Bendigo Aerodrome

Rutan VariEze

The Rutan VariEze is a composite Canard Aircraft designed by Burt Rutan. It is considered a high performance homebuilt plane and hundreds of them have been constructed. It is the first one that I have ever seen. I found it absolutely fascinating which is why it has a post of it's own. The propeller is at the back and it has a fully retractable nosewheel which is why it is parked nose down in my photos. It just seems all round the wrong way, but apparently it flies really well.

School excursion to Bendigo Aerodrome

Today I tagged along with the junior school to the aerodrome. Here are some of the great sights and planes that we saw.

Cathedral

Some more Photomerge fun.

Fun at Lake Weeroona

Natasha has her first ever netball game

Natasha played netball for the first time ever this morning. They played St Monica's school and lost 5-2. She did ok for her first try at the game and probably could get an award for the shortest GK ever.

Trip to NZ

I had a whirlwind visit to NZ to graduate on Thursday and returned home on Friday night. Photos from my graduation can be found on David's Weblog.
My brother David St George did a fantastic job with the photography. I had a fabulous time, I loved the graduation ceremony and enjoyed spending a bit of time with my family. We had a delicious Thai dinner on Thursday night and enjoyed a bit of shopping at Sylvia park on Friday and a seafood lunch at the seafood markets in Auckland city. Here is a photo of my plane taken from the departure lounge in Melbourne. I flew Air NZ and had perfect flights both ways.

Chasing Butterflies

This little butterfly insisted on taking off every time I tried to take a picture of her. Here are the best two attempts.

It's a rainy drizzly boring day

So I made this to amuse myself.

Bendigo Easter Festival Parade 2010

This was one of the best parades that I have ever attended. The theme was Past, present and future. Here are the best of the 189 photos that I took.

Happy Easter from the kids and the bunnies

Family Fun Day at Lake Weeroona 2010

This year is the 140th anniversary of the Easter festival. This rather large cupcake was a spectacular way to commemorate the occasion.





Long term readers of this blog will realise that we attend this event every year. Somehow there are always different photos to take even though the stalls and the venue are similar every year. There seemed to be a multitude of photographers sporting Canons around their necks which surprised me as I had never noticed that before. We had a good time and we are looking forward to the rest of the party that Bendigo puts on for Easter weekend. Keep a close eye on us this weekend, there will be Chinese Dragons, Fireworks and lots of kids fun.