Townsville Citizen of the Year - Video
I already wrote the story about Ken Mulligan receiving the Townsville City Council's Citizen of the Year.Well, here's the video of it, plus a fantastic endorsement for Reef to Outback from Tony Mooney, Townsville's mayor.
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Caleb Starts School Tomorrow
It's crazy to think that Caleb will be starting school tomorrow! I can't believe how quickly he's grown up!Caleb will be heading into prep, which is the equivalent of North American Kindergarten. It's five full days of school per week, 8:30 - 2:45, which is a pretty long day for him, especially considering that most days he still has a two hour nap in the afternoon.
Yesterday Caleb did the assessments that all the kids in his class need to do. Tamara took him, and apparently Caleb was ahead for his "number recognition". He picked out the number 280, which is apparently pretty good for a 5-year old. Tamara and I reckon that he learned that high of a number from watching the cricket...
I have a feeling that Caleb's favourite class will probably be physical education, which is quite the opposite of his dad (I can still hear Mr Malcom singing out "come-on Big Billy!!!" from Jr. High gym class). Tamara and I are still trying to figure out where his natural sporting ability comes from. On the orientation day for Reef to Outback Caleb was teaching the North American's how to play cricket, it was very funny to watch.
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Ken Mulligan - Townsville Citizen of the Year
Ken Mulligan is the director of Youth With A Mission - Reef to Outback here in Townsville.During the Australia Day celebrations here in Townsville Ken was named the Townsville City Council's Citizen of the Year, which is a pretty exciting honour.
You can read the article on the Townsville Bulletin Web-site - Man with a mission. There should also be an article up soon on the Reef to Outback News, but right now it hasn't got posted yet...
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Sample Australian Citizenship Tests
On February 5th I will be sitting for my Australian Citizenship Test (your prayers would be appreciated). I've been reading the preparation booklet that they sent me "Becoming an Australian Citizen" and thought that I would be ready to sit some sample Australian Citizenship Tests.
There are quite a few different sample citizenship tests available on-line, so I sat the ones below. Next to the link to the test I have put my score:
- Official Australian Government Sample Test (100%)
- Australian Citizenship Test Practice Questions (90%)
- Citizenship test - Australian Test Practice Questions (60%)
- Herald Sun Citizenship Sample Questions (95%)
- Sydney Morning Herald - Take the Test (100%)
The third test on the list really threw me. If you only have time to do one test, it is definitely the hardest and deals with the most detailed questions.
Update...
I passed my Australian citizenship test today ... check it out.
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How I'm Increasing my Productivity Today
Today I am unsubscribing to most of the e-mail newsletters that I have signed up for.Most of the e-mail newsletters related to Internet Marketing all push the same sales stuff on me, over and over again, and very few that I have been subscribed to actually provide valuable content. I figure that if I only stay subscribed to one or two of them, I should get all the important stuff come through anyway.
The newsletters that I am subscribed to for CNet and other on-line publications are great, and full of original and valuable content, but most the content I can get in an RSS feed, so I don't think that I will be missing anything.
Most mornings now I log in and see over 30 e-mails in the box! How the heck did I ever let that happen?
Time to simplify things... It's time to start reading less, and writing more.
Next step, reducing the number of RSS feeds I subscribe to.
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A Day at the Townsville Museum - My Birthday
We celebrated my 31st birthday last weekend as a family. It was a fun and low key day for us...- Started with waffles and fresh orange juice for breakfast
- Headed over to the Museum of Tropical Queensland for some free family fun (the museum is free for locals, which is great)
- Had a terrific lunch with Tamara at Benny's Hot Walk Cafe
- Enjoyed a McCafe coffee with Tamara
- Drove around the "Townsville Town Common Conservation Park"
- Had a "Doughnut" birthday cake for afternoon tea with Tamara's Mum and Dad
- Had a relaxed evening at home
It was a good fun day for all of us.
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I am a full time volunteer with Reef to Outback - Youth With A Mission (YWAM) where I work in Communications and Information Technology. I am married to a wonderful wife, we have a five year old son and a one year old daughter.
