"Let meee.....eeeee entertain you!! (In Robbie Williams style)
 
Robbie didn't grace us today with his 1997 banger, but our bloggers sure did!
Life can't all be about work, we have to find time to play and what better way to fill our cup than to seek out what we find entertaining. Movies, bowling, mobile phone games. The list is endless, and our bloggers today spill the beans on everything they find the most entertaining parts of their weeks
Enjoy!
 
 
Hi lovely readers its Claire, welcome back to my blog. Today we are talking about entertainment.
 I like to do so much fun things, I always keep my week busy and I do things that make me happy. Let me tell you how I entertain myself. I love, LOVE dancing which I go to every Wednesday night. But for me it is anytime I get a chance to go to a party with my friends or with my family, I will dance. I even dance in the park, on Mondays with my Handmade group friends. 
I will always be the first one on the dance floor. My favourite music to dance to are Disney songs.  
 
 The second thing that I love doing is going bowling with my friends especially on the Wednesday morning with my Umbrella support group. Let me tell you it is so much fun, I love winning and I can get a bit competitive. But that is the fun of it. I know it is a friendly game but a little competition won't hurt anyone. I win a lot.
 
The third thing I love doing is spending with my family. I love spending time watching movies with my mum and sometimes I go to the movies with Krystle and she makes me laugh all the time. We have a list of movies that we want to watch, I can't wait to watch them all.  
 
The fourth things I love doing is craft with my lovely friends every Monday. We do so many fun activities. We keep our day busy and I get creative with my craft, I have done so much and it makes me happy and I love it.  

I'm very lucky that I get to do so many fun things. Talk to you next week, Claire. 
 
 
 There are lots of things that I find entertaining, I think I’m lucky.
I have fun at bowling on Wednesdays with my friends.
I play Fortnite gaming and it’s so much fun with my friend. Sometimes on the weekend I have fun with Tayla, like this weekend I have the movies and lunch.
Monday to Friday is so much fun, one more thing, RadioVoice is so much fun or me.  I have so much fun with Krystle and sometimes she be cheeky. I have so much fun with Cindy and Daz too.
I can buy food and drink for one week with my money that I earn at my job, I am learning to be good with my money and how to make good decisions with my money.
There are two more things I get to do that is entertaining to me. My dad and I need to think about stuff in my new house and painting. Racing cars are also fun, I help a lot of people with wheels and oil change. It is so much fun.
From TJ
 
 
 
Today's topic is entertainment. For me, entertainment is making songs.
I write rap songs and I start with words.
I don't think about the beat yet until I have the words I want.
I find it very entertaining as it makes me get out of my comfort zone by going out and experiencing things to write about.

I found a microphone at work and I love it.  It helps me feel like I'm a fair dinkum radio host and it gives me confidence to write and perform my rap songs.
I find listening to music is the most entertainment. I listen to West Coast rappers like Kendrick, Tupac, Biggie and I am influenced by them in my own rapping.
I recently found a rapper, who also has cerebral palsy and I am inspired by him and everything he does.

Thank you readers for reading my blog. See you next week, your friend Nick.
 
 
Hi friends how are you? Today’s topic is entertainment and I have chosen to write about karaoke. For those who don’t know about karaoke let me tell you. The first machine was invented in 1971 by a Japanese musician.  

Karaoke is most popular in Asia singing karaoke has been proven to relieve stress and anxiety and boost confidence.

I started singing at home with a microphone and an amplifier. I love singing pop and Disney songs and especially at this time, Christmas songs.

Sometimes my mum, brother and sister sing with me and my brother sometimes plays guitar while I sing.

Occasionally I sing while I am on call with my friends.

For my 18th birthday I had a party at Strike Bowling and it had a karaoke room, it was a lot of fun and I think I want to have my 20th birthday at Strike again.  I find that singing really helps me with anxiety. I love singing at “Dinner with Friends” and I am really good at it.

Friends, have you sang karaoke or do you just love singing. If you have anxiety does singing help you like me?
Thank you for reading my blog. Stay awesome friends, from your lovely friend Beth 
 
 
 
Dear readers, this week's topic is entertainment.
Readers I have a question: What do you do to entertain yourself and do you watch a movie or listen to music?
 
Let me start by telling you about what I do to entertain myself  because Christmas is just around the corner.
 
I started listening to Christmas songs on my phone and soon will start watching Christmas movies because I'm almost ready for Christmas as I have already put my Christmas tree up and bought my family’s presents and now I just have to buy Christmas wrapping paper.  I find Christmas time very entertaining.
 
