get back to me in time.  
 
I think I was supposed to write this blog today to remind me that I have a lot to be grateful for and that friendships like this one need to be celebrated and cherished.

Thank you, Serendipity, for the way you work in life and in this world! I need to also add that I learnt that the word serendipity was created by a British man in the 1700’s over 300 years ago! What a cool bit of information and shout out to Cindy for sharing that with us.  
 
Can you tell that I complete winged writing this blog? I'm not going to lie I was completely stuck on what to write but then it came to me after a small break. Never give up my friends just try, try again.  

Go out and spread all the kindness you beautiful humans.  
Your friend Shan  

How are you feeling today?
 
We put a single sentence on the board today. It said “How are you feeling”?
 
Writing down your thoughts and feelings is very helpful. It can take worry, stress and even anxiety away. It can leave a memory for when we come back later to revisit those thoughts and feelings. Right now our team are feeling so many different feelings for so many different reasons that we thought that it might be helpful to write them down.
 
So, welcome to this blog where we open up and share a little sneak peek into how we feel this week…
 
 
Hello my fellow readers! How are you?
How are you feeling today?
I'm feeling sad because all I feel is a bunch of emotions inside me, I put them into categories- Pros and Cons.
I'm feeling angry because I feel like I'm always being blamed on for someone else's actions and they don't take the consequences, I do.
 
I've been dealing with it for a while but I've come to realise, a bully feels worse about themselves than they can ever make me feel.
How do you deal with these situations?
Have you been bullied? If you have or still are, you are not alone.
 
I'm feeling happy because I get to see my friends and family, I have a job, I attend blogging with umbrella support and I'm the school captain.
What about you, How are you feeling?
Whenever I feel these types of emotions, I either take a walk, take a breather or talk to someone who supports me.
Do you have a support system?
What do you do? – Angelina
 
 
Today I am feeling cold but that’s only because winter started, we may not get snow in this region as it is a rare occurrence but needless to say this week, I am preparing myself for a new step out of my comfort zone.
I am going to Oz Comic-Con this weekend with a new support group and I barely know anyone that is coming along and what’s even more scary is I’m going to be dressing up as well. I’m not sure if I can pull off my costume let alone get compliments, but this is to get me out of my bubble and be more extroverted.
My costume will be a secret so you’ll need to find the pictures when they come up on Facebook by the time this blog is up, just see if you can recognize me in my costume, I’ll give you a hint, Its from a game and the costume is purple.
Other than that I’m very excited for this and I’m so blessed to have the opportunities to do these activities. – Holly
 
Hi loves we are back again today's topic is about emotions. Cindy has asked us how we were feeling and to write down on the whiteboard the words to describe our emotions and some of the words were optimistic, cold, nervous, anxious, loving and sad.
 
Yes, I have been feeling all of these emotions it's was very hard not to get over worked or stressed and it happened recently. I find it very difficult to deal with but try and do something to take my mind off it. Whenever it's on my mind I play music and I sometimes like to do a bit of colouring. I have support from friends and even getting a bit of air by walking outside or having a warm shower to relax, can help. I also have a stress toy to squeeze or to play with to keep me busy.
 
I have a song that gets me out of my mood, the song is called proud Mary by Tina turner that a friend showed me.
How do you deal with your emotions, do you do anything like I do? Beth
 
 
Hi my readers, today's blog is about how you are feeling. My feelings are I am tired because I was up playing Fortnite till 11:30pm but on holidays I stay up longer on Fortnite until 1:30-2.00am.  I am feeling excited as I am getting my hair done on Saturday the reason is because I am getting my roots a lighter colour, a wash and cut. I like to get my hair done because it makes my hair feel healthy, but the thing is also I am feeling annoyed as I have to pay for my hair cut and their goes over $100 out of my bank account! Less for shopping now.
 
I know I will be feeling tired as I have to get up at 7 am on a Saturday morning because my hair appointment is at 8 am. I am feeling happy that I don't have to get up early on Sunday because that means a can sleep in.
 
