A famous Australian animal!

Un gran saludo a mis amigos de El Villar! or, in Australian...A big Hello to my friends at El Villar

 

Is Alan's Spanish improving?

 

This week I have some photos of a famous Australian animal...those of you in Year 3 may remember Alan's Australian coins. Well, the 20 cent coin has a strange animal on it...remember?

It has webbed feet and a bill (mouth) like a duck, it lays eggs like a duck, has a flat tail like a beaver, makes a burrow like a rabbit, has very soft fur, and just loves the water.  It's a Platypus...remember?
Here are some more photos of this strange animal.

 

Do you think this animal is cute?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alan's EasyStar electric powered model flying over his Club Field at Hodgson Vale, near Toowoomba, Australia.Farms in the area grow wheat and barley, and some raise Cattle

Click on the image above to play the video!

In my last post I promised that I would would next use a video of my flying club field taken from a mini camera attached to my EasyStar electric glider.
A picture of the glider is at the start of the video. Can you see the little camera attached to the nose of the aeroplane?
The video was taken in March 2010, when my region was in a very bad drought. This is why it shows the country as being very brown, with little water and few crops in the fields.
It was a very windy day, and the aeroplane is very small. This is why it is not very still in the sky. Notice how it rocks a bit?

Thanks to all who have written to me this week. When you next write, can you tell me what you are doing in your English classes. I will like that very much.

Alan

Alan's Hobby is flying radio control Model Aircraft

G'day good friends at el Villar.  Remember "G'day" is Australian for Hola.

When I came to el Villar I brought with me a very small helicopter, which I flew with Jose Manuel in the "Indoor"...remember.  I also helped many of you make paper aeroplanes, and we had flying competitions in the indoor...remember?

Back in Australia I fly much bigger miniature aircraft, two or three times a week.  On Wednesday mornings I go to my flying Club just outside Toowoomba, at Hodgson Vale (google it on google maps!), to fly with my retired friends, talk a lot about aeroplanes, and have a "sausage sizzle" bbq lunch - we cook sausages on a gas grill, fry some onions, and place cooked sausages and onions between two pieces of sliced bread, and top with tomato sauce or ketchup.  On Saturday or Sunday afternoon, I travel with friends to a place called Crows Nest just north of Toowoomba, to fly our aeroplanes in a cow paddock or off a hill, depending on where the wind is blowing from.  Only about six people fly here, and it is very peaceful - except when the planes are making a bit of noise.  Often there are cows and bullocks in the field while we are flying...they make a big mess of our landing strip.

My friends and I fly both electric and gasoline (methonol, actually) powered aircraft...but usually the electric ones because they are clean, and we can switch the motor on and off in the air. In the photos below only the middle aircraft is gas powered and makes a lot of noise.

Hope you like this little story about one of my interests.  Next time I will post a short video of flying over my Club field at Hodgson Vale, using a micro dvd camera on the nose of one of my planes.

See you next time,

Alan

Fun at Nuestra Señora del Villar.mpeg

This is one of Alan's fond memories of your school.
How many children do you recognise, and what are their names?
Who are the teachers whom you recognise?
Do you know the name of the music that is played?

Be good  and work hard,

Alan