Another thing I like doing is making and baking gingerbread people and then decorating them.  This year I'm going to put together a kit-kat house as well as my gingerbread people.

Are you prepared for Christmas or are you still thinking about it?
Written by Charlotte
 
 
Hello and welcome to my latest entertaining blog. I love movie’s, bowling, comedy and of course sport. I love watching comedy and forgetting about the world’s issues. My favorite comedy show is an American show called whose line is it anyway?

Outside of comedy I love the amazing race and MAFS. I recently went to the NBL game where they’re was a massive fight. Two players got ejected and multiple players and coaches are awaiting sanctions from the NBL. One fan also got a life ban for engaging in the melee.

What’s the biggest fight etc you have seen at a sporting event?  I love movies, especially comedy. My favorite movies are the Hangover and Bad Grandpa (note to self don’t go and see bad grandpa with your mum)!

I love going to comedy shows and laughing till my head hurts.  My favourite Australian comedy is Thank God You’re Here and the Inspired Unemployed. Outside of comedy I love the amazing race. Do you have a favorite comedian and comedy show? What about movies? Are you into comedy or romance? Fact or fiction? There are so many different genres of movies and TV shows.
 
Thankyou for reading another entertaining blog
 
Keep being awesome.
 
Ben x 

Let’s dream BIG! We can open a restaurant anywhere in the world. What is it called? What will you serve there and what does it look like?
 
The possibilities are endless. Today, this team of bloggers open their own restaurants and they can’t wait to share their ideas with you.
 
 
If I had my own restaurant, I would do scones and donuts with jam, hot chocolate and coffee for the ladies and the men. 

My menu would have special kids things like babycino and some kids food too. I will have mini donuts and mini scones for the kids. I would be the best mini milkshake maker. 

If I had all the money, I would build my pie cafe bakery on the mountain. I would be able to see water and the forest from my cafe. 
I will paint it white and black inside and pink on the outside. The Pink Mountain Bakery Cafe is its name. 

I will play Disney music in my cafe because it is my favourite. 
My top selling food is the Disney biscuits, I will decorate them with all with the Disney princesses. 
  
It is a good place, a wonderful place. 

For the kids I have special farm animals. They can feed them any food. We have kangaroos and koalas and they are very friendly. 

I will work at the Pink Mountain Bakery Cafe everyday but not on Friday as it's my rest day. I will still go to the movies. 

Thank you for reading my first blog, I have fun. – Claire
 
 

Hi readers today we are writing about if you own a restaurant and
what would you call it, what kind of food you would serve and where it is going to be.

If you asked me I do not really cook anything but I can cook easy stuff like noodles or make my favourite cheese sandwich. If I ever own a restaurant it must be on wheels something  like an RV that I have fixed up myself. I will not be doing the cooking, I will hire a chef but I will be there to drive the RV around to different places and I will be there to manage and make sure my customers are happy.
 
My food truck will be called Schnitz at Nicks. Let me tell you how much I love schnitzel, I always order them when I go out for dinner. I love it because of the crunch, and they 
are so yummy. Schnitzel is a favourite in Austria and they are made using different 
kind of meat for example, veal, pork, and chicken are the most popular. My food truck is going to have the best Schnitz you ever had.
  
Thank for reading my blog, Nick
 
 
I will do American food like a bigger hamburger and bigger drink. I will get my own place in Pakenham close to my dad's work and he will have to pay for coffee but not for free for him or anyone. It will have latte and cappuccino and flat white and short black. Any time of the day, breakfast, lunch and dinner.
 
My restaurant will have orange chairs and black tables. This is called Deaf café. My cafe will have orange walls and white outside.  I will have deaf people work with us.   If you can’t sign that is ok, you can use your phone and type any food or drink you like. You can have take away or eat-in. – TJ
 
 
If we had a restaurant.
 
Hello all and welcome B & B’s delicious blog. We have decided to blog together as we both have a passion for gluten free food. If we had a restaurant together it would be called BethanBen. It would be full of gluten free pasta and lots of variety of food for coeliac’s to enjoy and indulge.
 
We would sell lots of yummy pizza’s, pastas and the most delicious desserts including lemon meringue pie.  We would love for there to be less expensive items so that we can all enjoy the love of food. We would plan to have multiple restaurants around the world to cater for this need, as we feel like there is a lack of gluten free options around the world and a lack of verity and we would like that to change.
 
