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Thank- you for the birthday wishes. We did have a great time in the mountains. The snow is melting but there are still drifts that are deeper that will take time to melt. Our place we put our trailer is not soggy but there is still snow to melt that will come down the sides of the mountain that may puddle there. We are trying to find someone to make a concrete pad for us to put the trailer on. It seems that most contractors donot want to do a little job that requres them to travel to our place. We are between two large cities but in a remote area. Having a cement pad would really help us have a more stable place to put the trailer and we could put drainage pipes in it to drain the snow melted water when it comes.
Susan - that is a huge tree in your picture. I wonder how old it is? The gnarley roots look like they could withstand any type of wind storm. I'm glad you were able to get your internet replaced and you will not have problems with reception from now on. Do you know how many churches are in Adelade? The architecture in the picture you posted is beautiful.
Judith - I prayed for a good day at the doctors office yesterday. I am anxious to see what they decided.
Marilyn - Good post about what to eat to help kidneys. I eat most of those already but it is good to know.
I need to correct what I said about my cancer surgery. I knew when I put that on, something was not right with the dates. Last night it came to me that I was thinking about the wrong surgery date. The 2020 was for my hip replacement. My kidney surgery was 2014 then I was monitored for 5 years which was 2019 then I had my hip replacement in 2020. Did you think I was a bit off my rocker when I said I was cancer free after 5 years but the date I gave you was only 4 years ago? I apologize for my error and any confusion it caused.0 -
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Afternoon Hello Everyone,
Marilyn, another awesome chart of healthy food to keep our kidneys healthy, most of the foods listed can be made into smoothies and soups that are blended and pureed. I make a lot of these foods which are so healthy!
Linda, praying for safe travels up to see how your trailer is and see how much snow there is up there before you move your trailer to its Summer destination! So happy you are enjoying your Birthday celebrations! So sorry 😞 I missed wishing you a Happy Birthday 🥳 🎂 my friend!
So from me to you: Happy Happy Birthday 🥳 Linda and God’s Blessings as you Celebrated 🎉 your Special Day with your Family and Friend’s!
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Susan, so happy you got your Starlink service the next version up. This is great news to hear. Glad you are enjoying the reception from Harvey Normans. The pictures you have shared here from Adelaide. The Convention Centre, Church and the Tree, wow, all Spectacular photo’s. Thank you for sharing and thank you for your prayers!
As you know I was at the Cancer Clinic yesterday, I was so fatigued and had pain and just not feeling myself so I missed posting. I left an update in the Prayer Request Thread for you to be updated on what’s happening with me.
I am at my other Medical follow up tomorrow regarding the abnormal blood work and lymph node involvement, although it probably be a partial update as my Oncologist will be the one who orders tests and orders the treatment with sending me to a specialist if there is surgery involved with the lymph node.
I will let you read the Prayer Request thread for the other things I shared! Lord willing I will be back tomorrow. So appreciate you all, your Love, Prayers, Support and Friendship! ❤️🙏🤗✝️💕0 -
Marilyn, sending love and prayers to you.
Linda, yes, I did notice 2020 being only 4 years ago! Lol! The extra information makes a lot more sense mow. I was just relieved you were having no more problems in that area. About the Moreton Bay Fig tree, it could be over 100 years old. There are 529 churches in Adelaide. We would have needed a long time to photograph them all! Lol!
Judith, I read your update in the Newsfeed and am heading over to prayer requests to read your post. The Lord bless and keep you. I am keeping you close in my prayers, sweet lady.
Yesterday we were ready at 10am but Greg and Lyn weren't so we left at 11am and arrived at 5pm. We stopped several times for lunch and for the dogs. It was a late evening as it takes awhile to set up, cook dinner, feed dogs, walk dogs and clean up. We're taking it easy today. Hope your appointments go well.
Pics from the drive yesterday
Hill country
Church at Tarlee
Stores at Yacka
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Evening Hello Everyone,
As you know I posted in this thread replying to Linda and Marilyn and to your post about getting the Starlink Service and all your awesome pictures in Adelaide earlier around 2-3pm this afternoon. I couldn’t resist to post a 2nd time in some of the game threads.