Thankyou for reading my blog from Alannah 
 
 
 
Dear readers for those who don’t know I’m in Canberra for nationals (bowling) competing against other states.
Ten pin bowling on Thursday morning I was bowling and I didn’t feel good in my stomach I was only into my 3rd frame on the 1st game this was embarrassing. I was meant to be bowling at 9:45 with my partner Robert but I couldn’t be able to say so I went back to the hotel. I thought I would go to say something to a support person but I felt embarrassed and upset, but I thought to myself, I can do it. I believe in myself. I can do anything. I possibly can. I’m having the best time in Canberra. Meeting new friends and sharing friendship and the thing what I love is having Jeff (the Umbrella Bear) and Harry on my Bowling trip so thank you. Have you or have anyone you know competed in a national title before? It is a great experience for all. love from Jess 



I have had mixed feeling this week, firstly, I had to make a very important decision about my NDIS funding and my programs, and with the help of a mentor and counsellor, I still found it a very hard decision. I really love how my week is planned, and my mentor helped me write a list of my favourite programs through the week that I love the most and those that are my least favourite. This is how the list was done
 
From 1 To 5
1 ] Podcasting
2 ] Blogging 
3 ] Media
4 ] Singing Lessons 
5 ] Hand Made Art and Craft 
 
I really love the Handmade group because it is lots of fun, but I really love my singing lessons, podcasting, blogging and media. They are my main interests that I have a real passion for. I have always been a person that has had the interests in creative performance since I was a little girl.
 
This is how I made my decision, I crossed off number five because my top four programs mean a lot more to me because I am someone that really needs to follow my true interests and passions.  It is what makes me the happiest and need to stay on that pathway.
 
Because doing what I really love the most gives me the most amazing feeling and it helps my emotional heath. The feeling that I feel is incredible and it is the most amazing feeling that I experience.  The feeling through me is beautiful and without that I feel very lost.
It’s important to always do what I love the most.
 
Thank you everyone, you friend, Gipsy.
 
 
Today’s blog is about how I am feeling.
 
Krystle asked me how did I feel this morning?
I feel ok but I love to hang out with my m8 (mates) more. 
 
I love to hangout with Krystle and Cindy and Cody and Jessy.
 
And why I love to hangout with my friends is because we have fun together and they will be my best friends forever... if sometimes you feel sad about things happening in your life you can always talk to your friends or your boss and I am lucky to have friends that listen to my problems. Today I feel happy and loved. I always say I love you my friends.......... if I feel sad I talk to my big brother Daz or I can speak to Cindy most of the time. They are awesome and cool. – TJ
 
 
Dear readers, this week's topic is about how you are feeling?
Let me tell you about how I’m feeling today.  I’m feeling happy, annoyed, calm, tired, but also anxious.
I feel all these emotions because yesterday was my birthday. I felt happy because it was a great day but today I woke up late and I feel annoyed with myself.  But I’m also feeling calm.
Have you ever felt mixed emotions at the same time?
This can be a hard topic to talk about, your emotions, because usually I wouldn’t say these things out loud.
How do you feel or how do you deal with your emotions?
Written by Charlotte
 
 
Welcome back to our little corner of the internet, my dear lovely readers. Today, we’re discussing something that has been happening in our life recently. What have you done recently that has had a positive or negative effect on your personal life? And how did or does it make you feel?

The quote of the day: “When something bad happens, you have three choices: you can either let it define you, let it destroy you or let it strengthen you”

I’ve been struggling with negative emotions and sleeping problems lately. I’m unsure of the cause, but I'm eager to discuss it with my therapist. Work and doing my activities have been a challenge, and I'm feeling uncomfortable about opening up to others due to fear of shame and judgement.  I know this won't always be the case and I'll improve.
 
I have realised that I can focus on happy memories and joyful moments, such as the time we all gathered for a holiday and shared laughter around the table.  I think it's important to create new happy memories, so that I have something positive to recall.  I think it’s important to plan happy things to look forward to, like holidays, and family birthdays.  

It isn’t where you came from. It’s where you’re going that counts.

Thanks you for taking the time reading my blog
signing out my readers. See ya next time  - Kathryn.
 
 
How are you doing? 

Hello Friends, 

It's such a simple question but it’s a powerful one that can lead to a very important and sometimes lifesaving conversation. Before I get on to how I'm feeling, I just want to remind you that no matter what you are feeling or what you are going through there is always someone to talk to and your feelings are valid. You are never alone. There is always someone you can reach out to.  

How am I feeling? Today I am feeling optimistic, which means I'm feeling hopeful and positive for the future. Each day I might feel a bit different and that is totally okay because I know that good things are coming. Each day is a fresh start that I get to experience and that's pretty darn awesome! 