We see our restaurant as a small bakery/sit down restaurant in a local shopping centre and then build up towards the big city.
 
We can see ourselves with a few small tables and chairs with the smell of delicious cooking and coffee that will attract our customers.
 
Would you like to join us at BethanBen restaurant?
 
From your bubbly restaurant managers. Beth and Ben

 
Dear readers, this week’s topic is if I had a restaurant.
 
Readers, if you had a restaurant what would it look like and what food would you serve?
 
Let me start by telling you about what restaurant I would have. It would be a country restaurant in Garfield and it would be family owned and my family would all work in it together. I would be one of the chefs and my mum would also be a chef as well as the manager. My dad would be the owner and my sister would be one of the waitresses. We would serve Dutch and Hungarian food.

I would envisage it would be a big restaurant with a huge chandelier in the middle of the dining room. There would be booths around to give a rustic modern feeling. Adding to the atmosphere would be beer barrels and small vases of flowers on each table.
 
We would serve traditional Dutch and Hungarian food like goulash, croquettes, mini poffertjes, crepes, sarma flatbread langos,  chicken and beef schnitzels with chips and choices of sauces of cherry, mushroom, pea and spinach.
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One day this may be more than a dream, who knows.
 
Written by Charlotte

Choose your own adventure – November 2024
 
We’ve done it again! We decided that this week we would choose our own adventure. That’s two weeks in a row BUT…the team spoke, and we listened! We also welcomed Ash and Nick to or blogging team.
 
Part 2 ticket blog - Hello and welcome to part two of my blog on the issues surrounding ticketing and seating. Recently I went to Coldplay and while I got awesome seats, my friends got sold "ghost seats". For those who don’t know what ghost seats are they are seats that are sold that don’t exist within the venue. I don’t understand how can this can happen when ticket agencies are the ones who understand the venue and plan out the events and sales. This creates an absolute mess for the innocent venue staff and stress for the people involved. In this case my friends and the one of our support workers got to sit in the second row.  My concern though is that in the future, people will have to leave a concert (or any event for that matter) because ticketing agencies don’t seem to have the capacity or understanding of the event or the venue itself.
 
My other concern is that disabled seats are being sold to people who don’t need it but due to overcrowding they get sold to anyone. How can we ensure that this doesn’t happen in future? What should the policy be if ghost seats are sold? Has this ever happened to you? How does it make your feel, and how would you feel if this happened to you?
 
That’s it for another blog!
 
Keep being awesome - Ben
 
 
I am back from a good trip with my dad, we went to The Bend in South Australia for a few nights to race cars.  It was so much fun I did buy some clothes. 
 
I love go to the racing cars. I have so much fun in trying to help my dad to fix the wheels in the pit. I also put some fuel and oil in the back boot. We have pizza two nights and chicken parmigiana.
 
Next week I go to my new house and plan out for new things.  I am excited.
 
Thank you everyone - TJ
 
 
Hello everyone my name is Ash and this is my first time of blogging. I’m a huge fan of Southern Sons and I’ve met Jack Jones heaps of times. I’ve even got a hug from Jack and Peter Bowman from Southern Sons. 
 
I’m also a huge fan of Ned Kelly’s history and I find it very interesting history. 
Ned Kelly’s real name was Edward and he was one of eleven kids. The Kelly gang and Ned Kelly’s final words were "Such is Life". I have a huge interest in Australian history like Ned Kelly’s history and also Australian music.

There are a few little known facts about Ned Kelly, that he saved a 11 year old boy from drowning in the creek and he tried to derail the train from Wangaratta to Melbourne. Lastly his skull was stolen from the old Melbourne jail. It is still a mystery as to where it is. 
 
Ned Kelly’s body was originally in the old Melbourne jail ground and then they moved his body to Pentridge in 1939. His descendants wanted him to be buried in Greta with his family members and in 2022 I went and did the Ned Kelly tour. I got to go to Beechworth, Wangaratta, Benalla, Glenrowen and Greta, Avenel, Seymour, Mansfield and Beveridge. I wish I could go to Jerilderie to see Ned Kelly’s letter. One day. 
 
Thank you for reading my very first choose your own adventure blog. – Ash
 
 
Hi friends, how are you? it’s Thursday again which means back to blogging. Today's topic is a choose your own adventure and my adventure is going to be a conundrum because I don’t know what to write about today. Sometimes I have a little bit of help from my friends or support workers so I have to put my thinking cap on. 