Thank you for sharing the pictures from your drive today Susan, the Hill Country, Church at Yarie and the Stores at Yacka! Beautiful pictures, loved the Cloud formations in the photo’s.
In my Prayer Request Thread I forgot to mention that tomorrow’s Medical appointment will address the abnormal Blood work results and will hopefully tell me more about the lymph node but kinda think it will be left up to my oncologist as he will look after the tests, treatment and any referral’s regarding being sent to a Surgeon if surgery is needed. I will keep you posted as I
know more.
In closing even though I wished you a Happy Happy Birthday 🥳 Linda, I hope you had a Blessed Celebration 🎉 with your Family and Friends!
So in keeping with the theme, Happy Birthday
Linda 🥳 and God Bless you! 🥳🎂🎉💕❤️❤️
Enjoy your evening everyone, will update you all tomorrow after I am home! God’s Blessings! 🙏0 -
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Thank- you Judith for your birthday greetings. I know you life is so busy working on health issues that I did not expect you to remember. I do appreciate your love and thoughtfulness. I pray that your appointment today went well.
Susan - I do appreciate your forgiveness for my forgetfulness about the dates of my surgeries. Somewhere in the back of my head I was thinking this does not match up with the dates but I could not figure out why. During the night I realized my error and was glad to correct the year. I am pretty proud of myself for figuring it out. Time seems to go so fast as I am getting older. Thanks for the pictures of your traveling yesterday.
Marilyn - thanks for continuing to post about healthy foods. As our bodies age, we need to be more and more aware of healthy foods to keep our bodies functioning as best as it can. Genetics also play a part in how well our organs age too.
We are working on our raised beds today. We (Glenn) took our about half of the soil and will be putting in fresh soil. Last years crops left quite a lot to be desired as to produce production. We are hoping that this fresh soil will help with that. I also made sourdough discard crackers today. The recipe said to make them as think as possible but they are so thin they break when picked up so maybe the next time I made them I will make them a little thicker. I put Everything Bagel seasoning on them.1 -
The crackers sound good, Linda, even if they crumble! Yes, my mind plays tricks with the years too. I can't believe my birthday this year is a decade one with a 7 in it. How did that happen? I hope you and Glenn get lots done in the garden today.
Marilyn, it's good that you are finding lots of ways to eat healthy for your kidneys. I hope you can make a real difference with all your hard work.
Judith, you are very welcome for the photos. I didn't take any more yesterday as we were cleaning the van, washing clothes and dogs etc. Maybe there will be more today. I do hope your medical appointments go well. You are always in my prayers. Xx1 -
Marilyn, appreciate you posting these healthy foods for us to eat, each time I see the chart it’s a good reminder and makes me think how I can incorporate the foods into smoothies and soups I can eat. Right now all my foods have to be pureed and blended with extra liquid to make it easier to eat and swallow. My thoughts and prayers continue for you! 🙏😇
Linda, thank you for your understanding and kindness. Your crackers sound so yummy, especially sprinkling Everything Bagel Seasoning on the crackers. Does the seasoning have some garlic mixed in it? Thank you for your thoughts and prayers today.
And Susan I appreciate your thoughts and prayers today as well. Sounds like you are having a busy day with cleaning the van, washing clothes, and giving a bath 🛀 to sweet Archie and Jasper, you never have to apologize for not posting photos especially when you were so busy today. One thing for sure I so enjoy the pictures when you do! 😊
It was a difficult day, with discussing all the tests and what was being sent to my oncologist for him to decide what type of tests he will do. I came away with a requisition for Blood work that is to be given to the Lab at the Cancer Clinic and the Requisition for an Ultrasound to be given to my Oncologist. Tomorrow I will post my update on the Prayer Request thread.
It’s late so I am calling it a night. So it’s Good Nite and God’s Blessings! See you tomorrow. 😴🙏1 -
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Good morning.
