Every 12 weeks the students have the chance to do a cooking class at school. It is always a fun day as students cook their ‘national’ or favourite dish. Here we have some great photos, taken by Ana, from the pre-intermediate class.
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The Green & Clean Awareness Team Inc. 
Welcomes you to help clean, plant and protect our precious natural environment.
On Sunday 20th MAY at 9am to 12noon (and every 3rd Sunday of the month)
At Clarkes Beach – meet in front of the Beach Café (next to the bicycle parking racks)
Then, from 12 to 1pm, enjoy a delicious FREE BBQ 50 meters west of our meeting point, and be in the draw for 1 of 4 excellent prizes
* We collect rubbish from Byron’s beaches, dunes and waterways.
* We plant the sand dunes and bush habitat to repair and maintain them, and we collect seeds for replanting, enhancing biodiversity (plant & animal life) of our Flora (plants) and Fauna (animals).
* We also have fun, whilst meeting like-minded members in the community. What better way to spend a few hours each month?
* Please bring gloves, hat, sunscreen and appropriate footwear.
Everyone is very welcome, so invite your friends to share the experience. Any inquiries please don’t hesitate to ring: Veda – 66857991 or Udo – 0413173786
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It was a great day at Currumbin!!! The pre-intermediate and elementary class had a wonderful presentation from Brendan at the education centre; they met an owl, a blue-tongue lizard, a python snake, and Banksia the cutest golden brush tail possum.
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Two-up is thought to have started in the early nineteenth century on the Australian goldfields. It remained popular for Australian soldiers during WWII and is only played in pubs and clubs on Anzac Day.
* Two-up is legal only on Anzac Day
* It can be played with either two or three coins. 
* The kip is the piece of wood the coins are thrown on. 
* The person in charge of the game is called the boxer or ringer.
* A nob is a double headed coin.
* “Come in spinner” is the call for the coins to be tossed.
* The person who looks out for the police in an illegal game is called a cockatoo.
* The object of the game is to spin a pair of heads.
* The spinner must throw heads three times in a row before he/she collects the winnings.
In Byron the best place to play two-up is the RSL.
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Do you want know more about this wonderful and ancient philosophy? Come and join us!!! Swasthya Yoga class is beautiful to watch, it is fascinating to practise, and it is excellent as a philosophy of life. It is dynamic, it’s strong. It respects and values the body: its beauty, its health, its senses and its pleasure.
Why should students practice yoga?
Yoga can provide students with many benefits such as stress reduction, emotional wellness, flexibility, improved strength, enhancement of the immune system, and improved balance and postural alignment. Those are good things! Yoga is actually easy for anyone to practice, and you don’t have to be able twist into a pretzel!
http://yogainmyschool.com/2011/03/11/benefits-of-yoga-for-college-students/)
We all know that Byron Bay is a great place to live and study. Now Lonely Planet has voted it number 7 in the top 25 experiences in Australia. Can you guess what the other 24 are and how many have you done???
Click on the link below to see if you were right:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/competitions/visitaustralia/pdf/top25experiences.pdf
On Thursday Max and Kerry’s brother Tim played at the Owl and the Pussy Cat in Byron Bay. They were joined by students and staff alike and a fun night was had by all
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The Byron Bay Blues Festival is happening again over the Easter long weekend. If you enjoy music, festivals and doing something that the locals love then get a ticket for the Blues Festival. You can go from 1-5 days; there are still tickets available online, in the Echo or from the Blues Festival office on Bangalow Road.
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Day 1: We, 31 students and Max, left the school on Thursday after lunch. After 6
hours on the Nimbin Shuttle we arrived at Dingo’s hostel in Rainbow Beach, where we put our stuff in our 
rooms and had a dip in the pool. After dinner (Burger & chips) we relaxed at the hostel, had a beer (or two), talked to other people and just had fun.
Day 2: After our last real shower for the next 3 days we had delicious pancakes for breakfast and everybody was excited to get started! The hostel-staff gave us all the information we needed and helped us to prepare our cars (4 cars with 8 people). They gave us our food-packages and all the equipment for our adventure.
Students with a valid driver’s licence were allowed to drive the 4WD during the trip. After we left Dingo’s with an experienced guide, who drove the lead-car, we had a 10 minute ferry-ride to the island.
The first stop was at EURONG 
were we prepared our first meal: sandwiches. After that we went on a 40min walking track to Lake Wabby
, a beautiful green freshwater lake, on the bottom of the lake were huge sand dunes.
Next stop: refreshing and beautiful Eli creek, where we had a lot of fun floating down the clear and clean water. 
Then it was time to set up our camp on the beach … the fact that some people hadn’t ever put up a tent by their own made it pretty funny! After everyone finished dinner 
we sat down on the beach, played music, talked and had a great night after an amazing first day.
Day 3: After the first night sleeping 2-3 people in a tent (with loads of sand) we went to have breakfast and a morning swim at Eli creek (because of annoying march-flies around our camp). 
The second destination that day was the Champagne Pools which are naturally formed rock pools. Afterwards we had lunch at the beach, played beach volleyball/football and had a nap in the shade…On the other end of the beach, Indian Head was waiting for us! From there we had an amazing view and we enjoyed a refreshing breeze. Of course we didn’t miss the famous
and impressive ship wreck… After such a long sunny day we were more than happy to have a dip in Eli creek to get clean! We enjoyed our last dinner at the camp while a few dingoes enjoyed some chips they had found in our tents… And again we spent a beautiful night together on the beach.
Day 4: After we had tidied up the camp and had put all our stuff in the cars we stopped at EURONG to have breakfast before heading to
Lake McKenzie – definitely one of the most beautiful places we’ve ever seen!! The water was just the perfect temperature and it is that clear that even if it is about 3-4 meters deep you can see the bottom. After a bumpy ride back to the beach we had our last meal on Fraser Island… Back in Rainbow Beach we had to clean the cars but as compensation we got some free beer and had a dip in the pool at Dingo’s. On our way back to Byron Bay everybody was sleeping and probably dreaming about an incomparable and unforgettable trip to Fraser Island …
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Max is taking a group of lucky students to Fraser Island to have a long weekend of sun, fun, English language, games and good food. It may be grey today in Byron Bay but it is hot and sunny on Fraser Island with tops of 30 degrees.
We will post more photos when the students come back.
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