State Emergency Service
Have taken the step and, with my husband, have joined the State Emergency Service http://www.emergency.qld.gov.au/ses/ so that we can contribute to the community. We have begun the basic training which involves two nights a month, for approximately six months. It was a pleasant surprise to attend the first night of training and find that a night of "games" had been organised to help assimilate the newbies into the existing group. We were divided into four teams of seven and were set two tasks. My team's first task was to take a large volume of items including tarps, sand bags, eskies, shovels and much more over a roof, and then load them into a ute and drive a lap of the neighbourhood. The second task was a Search and Rescue. We had to search a large paddock for evidence (blue and white tags) which we found occasionally interspersed with lollies in medium length grass. After some time spent sweeping the paddock our group leader was told to open his envelope and read the instructions. Lo and behold, we were told the youngest member of our team had been bitten by a snake so we had to perform first aid and carry him/her out on a stretcher. It was a lot of fun and definitely helped break the ice.
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My English language class organised a cultural event which they called "Cultural Harmony". The event was held on 14 June 2006 and involved migrant students. The first item on the programme was a group of singers from Tonga and two dancers; one from Tonga and one a Tahitian. Other items were a dance from a group of Dinka people from Sudan and another dance from Nuer people also from Sudan. There was a parade of costumes from many different countries and two Chinese songs by Sonny from Vietnam. Our exciting Youth class also performed a dance together. Last but not least was a demonstration of hair braiding by a student from Liberia. 