I am a fashionista, and for those who don’t know what it is it is where you dress up.  Like today. A fun fact about me is that I love to spend money. I find it difficult because I don’t buy things online I buy things that are in stores.  Although I do like Temu. A fun fact about the concept of fashion and what’s considered fashionable first started in 1858. Can you imagine what the clothes must have been like back then?  Another fun fact is it takes 700 litres of water to make a cotton shirt and shoes can take up to one thousand years to break down. 

Lastly, clothes can take up to forty years to decompose. That’s why I find it important to buy second hand and save the clothes from going into landfill.  

Another thing that I am really interested in is astrology/ star signs. it first started in the 19th century and it became popular for those who needed some guidance and information on compatibility. 

Thank you for reading my blog from your lovely friend Beth 
 
 
Hi I am Nick, welcome to my first blog.
My hobbies are riding scooters with my friends and I like to spend a lot of time in my shed fixing lawn mowers.

Funny story, my dad drove me and my friend to Kilcunda where they have a sand track for us to race our scooters  When I was riding my scooter my friend Dave pushed me and I fell from my scooter, and we even got it on video. It was funny and even funnier when I re-watch the video.

One more thing I would like for you to know about me is that I work at the tip in Hallam and I love working there. I always find things to discover. When we find the good stuff they can re-sell it at the shop. My favourite part of the job is that I get to break stuff and pull them apart. I think it's fun and it doesn't matter when I break things.

Thank you for reading my first blog.
 
 
Dear readers, this week's topic is a choose your own adventure.
Let me start by telling you about what I chose to write, it's a made up story set in a fairytale kingdom.
 
Once upon a time in the fairytale kingdom, there was a beautiful rose garden where a pretty fairy with purple sparkly wings lived.  She was best friends with a mushroom, pegasus and a unicorn. The fairy’s name was Rose, the mushrooms name was Blossom, the unicorn's name was Cherry and Pegasus' name was Sugar Plum.

They had a conundrum: Sugar Plum the pegasus lived in another kingdom called cloud kingdom which was far away up in the clouds. They can’t see Sugar plum every day because she lives so far away.

Stay tuned for part two for my next choose your own adventure, fairytale kingdom story.
 
Written by Charlotte
 
 
 I’m seeing orange, oops I mean red. (if you know, you know)! 

Today I walk around with a swirl of feelings, and I can’t believe the reality of certain events. I'm not going to dive into the event or its results, because why waste the time on it when there is nothing, I can do to change it. As for the feelings I will touch on them briefly now, I'm confused, disappointed, filled with disbelief and there's a small amount of outrage.

I will at some point get to acceptance but that's not happening today and just because I’m willing to come to the reality of the situation it does not mean I will like it. This event has a ripple effect and will continue to do so for the next four years. There’s your clue my dear readers. 

This is what happens when I don’t switch off from social media and have endless access to Google when I probably should have just read a good book. Though I will add that while that would have been a wonderful thing for my mind, I would have eventually still have had to come to reality. Reality will not and cannot be ignored or avoided forever. It doesn't care what you're trying to hide from, it will bring you back down to earth and it doesn't care what you want or how hard you fall.

Heartless but it must happen, for our own good, I guess. I have spent probably years of my life with my nose buried in a book to avoid facing whatever it was that I didn't want to face at that time. Practicing avoidance won’t work my friends and I know because I have practiced avoidance a lot. 

Your girl (me) likes a good brain dump if you haven't noticed, though I might have mentioned it before and I hope you all don’t mind. This is how I work through things, and this is the edited, G rated and well put together version of a brain dump. Honestly if you were inside my brain right now, you’d either be well entertained or completely shocked or both. My brain is great but also there's no holding back from all the different thoughts and opinions once you are in there. I've got all the genres in there so I suppose there's something for everyone! 

I hadn't expected this blog to go the way it has, and it was a bit of a journey but once I got going and put on my angry playlist with my headphones I was on fire. I will leave the playlist to your imagination, but it is my absolute favourite for when I need to get things done and work though things.  
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As always thank you for reading,  
Your friend Shan.  