I think that I am feeling optimistic mostly because it's my sister's birthday soon (when you read this blog her birthday will have been and gone.) And I love every excuse to celebrate her because she’s one of my favourite humans! Having my sister as my sister is something to be super excited and positive about because she's the bees' knees of sisters!  

Angelina from our group told me about a double rainbow she saw, and this made me super happy because she chose to share this with me because she knows I love rainbows. Sometimes when you're not looking someone will bring you some sunshine when you least expect it, or in this case a double rainbow. I honestly love how kind our group is, they are the best humans!  

I know that I will have bad days, not every day will be all unicorns and rainbows, however I am giving this thing we call life a good go and doing my best to bring happiness and positivity to myself and others.  
​
And to our wonderful readers I hope that you are having a wonderful day and please remember that you are worthy of this life! 
Love your friend, 
Shan 

 This blog is about to take you, our readers, on a reading adventure because today we are blogging about something we have never written about before. That means I, Cindy, need to tell you something I’ve never told you before. Hmm, the frustration at Blogging HQ today is real.
 
Sometimes we can unanimously agree on a topic, but this week proved a little more difficult. So, with that said, let me tell you about my “something”. Writer’s block is real. Angelina just heard me read those words out loud and she replied with “That is true”.
Shan said “Writers block means you’re thinking too hard”.
 
Our team push through every single week. Even when they get stuck or can’t find a way to start their writing, everyone pulls together with suggestions to help out. This is why I am so proud of this team. They are inspiring.
 
 
Hello my dear readers! How are you?
I have a writer’s block because at first I didn’t know what to write, so I went to Cindy and she told me that she is feeling the same exact way!
 
Last weekend, my church had a fete which means all the church community gather together to eat, drink and have a chat. I helped my grandparents, Mum and my sister to make, stir and sell the beleela ( beleela is made of wheat, milk and sugar) and its very very delicious.
 
Church is very important to me and to my family and as we attend every week, I love Church because it brings me closer to my beliefs and community.
 
Thank you for reading! bye! – Angelina
 
Hello Friends!  
 
There is a lot that I could write about today, my mind has many wonderful and wacky ideas! I mean not all of them will make sense to the whole population, some just make sense to me, I think. I spend a lot of time thinking that my ideas and thoughts will only make sense to me. My biggest fear is having to explain something to people. 
 
I love that we all have our own individual thoughts and ideas, I don't love that not all of them are kind especially when it comes to ourselves and our own minds. I feel that our brains are the control centers of our whole lives, they help us with everything. We literally can't live without them. So why aren't we kinder to our own minds? 
 
It might be because of the way we see others in society and how they hold themselves. We can easily think that others are doing better and that we should hold ourselves to a higher standard of how we work, study or simply how we do day-to-day life. For me I always feel like I can do better and should be able to achieve more and I have a fear of disappointing people. Though the only expectation I should have is to just be Shan and be a whole lot kinder to my mind. 

 Just so we all know I do my best to be as kind to myself as I am to others. It's okay if you are a work in progress. If we set the bar too high for ourselves then we are setting ourselves up for failure, if you fail that's fine you can always try again but the trick is to not expect too much from yourself in one go. Be kind about what you can do and if you don't get it straight off that's okay too. Try, try and try again until you get it.  
 
Thank you for jumping into my mind today and coming on this journey with me, hopefully you enjoyed reading the words I creatively threw on the page and as always be kind but most importantly be kind to your mind.  
Your friend,  Shan 
 
 

Something I have not written before? That question kept me thinking, what else was I supposed to write about, it can’t be about my travels nor my psychic history or even for my boyfriend for that matter, so what do I write about? Perhaps maybe... even just about me?

I shall rephrase that statement, what I’m talking about isn’t just me, it’s about my personality and what I believe is accurate and true to me.

It’s called the Myers-Brigg Type Indicator Test and since first doing the test in 2015 to today in 2024, my test always is the same results, (INFP-T) the acronym for 4 letters stands for, Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling and Perceiving. The T stands for turbulent and it means I am more anxious, self-conscious and a perfectionist, than the opposite which is more calm, confident and laid back.