Marilyn, love that script. It was nice to see it this morning.
Judith, that does sound like a very taxing day for you. I hope you get a clear way forward tomorrow. You always have my thoughts snd prayers. And I have some pictures for you today!
We're going to a Farmer's Market today so I need to get a move on. We're also doing a couple of little loads of washing in our 3.5kg machine. I need to do breakfast dishes then get ready. Have a good day, all! Here are some pictures from yesterday's exploring:
View from The Bluff near Wirrabara
The King Tree, a 400 yo Red Gum. They used to cut these down to make fence posts. This one is one of the few remaining ones, 35.5m high.
A section of old Wirrabara plant nursery.
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Hello Everyone
Just to let you know we have complete power outage here in my area. Using my phone system to log this info! Will come back when I can! 🙏❤️0 -
Stay warm and safe, Judith!1
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We had 8 people at our gathering for parents of adult children BBQ tonight at our house. Glenn had a lesson and then we shared prayer requests for our adult children's needs. Even if they are out of our house, they are still in our hearts, our precious children and we want the best for them. Sometimes it is hard to see them struggle but this is the way they learn. We need to take our requests to God and let Him protect them and guide them. They have free wills and will make their own decisions. It is not for us to try to convince them what we think is right but to be there for support as they need it.
Marilyn - good quote today. Have they rescheduled your fistula surgery yet? I hope you are feeling healthy and free of your cold symptoms.
Susan - I am glad you are staying at your location for a week. Traveling every few days would make me tired but maybe you and Colin thrive in that. Is there a lot you want to see where you are now?
Judith - Everything Bagel seasoning has sesame seeds, salt, dehydrated garlic, dehydrated onion, black sesame seeds and poppy seeds. It seems things are moving along with all your doctor appointments. Were they able to help you with your pain and fatigue?1 -
Sunday Morning Blessings Everyone,
Susan, thank you, I did stay warm, I put on a warm sweater over my pj’s so kept warm. The power came back on later but I stayed off line as my phone was being charged. Our Hot water was off all night but is getting back to temp today. We had heavy winds yesterday so with the stormy weather we eventually lost power. Today so far is lovely and calm out there. Was sunny earlier this morning.
Linda, your BBQ gathering with the 8 Parents who came sounded so nice for you all. I am sure the lesson Glenn brought was such a blessing and touched their hearts. It’s good to pray one for the other to encourage each other. You asked about my appointments. Both were a lot to take in, I am being sent for mega tests and consults as I am being followed up with Lab work, ultrasound and other scans.
I see my Oncologist Friday May 3 to follow up with the lymph node and will undergo extensive Blood work! My Family doctor is concerned about my present condition! My pain levels are high but I learn how to manage it with meds and rest. There are days I can’t do much. I am trusting God to push through! Thank you for all your prayers.
Marilyn, appreciate your posts on healthy foods for our kidneys.
Sunday Blessings all; enjoy your Sunday Services and Family Time! 🙏✝️📖
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Sunday Blessings to you all also. The scripture for today's sermon was Ephesians 4:11-13 "It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ might be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fulness of Christ." He encouraged us to focus on the section about building up the body of Christ. As we sat at our tables to eat, we encouraged each other about scripture we had been reading or appreciation we had for each other. In a smaller group it was easier to share these things.
The weather is beautiful here. We are expecting the high temperatures to be inthe 80'sF for the next couple of days. On the other side of the mountain, our kids are having cold and snow but since it is a :spring snow" it may be heavy and wet but the roads are warmed up so it does not stay on the roads very long at all. I am hoping that the 80;s we are having so early does not indicate that the Summer will be a hot one! On the really hot days, we have to just stay inside as much as possible with the swamp cooler on. When I read books about our ancesters having no electircity for fans or airconditioners, I wonder how they managed. Maybe we are getting too soft in our expectations. I hear alot about climate change but I also know that the weather cycles a lot and there were in the past really hot summers for a while then they were cooler. Since I am not in charge of the weather, I ust need to do what I can to keep from getting dehydrated in the desert sun.
