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ELPHINSTONE
COMMUNITY
GATHERING
NEXT EDITION
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tomato (Keelan)
- a guy getting arrested by the police!
(Asha)
- a tree that looked like people
fighting (Tess)
Touched - the bars trying not to fall
over on the tram (Tara)
- on a fake Myki (Tom)
- the elephant skull at the Melbourne
Zoo (Keelan)
Smelt - a mans arm pit on the tram
(Teneniel) - footnote: the tram was
Melbourne Camp
very crowded!
Earlier this term our Grade 5
- McDonalds wherever we went, it
and 6 students spent three days
made us all drool because we were
exploring the sights and sounds of
starving (Abi)
Melbourne both day and night. One - a dorm room full of fart gas
of the highlights was riding the new (anonymous)
Melbourne Star, the giant wheel at
- lots of animal poo at the Zoo (Paris)
Docklands. We travelled around on Was amazed at - how sick I felt on
Public transport and also did plenty the Eureka elevator! (Asha)
of walking! Here are some of the
- how much gold was used to
students comments to the following decorate the walls of Parliament
prompts:
House (Tess)
At Camp I ...
- all of the colourful birds in the
Felt -sick when I saw how high the aviary at the Zoo (Abi)
Eureka Sky Deck was! (Maddy)
- how high the Eureka Tower was!
- awful when I ate 10 packets of
(Keelan, Teneniel)
Lollies (Siriena)
Learnt - that you should never dorm
- like Jelly when we went on the
next to loud people (Keelan)
Melbourne Star (Tom)
- that the Melbourne Gaol is really
- annoyed when the alarm bird
old (Abi) thats why they call it the
kept slamming into our camp dorm Old Melbourne Gaol Abi!
Window! (Tara)
- that there are lots of beggars in the
Saw - a Gorilla sit on a piece of
city (Tara)
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... continued
My feet - were very sore from all the
walking we did! (All)
- smelled really bad when I took my
shoes off in the cabin (Abi)
- felt like that they could no longer
support my weight (Tara)
Mr Stewart - was very annoying
when he kept saying keep to the
left over and over again (Tom)
- was so funny (Siriena)
- kept everyone going (Tara)
- was vey mean because he banned
lollies on the last night!
- showed us around Melbourne
(Tess)
St Marys Anglican
Church Elphinstone
For Hire
THE ELPHINSTONE FACILITIES COMMITTEE HAS
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS AVAILABLE TO HIRE:
TRESTLES, CHAIRS, CUTLERY, CROCKERY, TABLES
AND A FULLY STOCKED BBQ TRAILER.
GREAT FOR PARTIES, WEDDINGS,FUNDRAISERS
ETC
For further information and prices, please see
Gill in the Post office.
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Christine Henderson
AVERAGE RAINFALL
Elphinstone 1988-2003
Castlemaine 1966-1994
Harcourt 1968-1994
ACTUAL RAINFALL RECEIVED
Elphinstone 2013
Aug
mm
Sep
mm
Oct
mm
79
71
90
79
64
75
70
64
77
24 1/2
53 1/2
23 1/2
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Sunday
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Playgroup
Elphinstone Playgroup.
Tuesdays 9:15-11.15.
Bring a piece of fruit to share.
Cost is $5 per session.
Contact Rebecca Paine on
0488935558.
December 2014