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This is a journal of the wanderings of the De Booy family across the globe and all around. God be with you as he is with us. May your heart be true and never afraid to shine.
My loving wife & I
- Wandering Novice
- I called this profile "Wandering Novice" due to the fact that I often feel like John the Baptist, as God leads me from place to place and then at short notice moves me on again after fulfilling the mission I was sent to complete. I have no distinctions on myself about my importance in this life but as God leads and directs, so I will go and minister his word.... "And some fell by the wayside, and some in thorn and thistles, and some fell on the good ground".... so go I into the world and plant the seed and leave it upto God for the increase. I have no fear about who will hear or reject, b/c God has told us "my sheep hear my voice" AND "my word doesn't come back void", so I speak with confidence the truth I know, which is planted in my own heart. "Draw nigh unto me and I will draw nigh unto thee, and show thee great and mighty things which though knowest not". GOD
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Australia
I Still call Australia Home
Victoria, Australia
Victoria
AREA: 227,010 sq. km.
POPULATION: 4,561,000 (1996)
CAPITAL: Melbourne (3,000,000)
CLIMATE: Highest temp. 50.8° C at Mildura in the north-west. -12.8°C at Mt. Hotham in the Highlands. High rainfall with extremes of heat in summer in the western and north western regions.
Melbourne was first settled in 1835. Victoria is Australia's smallest mainland state with 1800 km of coastline.Known as the 'Garden State', a reference to the rolling green hills and valleys which make up the majority of the state, and varied in scenery, it is has much to offer. Among the major attractions of the state is The Grampians National Park, west of Melbourne. This beautiful area offers walking trails, spectacular lookouts and lake swimming and fishing. South-east of Melbourne, Phillip Island is a popular place to observe the nightly procession of pengiuns returning to their nests after a days activities. The capital of Victoria, Melbourne, enjoys the reputation of being Australia's Cultural capital, and this is reflected in the many live shows which are presented at the theatres which abound in the city.
AREA: 227,010 sq. km.
POPULATION: 4,561,000 (1996)
CAPITAL: Melbourne (3,000,000)
CLIMATE: Highest temp. 50.8° C at Mildura in the north-west. -12.8°C at Mt. Hotham in the Highlands. High rainfall with extremes of heat in summer in the western and north western regions.
Melbourne was first settled in 1835. Victoria is Australia's smallest mainland state with 1800 km of coastline.Known as the 'Garden State', a reference to the rolling green hills and valleys which make up the majority of the state, and varied in scenery, it is has much to offer. Among the major attractions of the state is The Grampians National Park, west of Melbourne. This beautiful area offers walking trails, spectacular lookouts and lake swimming and fishing. South-east of Melbourne, Phillip Island is a popular place to observe the nightly procession of pengiuns returning to their nests after a days activities. The capital of Victoria, Melbourne, enjoys the reputation of being Australia's Cultural capital, and this is reflected in the many live shows which are presented at the theatres which abound in the city.
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My Country by Dorothea Mackellar
....I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains
Of rugged mountain ranges, of droughts and flooding rains.
I love her far horizons, I love her jewel-sea
Her beauty and her terror, the wide brown land for me.....
For the rest of this great poem visit:
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/21197-Dorothea-Mackeller-My-Country
Of rugged mountain ranges, of droughts and flooding rains.
I love her far horizons, I love her jewel-sea
Her beauty and her terror, the wide brown land for me.....
For the rest of this great poem visit:
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/21197-Dorothea-Mackeller-My-Country
1 comment:
You took some amazing pictures!!!! :)
That was a fun day!
Sheila
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