 We tend to be on the quiet end but with bouts of energy and enthusiasm with topic we like to express through writing or even creative studies, huh I guess that’s why I am in the blog group, to express all that creative energy I bottle up for a rainy day and to make people smiling with our words of wisdom and our abundant energy for doing good deeds because, we honestly just want people to feel like they're not alone and will always have someone to listen to, even though I am being a bit of a hypocrite with these sayings but we can’t help our kind nature I believe. – Holly
 
Today’s topic is “something  I haven’t written about before, “ What to write about it’s a conundrum for me, so I had a think and it came to me “ Family dinner “ which we have every second Wednesday night. My parents, my sisters, their partners and their kids, myself and occasional friends who join us for a lovely home cooked meal.

My mum works on Tuesday night and finishes Wednesday morning then comes home to cook. We gather in the afternoon at mum and dad’s place, mum cooks up a storm, the meals always taste so delicious. We enjoy any kind of roast, lasagne, loads of veggies, fruits and bananas, it really depends on what she feels like cooking. We can request a dish if we want to. I love getting together. I enjoying spending  time with my nephews and nieces. There are always lots of laughs and lots of fun especially if we are celebrating a birthday or a special occasion, it is great to spend time with my family. I have the coolest family in town, it’s not the same without my family.

Does your family do this or do you know of another family that does?
How lucky are we. - Thank you for reading my blog Jess C

 
Hello my lovely friends we are back again. Today’s topic is about something I haven’t written about before and my topic is going to be about star signs. If you’re wondering what star signs are they are called zodiac signs or astrological signs and you can find yours by looking up your date of birth.

Let me tell you about my star sign as I am right in the middle of Aquarius and Capricorn and the traits of this star sign are that we are sensitive, don’t like to be vulnerable especially in front of people, we keep to ourselves and like our comfort zone. We are extremely loyal and careful who we choose for a friend and we like to think ahead. 
Aquarius is an air sign and Capricorn is an earth sign which means we value structure, are practical and independent. Aquarius soulmate is a Gemini and for Capricorn is a Libra.
​
Our colours are purple, brown and green. We enjoy social situations and enjoy quality time with loved ones. I researched the date 20th January and discovered that it is National Penguin Day and also National Cheese lovers day. Another interesting fact I found is that this date is for the inauguration of the United States President. 
Do you know what your star sign is, have your researched it, do you read your star signs daily or monthly.  I hope you have a brilliant day thank you for reading my blog your hard worker Bethany.
 
I got new hearing aids today. They look good but it’s too loud in the room now. It’s ok. I like them and it’s not too bad for me. Charlotte is trying send me snapchats. LOL. So anyway I’m back to work tomorrow at Salvos. Not too much time for relaxing, but you can call me Mr gamer. That’s a great time for me. - TJ
 
How I over came my personality disorder struggles, this is hard for me to talk about, but, I also find it useful and helpful. So I am happy to share, and I'm proud of how positive my outlook has become. 
 
I was diagnosed with borderline personality at a young age and my symptoms were seeing things and hearing things that are not actually there, and talking to people that are not there either.  I have suffered from severe mood swings and have had quick to react situations and miss understandings and compulsive obsessive behaviours.   
 
I have had shifts in personality over the years with lots of therapy and emotional regulation, medication and lot of family support, case manager support and support worker support, and doing activities and learning to know when my moods are starting to shift to realise what’s happening and I can control it before it happens.
 
I am at a stage where I am stable and I am doing all these amazing things that I love very much such as singing lessons and podcasting and writing.  I am looking forward the media program next month.  
 
When I look back on things when I was not well, a lot of the time I think back and I have a big gap that I missed out so much of my life.  The most important thing now is how I’ve worked extremely hard on myself and now I am stable and I am very proud.  I really wish my mum was still here to see me today and see how I have changed and the progress I have made and the person that I am today.  I would have loved for my mum to see me stable and in today’s world.
 
Overcoming challenging circumstances is hard but you can do it, you can remember it won’t be easy but keep working on it and you will get there.  I have lot of faith in you all and I will keep you updated on my progress.   Just for you to know I still have moments but like anyone it’s just one step at time.  I am loving my genuine, authentic life and I feel great.
 
