We stopped for lunch at Gin Gin State School where we learned how People to People has helped to enrich their school providing play equipment, irrigation, building upgrades to their 100+ year old building, providing more American reference books than the Brisbane Public Library, and equiping each classroom with an interactive white board over last 21 years. This is where we donated all the school supplies that we brought with us. While there, we had lunch and played on the playground or played a bit of cricket. The students were surprised at the different type of jungle gym they had which included a zipline-type apparatus and a rock wall. Although, we captured some great photos, again we cannot post tonight, but will be able to tomorrow (hopefully).
From there we headed to our home for the next few nights in Yeppoon, stopping at the Tropic of Capricorn along the way. This is the one point on earth where the sun is directly upon you. The students were able to experience another once in a lifetime opportunity. How many students their age can actually check this off their bucket lists! They students were impressed by the imaginary line of latitude that they have learned about in their geography classes.
Tomorrow we are off to Capricorn Caves to do some spulunking, plant a tree and then have dinner with local Aboriginal people at DreamTime Cultural Center and learn all about the aboriginal culture. Until tomorrow...know your students are having a great time and we are enjoying spending this time with them.
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