We had an elders meeting, Glenn is meeting with the campus group now and then we have a couple coming over for marriage counseling later so we are having a busy afternoon/evening. I will sign off now and get back to getting ready for tonight. Love to you all!1 -
Hello my friends. It's a beautiful day here after a cold night that felt like 1C! We stayed warm. We're blessed with our two hot water bottle dogs as well. They had their coats on last night and we were all cosy.
Linda, what a wonderful day of fellowship and study. When we finally get Starlink working again, I will be able to watch our Pastor's YouTube videos. I was reading Provers 17:17 "A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity." The commentator said something that really struck me - we are not better than our friends and family. Loving is not judging. It's easy to judge from the position of the high ground. Ouch! I needed that today.
Judith, it seems your medical team really is trying hard to find put howbto best treat you. I am glad. I know it will be hard to endure so many new tests. The Lord knows this and will be with you. We'll keep praying, hon. Glad you could stay warm through the power outages yesterday and things are getting back to normal. Sunday blessings for sure.
Yesterday we went to the Farmer's Market and walked around town. Town is so close, we even walked there. We stopped at the Bakery for a coffee and we saw wood carvings in a dark shed next door to the Bakery. I found well lit public art work for you all. Colin spoiled me by buying me a big handmade shopping bag and made from. recycled jeans and other fabrics. I promptly filled it with fresh vegetables, homemade tomato, capsicum and chili chutney, second hand salt and pepper shakers and a tiny dish to put a candle on in case of power blackouts in the van.
Wirrabara Park mosaic mural
Wirrabara kangaroo and bird (Kookaburra?) made of wire
Many telephone poles were painted with native birds.
Another mosaic mural at the public library
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Susan - that is a very wise statement. Our friends may have faults but they are the ones who support us and help us along the way too. It is a mutual relationship we have together. Your time at the farmer's market sounds so fun. What a fun gift Colin got you. I love things that are recycled and made useful again. The vegetables and chutney sound yummy.Being able to walk to the Farmer's market was a plus too for exerciese. We will start having farmer's markets probably next month. the artwork pictures are so pretty. There seems to be many sculptures in your travels made of different mediums. You have very talented artists living in Australia.
Marilyn - in your other group you said that our kidney function is up to 11. I am praising the Lord along with you for this uptick in numbers. What will it be next month? I pray that it continue to go up.
Judith - I am glad that you made it through your power outage with no problems. That an be scary if it is out too long. We had an outage that thawed our meat in the freezer and we had to cook all of it before it got bad. We had lots of cooked meat to eat in that following week.
I made an appointment to see the orthopedic surgeon to check out my painful hip and knee. I could not get in until June 12th because they were so busy. My doctor that did my other hip does not take Medicare any more so I will be having a new doctor. He still has all my information from the prior surgery so it should be fine. He looks pretty young (but most everyone looks young to me too) but he has good credentials. Maybe he will just do a steroid injection and I will be able to put off surgery for a little while.
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Hi everyone. Marilyn, more good foods! I am so glad to hear your kidney function improved a little. I hope it encourages you to keep going with your new lifestyle. You are doing great!
Linda, I would want to put off surgery too. I hope you can. A friend just had his second knee replacement though anf is feeling far less pain. At least surgery will hopefully lessen your pain. Hugs. Yes, our market day was fun. I think we're going to Port Pirie today so I will tell you about that tomorrow. Yesterday was a lazy day. We all needed it.
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Good Morning Everyone
I began my post in the Devotional Thread just before Midnight and finished all the other threads so now I am here.
Thank you Linda for your kindness and your prayers. I was so glad my power was not out all night but it was out long enough for us not to have hot water and my phone needed charging so I didn’t get back here as I had planned! I am sorry you can’t get into the orthopaedic Surgeon until June 12th. So sorry to hear about your painful hip and knee. I hope you will get some answers in how both can be treated. For sure my prayers will be with you.