I have enjoyed sharing my experiences with you all and I hope I have helped you in some way.  My struggles do not define me and my blogging will be positive, and light filled from here.  Take Lots Care, Lots Love Gispy
 
 
Dear readers, this week's topic is something I haven’t written before and my topic is birthdays. Let me start by saying there are a lot of birthdays coming up this year  including my birthday and I'm very excited for my birthday and also other people's birthdays and I have a best friend who’s  birthday is coming up as well.
​
Do you know someone whose birthday is coming up?
For me I love my birthdays every year because I feel happy and excited. My birthday is very special to me because it gives me a reason to celebrate myself.
What do you think about birthdays? Do you like them and celebrate them? If so, how do you celebrate them?
Written by Charlotte

Don’t you just love learning? It’s so cool when you discover something new or interesting. This week our talented writers took to their laptops and devices writing about something interesting that they were able to share with YOU! Our readers.
 
 
Hi fellow readers! How are you?
we are talking about something that we've learnt about this week?
Something that I learnt this week is how to cope with challenges.
You might ask "Angelina what challenges are you facing?"
A challenge that I'm facing is bullying, I will give you some tips on how to prevent any further bullying that i researched today, I dont want any bullying to come your way either at home or at school.
tip 1- Speak to someone who you trust.
tip 2- Walk away.
tip 3- Speak up to the bully. Be strong.
tip 4- Ignore.
 
Have you ever been bullied? If you are, you're not alone.
I feel bullying is often a natural part of high school, and its something most people have to learn how to process, or deal with. 
What have you done to stop the bullying?
 
Hopefully those 4 tips will help you for now and for the future.
I'm so happy that our readers take the time to read our blogs! :)
Thank you! - Angelina
 
 
I've researched today on toy poodles because I have a toy poodle.
My dog loves my mate Krystle but she wants to take my dog home. My dog is a miniature poodle she is a  little too old so I'm looking after her and she always in my room and sleeps on my bed. I make sure she is safe with me.
My toy poodle tries to talk to me she makes noise when she is talking.
I learnt today that poodles don't have fur like dogs she has hair and can brush it and style it like a person.
 
I love my dog – TJ
 
 
On Wednesday it was world otter day! Otters are such strange and wonderful creatures, especially the small clawed Asian river otter which is undoubtedly the cutest animal in the world. You wanna know why? Here are some fun facts about these mammals in their habitat.

The word Otter is from old English and stems from the root word for water and the river otters did almost go extinct but with the help from Indiana waters in 1995. It took them 10 years to get them off the endangered list, but they still need help as they are still vulnerable to poaching and habitat loss. They are often revered to ‘puppies of the river’ because of their playful and curious nature and funny enough, highly intelligent.

They can weigh from 2 to 5 kilograms and eat crustaceans and fish and sometimes cooked chicken as their diet, they are one of the most charismatic animals in the world using their squeaks for multiple social cues in their everyday life. Holly
 
 
Welcome to toy-world by Jess  

I volunteer on Tuesday and you can find me in the toy section at Vinnies. My job is to sort out donations. I clean and price all items that I have sorted on the day. 

This week I have learnt with the manager’s help to price the merchandise. It was a lot easier than I expected and I may be doing this more often over the next few weeks before I leave.

It was fun finding all the different animals and plush toys, especially the Builder Bears, they are my favourites. I just love them.

For me, Vinnies is a safe place to work and go to buy things. The staff are so friendly and helpful like a second family to me. If you are thinking of volunteering especially as last week was National Volunteers week please look at doing this at a Vinnie's store I have been with Vinnies for 23/10/2016 

Have you learnt anything new this week?
Love from TOY STORY JESS  
 
Dear readers this weeks topic was something I learnt this week.
To be honest I have another conundrum, however I just realised it’s 13 days to my birthday YAY!!!!!
 
Anyway, let me start by telling you about what I learnt this week I learnt that sometimes if you plan something it’s ok if that doesn't go the way you want and if you plan something else sometimes that plan can be a good back up and I also learnt that sometimes if you're sick then that's ok as well and the  positive is you will get better. I found a quote on Pinterest but I don’t normally put a quote into my blogs.

​What does the quote say? It  says “Never give up hope because your miracle could be right around the corner. Have faith, be patient and stay positive”.
 
What’s something you learnt this week?
Written by Charlotte
 
 
Hi fan club, today’s topic is something I learnt about my favourite animal. My favourite animal is snow leopards and I have learnt some interesting facts, which I will share with you. They like the cold weather and they live in mountains in Nepal their main prey is the blue sheep but they are not actually blue. Snow leopards can purr and meow like a cat.

