Tag: #flatstanleyproject
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The Flat Friends Are Looking Ahead To Komodo Island And Bali
#flathal #flatstanleyproject #Bali #komodoisland #indonesia Today we are sailing towards Komodo Island. When the Captain announced where we were in his daily new briefing over the public address system the name he gave for the sea didn’t match our map. This is the same Captain we had for part of our Pole to Pole adventure.…
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Learning About Australia— Its States And Territories
#flathal #flatstanleyproject #Australia The Top End of the Northern Territory has a lush, green, tropical environment. The rest of the territory might also get a lot of rain in the wet season, but it is mostly desert, and red rock. Looking at our path sailing around Australia: For countless generations—long before European ships arrived—First Nations…
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Different Countries Have Different Ways Of Governing… Let’s Learn About Where We’ve Been!
#flathal #flatstanleyproject #government Another sea day, another chance to dig up answers to what’s on our minds. This time the Flat Friends decided to try and learn a little about the governments of the countries we have been visiting. (Flat Hal visited Ecuador and Peru last year, so he included them while we were looking…
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The Flat Friends Wanted To Learn About The Māori and Aboriginal Peoples…
#flathal #flatstanleyproject #maori #aboriginal While we were in New Zealand the Flat Friends heard a little about the Māori. The Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (Aotearoa). When we got to Australia we began hearing about the Aboriginal people. They are the diverse indigenous peoples of mainland Australia and its islands,…
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The Flat Friends Are Sailing The Coast Of Australia…
#flathal #flatstanleyproject #australia The Flat Friends are moving between seas, through the Torres Strait as we sail Australia’s coast from Sydney to Darwin.
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Flat Halena Gives Flat Hal Some Postcard Writing Ideas…
#flathal #flatstanleyproject #postcard Today’s sea day conversation was a little different, Flat Hal was bemoaning how hard it can be to think of what to write on postcards when we are on shore and want to send a message home. Flat Halena suggested we make some pretend postcards from our photos, and practice. The Flat…
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More Animals Of The Billabong…
#flathal #flatstanleyproject #billabong #australia The word billabong has its roots in an aboriginal word, with many believing the original term bilabaŋ means “a watercourse that runs only after rain”, another way of saying floodwaters. A lush, green area forms, with fresh water for animals to drink, and trees for birds to nest in. The Flat…
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What If South Was “Up” Instead Of North?
#flathal #flatstanleyproject #map #geography #history North is “UP” or the top on maps because it has been agreed upon, and we need consistency to help maps be useful. That doesn’t mean north is better, or the South is under it. In 1979 an Australian published a map he had been working on since he was…
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The Flat Friends LOVED the music of Australia…
#flathal #flatstanleyproject #music #australia Kids – Great Aussie Songs as discovered on YouTube Ten Thousand Miles AwayBound for Botany BayThe Wild Colonial BoyWaltzing MatildaTie Me Kangaroo Down SportAlong The Road To GundagaiWith My Swag On My ShoulderClick Go The ShearsI Still Call Australia HomeI Am AustralianAdvance Australia Fair Kids the world over learn our home…
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The Flat Friends Visited Sydney, Australia
#flathal #flatstanleyproject #sydney #australia Sydney is the biggest city in Australia, with approximately 5.25 million calling it home. That’s almost the same number of people as call the entire country of New Zealand home! The harbor in Sydney is one of its real highlights. We sailed in too early for it to be considered bright…
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There are definite similarities and differences between these neighboring Island Nations
#flathal #flatstanleyproject #australia #newzealand Our guide in New Zealand referred to his homeland as a nation of farmers who are almost all comfortable on a boat. A country that once had 50 million sheep now has a mere 25 million sheep! Australia was built on mining and some say its economy (how the people earn…
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Taking A Moment To Get To Know The Flags Of Australia And New Zealand…
#flathal #flatstanleyproject #flags #newzealand #australia We don’t have to know what the symbols on a country’s flag mean to recognize and appreciate the flag. However, someone (usually a lot of people) worked hard to design each flag—it was a major class project for them (with “class” being “country” here.). Let’s take a moment to understand…
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The Flat Friends are Australia bound!
#flathal #flatstanleyproject #australia Do you know why some of the first Europeans moved to Australia? Hint: it wasn’t by choice! They created a culture known for kindness, humor, and funny songs called “bush ballads”
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Waitangi, Bay of Islands, New Zealand
#flathal #flatstanleyproject #waitangi, #newzealand New Zealand has a population of just over 5 million people—nearly one third of whom live in the Auckland area. Less than 9,000 people live in Bay of Islands, where the Flat Friends made our second stop in New Zealand. Waitangi, the community our tenders brought us into, has a population…
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Neither Flat Hal nor Flat Halena has been to New Zealand before!
#flathal #flatstanleyproject #newzealand Our arrival in Auckland (a day early thanks to cyclone Urmil) started with a chance to walk around the city center (downtown)/ central business district or CBD as the locals call it. Auckland is a great city for walking! We were amazed how many intersections let us go diagonal across the street.…
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The Flat Friends Are Looking At The Map…
#flathal #flatstanleyproject #cruising #southamerica Appreciating where we have been, the waterways we have sailed, and some of the amazing discoveries we have made. The Flat Friends have been having a lot of fun trying to understand the international dateline, but it was a real brain bender when a friend explained there is a period each…