Susan, the pictures you posted are so beautiful. I loved the telephone pole that had the painted native birds on it, and the mosaic mural on the Public Library. There are such talented and gifted Artists in the town that create such beautiful work. The mural at the Park and the Kangaroo and Birds made out of wire, wow, such artistic design! You and Colin are seeing such beautiful things in the places you are visiting. Thank you for your kindness and prayers.
Marilyn, thank you for all the Charts you are sharing, so appreciated. My thoughts and prayers are with you my friend.
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Judith - you stayed up really late last night! I hope you were able to rest a little longer this morning. Of course with the time difference, it was not 2am that my computer says but 1am your time. I was able to sleep in a little later this morning because two meetings were canceled for me. One I had known about but this morning my late birthday lunch was canceled by my friend because she has pink eye. She got it from her daughter who works in a pre-school. I remember when Glenn drove a school bus, we seemed to be sick all that year from germs and viruses he brought home from the kids on the bus. It was a small wheel-chair bus he drove for disabled children.
Susan - I hope you are having a restful time in your spot. I enjoyed the picture on Facebook of your campfire. With it getting to be Fall, campfires can be fun. Sometimes when the grandkids are here when it is cooler, we light up our fire pit in the backyard and make smores. The last time though we had an accident when my granddaughter's marshmallow fell off her fork and landed on my grandson's foot. There was a lot of hollering from pain and scaredness but there was not any real injuries. We were very grateful for that!
Today we are getting our irrigation pump pipes repaired. It is the pipes from the main line and not our pump itself so the HOA is repairing it for free. The break also involves our neighbors pipes so it looks like it is a big job. I am glad that we do not have to pay for the repairs!1 -
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Marilyn, I got my magnifying glass out and think that's a promise from the Lord that He will be with us? I still couldn't read the first few words, but that seems likely what it says. And I so agree!
Linda, glad the pipes are getting cleaned. Do you know, we had marshmallows at our campfire? The man who was cooking them dropped the first one in the fire! It would have been a real concern if he had dropped it on himself. Glad your grandson was alright. Here's the picture for those not on Facebook:
Judith, I hope you got some sleep too, after all your posting work! So glad you enjoyed the last few pictures I posted. I have some more for you today. Yes, Art work is a feature of most towns here.
Yesterday we explored a bit of Port Pirie, the town we could see from the Bluff Lookout, near the sea. We needed groceries too and the four of us and the three dogs all had lunch together in an outdoor area of a restaurant. The staff loved the dogs! When we got back to the campsite I visited a handmade crafts shop in Wirrabara. They had a lot of knitted things so I bought a beanie for when we have the next campfire.
Here are some scenes from yesterday.
Port Pirie container ship.
Looking back at the Bluff on the horizon, where the Lookout is:
Statue of CJ Dennis, poet and journalist, at Laura:
Bank building at Laura. I had not seen a pale pink bank before. Lol!
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Marilyn, thank you so much for this Scripture: as I am sure you have experienced the Lord walking right beside us as we go through trials sickness and much more. This verse is so appropriate as I can feel the arms of Jesus wrapped around me as I walk through Cancer! Yes this Scripture has come at just the right time: When you go through Deep Waters, I will be with you. Thank you Jesus! ✝️❤️
Linda, so glad your grandson wasn’t injured severely when the marshmallow fell of the fork onto his foot. Yes I was on late last night but slept in this morning. Hope you got your irrigation pipes repaired today! Hope you had a great day my friend.
Susan, I so loved all the pictures you took, spectacular shots of every place. Does Colin take the photo’s or is it you? The camp fire photo you posted on FaceBook but also shared here is so nice. It is a great picture of you both. Camp fires are so nice in the colder weather and they are so relaxing too.
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Susan - interesting color of the bank building as you said. The Container ship is huge. Not very long ago we had a container ship that lost power and hit one of the pillars of the main bridge that crossed a river in the Eastern states, The entire bridge was destroyed and it will be quite a while before prople will be able to cross the river again. Those ships are very helpful for getting items from one place to another but with their weight, it something goes wrong, it can be devastating.
