This week has been an extremely busy one for us. Tuesday was a highly anticipated day for us as we had been patiently waiting for the Cartela rescue to begin. We had noticed a lot of noise coming from there late last week, and we were informed that there were pylons being driven into the ground to make the river edge sturdy. Corrie Latham, who was in charge of the operation let us know that the process was going to be to lift the Cartela to be level again and then pump out the water so it could float again. From this point another bilge pump will be installed and then it will be handed back to the Cartela Trust. Hopefully we are able to keep up to date with any developments! When Tuesday finally arrived, we walked down to the foreshore but unfortunately we missed the actual lifting of the Cartela. By the time we arrived it was lifted and the water was finished being pumped out. We were lucky enough that Corrie had the time to come over and chat to us, and answer some of our questions. We did some sketching of what it looked like now that it was back level in the water again and then walked around for a look at the other end. From this end we could see the pumps still in the windows.

This week a small group had a turn cooking with Mrs Stagg, using up some of the zucchini’s from the garden. Well done to those that cooked this delicious treat, it definitely got a thumbs up!

On Monday we will continue our exploration of significant places and take a trip to Burtons Reserve in Cygnet. Sharyn Brett our Aboriginal Education Worker will meet us there and lead us in some discussions and experiences to further our understandings about why this place is and was so significant to indigenous Tasmanians. We look forward to sharing some of our learning and experiences with you all!

Lastly, we have been watching Play School’s Science Time of an afternoon and one particular episode piqued our interest, about Geodes. We have since had a few geodes bought in for show and tell so we decided to go ahead and make them. We have been busily making them this afternoon and hope by early next week we have some crystals to show.