They are closely related to tigers rather than leopards and another fact is that they are solitary animals only seen with company for mating or looking after their young, they have between two or four cubs.

Did you know they can kill other animals up to three times their own weight. They call this their PREY. That’s what I learnt this week.

I love snow leopards but they’re endangered animals and  need to protected. They are very gorgeous and they are known not to harm humans and they are extremely shy.
 
I have never seen one but I have seen lots of photos of them and I really like to research about them thank you for reading my blog I hope you enjoy the rest of your day,
Bethany.
 
 
How many different breeds of cows are there?  
Hello Friends, 
 
Today's topic is a mixture of your ‘favourite animal’ and ‘what I learnt this week’, now I love all animals big and small, so it is hard to pick just one. I need to be honest here and say that even though I suggested one of our blended topics I had no idea where to start or what to write.  
 
I enlisted the help of a good friend and asked what I should write about and learn about. She suggested ‘how many different breeds of cows are there?’ so let's get a moove on and get our learning hats on! I'm going to tell you how many breeds and then throw in something interesting about cows too.  
 
In Australia we have 50 different breeds of beef cows so to save time and writing space I'll name the most well-known breeds of the beef cows, which are Angus, Hereford, Brahman and Droughtmaster. I think the one you hear most about is Angus, it's the one I have heard most about. As for the Dairy cows we have in Australia there are 7 breeds, Holstein, Jersey, Aussie Red, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, Illawarra, and Ayrshire cows.  
 
When I see cows, I've never really thought about their different breeds I just say ‘Hi Friends’ and admire the cow friends in passing. I do have a favourite kind of cow though. My favourite cow is the Highland cow (from Scotland), mainly because they are super fluffy but also because my sister and best friend love them. They are super cute and beautiful gentle cows.  
 
Let's get onto a cow fact; did you know that cows can have best friends! They are very social animals and like us will pick a best friend among their cow friendship group. They are even said to get stressed when separated from their best friend. I love that cows are such gentle creatures if you are kind to them.  
What do you love about cows?  
 
Thank you for joining us with another "Just Write" blog and have a wonderful day. 
Your friend  
Shan  
 
 
Welcome back to our cozy little corner of the internet, my dear lovely readers. Today, we’re discussing something we learned this week or what we have learned about our favourite animals.
 
The quote of the day:
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift that we can shape and mould to create the future we want”.
 
Discovering new things about yourself can be overwhelming. Today I'm writing about something that caught my attention this week, and it has been a subject of great interest to me. I have learned a lot about it and I plan to share my thoughts. 
 
In recent days, I have noticed a shift in my outlook and attitude and no one should ever tell you to change back to the person they wanted you to be again, because being yourself is the most beautiful thing you can be. I also have realised the reason why I have changed, is that I have started working and this has been a big change in my life. It affects my interaction with my family, my life has taken a big turn and so my attitude has caught up.  I didn't know this but I may have some built-up anger in me, I cannot vent to anyone because I feel like I will have a mental breakdown or just lose it at everyone.  (I am happy to share this information just so you know)! 
 
So I feel like writing about this in blogging, writing helps me to work past my attitude and how I'm feeling.  This is something I’ve learned this week and I’m glad I have.

Thanks you for taking the time reading my blog
Signing out my readers. See ya next yime 
Kathryn 
 
 
My most favourite animal are dogs because the are very beautiful in personality, they’re extremely funny, they get up to lots of mischief, they love to bark and look out the window. Dogs love lots of cuddles, they love a pat, and they always let you know when someone is at the front door or when they see someone.
 
Dogs also let you know when there is something wrong because they can sense it. 
Dogs are amazing, they can see things we can not see with our human eyes and they can hear things that humans cannot hear. As dogs have high senses. Dogs are very clever, they are loving and affectionate too. They can also bring you lots of happiness.
 
Every dog has different personalities and are also very highly intelligent.
Dogs have feelings and emotions and they feel physical discomfort like we do and like every other animal would.

I have five dogs that I love and adore so much, they are my everything and they are my whole world. I have three Pomeranians, one Tibetan Spaniel cross Pomeranian and one Chihuahua. They can be cheeky and playful. Each of my dogs are different in there personalities. My tiny Pomeranian Gracie is a grumpy bum, number two is my Chihuahua, Prince is grumpy bum number one, my Chihuahua is feisty as Chihuahuas can be. Little dogs are known for being feisty and my other three dogs are passive and calm.
 
