Thursday, May 19, 2011

Visiting the Endeavour: On board 1

All these photographs were taken by Jessica Murray: (All photographs copyrighted and the property of Joy Murray, not to be used without permission) Commentary by Emma, Tim and Joy.
The toilet...yes for real - out on the front of the ship. Talk about a long drop! And a lack of privacy! Fortunately there were only men on the Endeavor! (All photographs copyrighted and the property of Joy Murray, not to be used without permission)

The mast, the trampoline was the only non original item and is there for 'health and safety'. (All photographs copyrighted and the property of Joy Murray, not to be used without permission)

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Life boats/rowing boats to get to shore. (All photographs copyrighted and the property of Joy Murray, not to be used without permission)
Going below deck. It goes straight down and made Timmy feel sea sick and Emma tired. (All photographs copyrighted and the property of Joy Murray, not to be used without permission)

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Kitchen (All photographs copyrighted and the property of Joy Murray, not to be used without permission)

Meat in brine. (All photographs copyrighted and the property of Joy Murray, not to be used without permission)

Above: Sauerkraut helps prevent scurvy as cabbage has vit C. If any sailor would not eat his sauerkraut, he would get the 'cat of nine tails'. (All photographs copyrighted and the property of Joy Murray, not to be used without permission)
Above: Our guide shows us the cat of nine tails. Nine strands of twine with 9 threads in each stand and nine knots for each strand. It is a whip. See the red bag on the right...it was used to keep the whip in so that you could not see the blood of the last person who had been whipped! oooooooh, how horrible! That would be so sore, it makes me so sad. (Emma) (All photographs copyrighted and the property of Joy Murray, not to be used without permission)
Dining room. They all had ot have their own bowls, mugs etc. (All photographs copyrighted and the property of Joy Murray, not to be used without permission) 



Sailors serviettes: sailors used these ropes, which held their tables up, as serviettes if their hands were messy! Better than using your shirt or your hair! (All photographs copyrighted and the property of Joy Murray, not to be used without permission)

A hanging table. (All photographs copyrighted and the property of Joy Murray, not to be used without permission)

General sleeping quarters for the crew, very cramped indeed. Also, most of the areas below deck were low and so I could only remain upright if I was shuffling along on my adult knees - ugggg! Only the little kids could move freely....yes keep tabs on two little boys on my knees was not much fun! (All photographs copyrighted and the property of Joy Murray, not to be used without permission)

The important people all had their own cabins. I remember door handles like this on colonial buildings in South Africa.  Captain Cook, the surgeon,the artist were some of the people in cabins. (All photographs copyrighted and the property of Joy Murray, not to be used without permission)

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Visiting the Endeavour: Waiting to board, the modern/young and the ancient/old together.













Visiting the Endeavour: Contrast - In Brisbane; a First Glimpse

Captain Cook could never have imagined his ship having an identical replica sitting amongst such modern buildings along the recently flooded Brisbane River in 2011.

Notice the people que snaking up the stairs, we didn't realise until later how long it was!

Visiting the Endeavour: On the Ferry/ Story Bridge


Visiting the Endeavour: Waiting for our ferry - Mowbray Terrace

It was weird to think that this whole area of Brisbane was flooded only a few months ago.Now the river is back to it's tranquil and idyllic state, luring us to enjoy it's beautiful banks. Here is Storey Bridge from Mowbray Terrace.

All pontoons are back to normal and ferries have been working since around Easter.

The river still looks muddy though.

The kids enjoy the warm winter's sun.


Although some felt rather exhausted from a hard week's work
Ditto

Littlest J can't even remember going on a ferry.

And littlest E thinks it is cool to not have photos taken of herself.

Ferry at last, but not ours, it is going in the wrong direction.

The ramps that leads to the landing spot.

School snapsots of the day:

Maths in washable plastic sleeves,  so that the book is reusable. We discovered a page that had not been cleaned form when Josh was little. It said, " Mommy I love you" and I had replied, "I love you to." What a sweet little boy!
Erica is so proud of her lovely cover for her science journal, finally we have it all neatly filed away. It looks so good.We are using Aoplogia for all our school aged children except for Emma and Tim who are using Abeka.
Emma doing art. This is Ema's first canvas. She has spents hours and hours on it over weeks and weeks.



Tim doing 'hygiene when making food'.

Josh whizzing through science.

Jo having a good stretch while printing off some science for his science journal.