Judith - yes our irrigation pump is working just fine now. I am so grateful we did not have to pay anything! If the repair work is on the pump and the underground pipes in the yard they would have us pay for the repairs. I am glad that you were able to get more sleep this morning.
Marilyn - thanks for the quote. Deep waters can be scary but with Jesus walking next to us, he is protecting us from danger.
Not much happening her today except getting with our minister for our weekly check in, exercise and getting groceries. Our minister and his wife are expecting a baby girl anytime soon so we want to make sure that as they take paternity and maternity leave things are covered and they do not need to do anything but enjoy the baby. They have a two year old also so this will be a big change for him!1 -
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Marilyn, I can read that list with no problem! There are some surprises on it. I eat three or four of them regularly! I'll rethink that. Hope you are doing well.
Linda, we heard about the Baltimore bridge disaster. It looked terrible 😕. Yes, huge ships can do great good but also great damage. Oh how wonderful about your minister's new baby! Glad you enjoyed my photos. I have a couple more for you today.
Judith, how was yesterday? I hope you are doing alright. About my photos, I take all but the ones with me in them. Colin usually takes those but the campfire one of us both was taken by a fellow vanner. I take loads of our photos from the car. It can be a challenge! Colin does all the driving so photography keeps me interested and busy.
We drove to Port Augusta today through the Horrocks Range and fields of wind and solar generators. We're staying at the Port Augusta Motor Home Park for three sleeps. It's a little crowded, windy and dusty but it's convenient and cheap.
Some of Horrocks Pass, Lyn and Greg in the lead
Wind generators
Solar generator
It's Anzac Day today, where we honour 🎖 our Veterans who served at Gallipoli.
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Linda, I too heard about the Container Ship that took out the Baltimore Bridge, what a devastating loss of human life and the problems it has caused for commuters who used the bridge on a regular basis. Our Local News reported the story within a few hours of it happening, and the rescue and recovery efforts at first and then after as they brought in the Crane to bring up pieces of the mangled steel and they sent divers or submarines down to see if they could salvage any of the cars. I didn’t here if they recovered any of the workers who went down with the bridge. My heart goes
out to all the families. You said your Minister and wife are expecting their baby any day now. Exciting times for them and their 2 year old having a new sibling. Let us know when the baby is born. It’s good you and Glenn are helping in tying up any lose ends so when baby comes they can just enjoy and not think about anything they need to do. Will Glenn help out while the Minister
Is away?
Susan, thanks for sharing about your Anzac Day! Yes, we remember our Veterans who fought for our freedom. The sacrifices they made and continue to make as they protect our land and it’s people. November 11th is Remembrance Day as we call it! We remember our Veterans and their families. There is special services at the War Cenotaph’s and they lay Wreaths at the World War 1 and World War 2 memorials. They have choirs and the Veterans who are there honoured and greeted by our Prime Minister and Mayors of our cities. Thank you for sharing the Lest we Forget Poppies! Do you wear Poppies on Anzac Day like we do on November 11th here in Canada? I have many members of my family who were in the Canadian Army and the Air Force in WW1 and WW2 and Family in the USA Army Corp in WW1! The pictures you shared today are awesome, I sure enjoyed the Solar and Wind
Generator pictures and the landscape picture that you took of Lynn and Greg taking the lead down the road!
Marilyn, the chart was excellent on the foods that can cause issues with Kidney Stones. I saw one that will make me re-think how much I use of it, few years back I had Kidney stones and ended up having major surgery as the Stones couldn’t pass and caused damage to kidney which the surgeon had to repair. Thank you for sharing these charts, we are learning a lot and being reminded about healthy eating.
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Judith, yes, we do have Nov 11th as Memorial Day for all veterans here. Anzac Day is a special day about a particular battle in Gallipoli. Yes, we wear poppies both Anzac Day and Memorial Day. I usually make my own with paper craft supplies but this year I didn't.
PS this is where Port Augusta is
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