​My three Pomeranians names are Snow white but I call her Snowy, Squeaky, Gracie, Prince and Lucky. I never get bored with my dogs, they keep me really busy and I would not know what I would do without them. I really love my dogs so much, they are the best in the whole world.
 
Last week I learnt that there are swans at Hastings forshore, I saw lots of black swans and my support worker said they are seen there all the time.
I love swans.
Thank you for reading my blog
Gipsy

​Let's get the conversation started... 
 
Hello my  friends,  
 
For the people who have never had a conversation with me I am not great at small talk, I will avoid conversations all together if I feel awkward or am talking to a stranger because of anxiety. However, if I get excited about a topic you better strap yourself in because I will talk your ears right off.  
 
I am in no way a social butterfly and I don't seek out conversation but if you want to talk about whale sharks and how they are not actually whales at all, or space and how Pluto not being listed as a planet enrages me, I’ll talk about all books until the cows come home, you should ask me about rainbows (I LOVE rainbows) and if given the chance I'll ask you all about your interests because you are important too my friend!  
 
I have lost myself in conversations on war history and how important it is to learn about the events of the past so that we do not repeat them, we need to learn from the past so that we can move forward as a society and make our earth a wonderful place for all. Because I'm all about learning and kindness! 
 
We can all share our differing opinions in conversations, as long as everyone is respectful in the conversation everything will be tickety-boo! Fun fact, Tickety-boo is another way to say it's all good or in good order. There’s another conversation starter, old time words and their meanings. The first step in a friendship is a good conversation and it can be the gateway to an everlasting friendship or in some cases the first step to finding your soul mate, if that's what you're looking for. (not me) .
 
What gets you going in a conversation? Do you enjoy talking to people or animals or plants or yourself or even the fridge? I'm not here to judge, I'll just be happy for you.  
Have a wonderful day filled with sunshine! 
All my love and kindness  
Shan  
 
 
Hi fellow readers! How are you? We all have conversations, and today we are talking about how we get conversations started and the topics we like to talk about.
 
A topic I love to bring up in conversation is the universe of Harry Potter.
Harry Potter is a fantasy based universe of movies and books that bring many people joy and happiness.
 
Harry Potter in the movies is played by Daniel Radcliffe and along with his friends Ron and Hermonie played by Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. 'm going to be honest with you all readers, I have only read one Harry Potter book because I find that reading and visualising is hard, so I choose to watch the movies instead, I find that is better.
What do you think ?
Do you think the same or different?
 
My favourite parts of the movies are:-
1. Sirius Black meeting Harry Potter.
2. Dobby is an elf, Harry gives Dobby a sock in order for his freedom.
3. The friendship between Harry, Hermonie and Ron.
4. Bellatrix's death.
5. Lord Voldemort's death
6. The memories of Professor Snape and Lily.
 
What about you? Are you a Harry Potter fan? If so, what are your favourite parts?
 
I've been to the Harry Potter experience and its awesome, it gives a behind the scene view of the stories.
 
Another fact, J.K Rowling is the author of the Harry Potter franchise and I am a fan of the Harry Potter films.
 
I am a big Harry Potter fan and I know lots of people love Harry Potter too, so I know its a great conversation starter.  Chances are someone you talk too will be a Harry Potter fan too. – Angelina
 
 
Hi my readers, this weeks topic is on how to get a conversation started, and mine is about holidays.
 
A topic I like to bring up in conversation is holidays. I've been on holidays many times and I get super excited about a new holiday.  The next big trip I'm going on with my family and neighbours is Bali.  I am already counting the days that is how happy this make me. I will be going in 5 months and 10 days.
 
The next holiday I will be going is in 1 month and 1 day and that is the Blues Festival in Echuca / Moama. I will go with my mum and her best friend. Katie my best friend is also going with her family so I probably will see Katie there too. The Blues festival is a 3-day event and it is going to be held on Thursday till Sunday. The Blues Festival is a live music event with different artists and at different venues, I can't wait to spend some time with my mum and my friends. 
 
Most people like to go on holidays so it is a great conversation starter. – Alannah
 
 
 
Hi friends, today's topic is conversation starters and my topic is going to be Morning
Melodies that happens every second Tuesday of the month at our local community hub
Balla Balla in Clyde North.
 