Choose your own adventure – October 2024
 
It’s that time of the month again when our talented bloggers get busy writing about anything they like. The buzz in the air was alive with fingers tapping on laptops and iPad’s and a great variety of ideas flying around the room…AND…we had Abbey join us for her first time 
 
 
Welcome to my latest blog. Today I would love to talk about how hard it is to buy tickets to concerts and events as a wheelchair user. Unlike an able-bodied person who can just go online and buy tickets it’s so hard to buy tickets as a wheelchair user cos you have to call and wait on hold for potentially hours at time.
 
It’s so frustrating not being able to go online and buy tickets. Sometimes I worry that tickets will sell out before I have the chance to buy them. My advice to people with a disability is book early and be patient and don’t be disappointed if you miss out.
 
Have you had any bad experiences when buying tickets? Or do you feel discriminated against when you do try? I would love to hear your experiences.
Kind regards.
Ben
 
 
 
Dear readers, this week is a choose your own adventure.  Charlotte and Beth decided to join their blogs and have decided to write about how to deal with anxiety.
Let us start by sharing tips about how we deal with anxiety and things that work for us:-
 
Listen to music, calm breathing and talking to a friend.
Colouring in and journaling is also helpful. Being in nature is also helpful. Take a bath, stress toys, read a book and meditation. 
 
Self care is key!
 
Essential oils are good for anxiety too, you can roll them on your wrist or use them in a diffuser. The most effective way for one of us is rolling on lavender essential oil on the wrist and forehead. We both find it very relaxing and when sitting in a chair listening to music is calming.
 
We also like to put a diffuser on with lavender oil and I like to listen to pop music in my bedroom.

Fun fact peppermint oil is good for hair growth and good for stomach problems.
How do you deal with anxiety?
 
Written by Charlotte and Beth
 
 
 
It's adventure time! Choose your own adventure time!  
 
On the day I wrote this blog it was Halloween; I love Halloween because it's full of everything magical and mythical. The imagination can run wild and it’s also a day that people can dress as whatever they want without judgement, with a few exceptions because we need to be respectful and kind. Obviously, I won’t be listing the numerous costume ideas that might not be the best idea as far as respecting others because I think we all know the dos and don’ts of costumes and Halloween. If you aren’t sure get on Google and I'm sure it will tell you.  
 
I choose to see all the happy and joyous parts of the spooky season. It’s basically my Christmas, I do a countdown, and a good friend of mine really helps hype the spooky season and it’s something that we really bond over as it’s a shared interest/love. I also really love seeing how excited kids get when they are out with their parents/guardians/trusted adults trick or treating. It's so lovely to see the effort in their costumes too.  
 
Halloween just feels so magical and accepting which is probably strange since there’s a whole heap of people dressed as monsters and serial killers. But it feels accepting all the same. Hopefully a lot of people share this feeling and if you don’t, please know that there are good people who would include you and love you. I would include you and we could skip around being our beautiful selves enjoying the spooky season together. I'm sure you will find your people and they would be very happy to have you.  

I could write a book called the observations of acceptance and inclusion on Halloween. I have found in my observations over the years that many people love Halloween and are quick to include others in their trick or treating and their parties. I have been included on Halloween and I wasn't even dressed up. Everyone just gets excited together and if you have nothing else to look forward to you can jump on the Halloween bandwagon and there will be a group of overly enthusiastic people possibly dressed as your worst nightmare ready to include you in whatever it is they are doing for the spooky season.  
 
You know what's also awesome about Halloween?  
LOLLIES!  
Love you all, 
Your friend Shan.  
 
 

Today I will write about a sport called Netball. It is a running sport that has rules that will not allow any player to run with the ball.
 
Each team has seven players. I play for a team called The Stars.
The seven positions are called Goal Keeper, Goal Shooter, Goal Attack, Wing Attack, Wing Defence and Centre.

To play the game, fingernails have to be short. There is a person called an umpire and a coach for each game and a scoring system to count the number of goals being scored. A goal is worth one point.

A netball game lasts sixty minutes and each game is split into four quarters.
 
Each position has a responsibility.  

Goal Shooter is able to score goals each time, Goal Attack is to feed and work with Goal Shooter and can score goals. Wing Attack is to feed the circle players gving them shooting opportunities. Goal Keeper is to work with the Goal Defence to prevent the Goal Shooter from scoring goals. Centre takes each centre pass and passes to the mid court. Goal Attack works with the Goal Shooter and can score goals. Wing Defence looks for interceptions to prevent the Wing Attack from feeding the circle.

As a long time netball player, I play multiple positions, but I most importantly enjoy scoring, and defending. 
 
 Thank you for reading my first blog, Abbey