Morning Melodies is where people in our neighbourhood come to listen to live music and people of all ages come to share a cuppa with a delicious scone with their friends or make new friends.
I'm involved with Yumbrella and we serve scones to the people.
Let me tell you what we do when it comes to making the scones, we use a special
recipe and make them by hand under the guidance of Jessy, she is amazing and we
have lots of fun. Have you made scones?
 
When the scones are ready we serve them to the people with jam and cream, we must be very quiet as the singer is singing. After, we have to clean up the plates, cups
and cutlery and then it goes to the cleaning team in the back of the kitchen. Then we get to dance with the people, which is lots of fun and we have lots of laughs. It is so fun, everyone likes to have fun and I love to talk about having fun in conversations.
 
Thankyou for reading my blog, I hope one Tuesday you can join us at Morning Melodies, from your bubbly friend, Bethany. 
 
 
Dear readers this weeks topic is conversations.
To be honest I’m having a conundrum!
Let me start telling you about how I feel when I have conversation.
To me it means a lot when I have a good chat with someone for example like friends and family and how do I feel? I feel happy having a chat with someone and it makes me smile because I know not only I made myself, but I also made someone else happy.
Tips for a good conversation  make sure to make good eye contact  with other person  and  to listen to them and wait for your turn to talk.
Written  by Charlotte
 
 
 
How I get a conversation started.
 
Today I would like to talk about the unexplained, UFO’s and Aliens,  
 
I have a strong belief that alien life exists and they are out there in the universe and there are so many conversations you can have around alien life topics.
 
I really love to talk about abductions, underground alien bases and under water alien bases. Telepathic communication and other ways they communicate with people, human life and what alien life do to humans in their abductions and how alien life treat humans in their abductions.
 
I also love to talk about aliens technology and the technology how UFO’s work they are so much more advanced that human life could ever explain. 
 
The alien UFO’s topic mean the world to me and I feel very strongly about it. For me it is the best topic ever and once I start talking about aliens I can not stop.
 
There is so much more in the universe that we don’t understand and NASA are doing lots of research and exploring the universe. Now with all the research that NASA are doing we are now understanding more and more about the universe and what is out there.  They are very certain that there are other life on other planets, how can there not be. This is a great conversation starter because I’m sure lots of people find this fascinating, as do I.  – Gipsy
 
 
Today’s  topic is conversations and how to start them.
I love to talk to friends and friends about charities, there, are so many to talk about.  In fact in a Australia there are 60,000 registered charities. Wow!
I have chosen three to talk about.
I really love Vinnies where I work. They do amazing things, recently I researched about Vinnies history. Did you know they started in Melbourne at St Francis Church by a group of Catholics on the 5th March 1854 an interesting fact is one of our Umbrella workers Grandfather was a member of the founding group. Have you been involved in Vinnies in some way? I think they are amazing the help they give families.
Another Charity is Mullets for Mental health. Have you heard of this Charity? 
This charity started in 2020 and are involved with the Black dog Institute. A Charity formed to raise awareness about suicide in the 18 to 24 year group.
A family member this year grew a mullet to raise funds. He looks funky and a raised large amount of money. What a great way to raise awareness and money, do you agree?
Another Charity I like and you might have seen on TV was the Mother’s Day walk. It’s a great Charity was helps people with breast cancer and their families.
What is your favourite charity and why?
To me talking about charities is a great conversion starter as I love to give back to the community. 
Do you agree with me?  Love from Charity worker JESS 
 
News - Our daily dose of information regarding what is going on with the world, good news, bad news, the weather to the traffic report, it is an everyday life to watch the tv or listen on the radio for updates.
Notably, there is so much going on the world right now it is hard to keep up, so... let’s talk about conversation starters much like what I’m about to tell you now.
Recently there was a massive solar flare from the sun which caused around the world, disruptions with electrical and radio equipment but what came out of that solar flare came something beautiful and breathtaking. Around the world people got to witness firsthand experiences with this phenomenon, The Aurora Borealis and The Aurora Australis with their camera lenses.
Most people would have to go all the way to Iceland just this see this spectacular event but we are so fortunate to see this in our feeds but this is also a wake up call for us to make a change with our environment and clean up our planet and respect it, so many generations can do the same. – Holly