Cabarlah, a mountain hamlet which is situated between Toowoomba and Crows Nest.  I still remember I went there with my housemates a day after valentine in 2003.  We went to 2 places in Cabarlah, the Cuckoo Clock center was one of them.

“Cabarlah” in Malay Language means, “Let’s Challenge”, but in Australia is a name of a place. 

The map of Cabarlah from Google Map.

I saw many different types of clock, from big to small.

Besides clocks, they also sell souvenir.

Another attraction at the Cockoo Clock House.

Somewhere not far from the Cockoo Clock House, there was a special petrol station.  I’m not sure whether it is still there.

Another place that I had visited on that day is a garden farm, I had forgoten the name.  I’ll tell you more in the next post.

This is the close-up look of the Sansevieria trifasciata.  Siew Peng learned to take this artistic photo.

This is a special variety of Dracaena surculosa.  There are dotted white lines on the green leaves.

Plants look different when they are planted in pots and grown naturely on open ground.  Recently Fa Yuan Vihara (a small buddhist temple in Tabuan Jaya Kuching) needed pots of plants that can be put on the table for decoration.  I have got ready some for the vihara and this is how they look like.

This is the Chinese favorite plants.  It called “BuBuGaoSheng” in Chinese.

“BuBuGaoSheng” in different pot.

All of the plants here are small in size.  All of them are not more than 1 feet in height.  I hope you can imagine the size by looking at the photo.  If you would like to see how big is the actual size, we can bring you to Fa Yuan Vihara to see the real potted plants.

This is “NiuZhuanQianKun“.  I’m still not sure about its English or Scientific names.

This is a pair of Sansevieria trifasciata.

It is also called Mother-in-law’s Tongue!!!

Dracaena surculosais my favorite.  Many people thought that Dracaena is bamboo, but it’s actually not.

This is all the plants that has been sent to Fa Yuan Vihara.

I will consider to donate plants to charity AND non-profit organisation.  So if you are interested, you can contact me.

Grass of Candles.

Let use our imagination again to see what these pictures are.  They can be anything, and there is no right or wrong answer.  In Geomety you can call them lines and dots, you may also find them similar to something in our real world.  The first picture above, is the combination of grass and candles.  It looks like the picture of grass, it also looks like the candles.

Cloud and raindrops.

Two friends.

The Elephant.

Faces

Christmas socks.

Swans in the rapid river.

Rain of Bullets.

You may ask where I get these picture from, and I can answer you that they are from my Camera.  You may also ask me how did I create these pictures, you can read Light in the Night 1 and Light in the Night 2 for the answers.

The “young explorers” have grown!

This was taken about a month ago

This is how they look like now. Their fur has grown darker and seems like their looks have also changed a little bit.

Do pardon me for the pictures. It’s so difficult to capture them. They became hyperactive when I let them out. And plus I’m not a very good photographer like Colin so you have to bear with these pictures at the moment.

Well…I personally like this one. This was the only good close up that I can get.

Hiding behind the cactus.

This one was trying to find his brother.

Exploring again. *sniff sniff*

These are some of Teacher Santhi’s and her students’ works.

A school of fish. This activity is not only to learn how to describe fish in groups but is also a writing activity. The fish can be flipped open and inside you’ll find a story written by the children. Children can always come out with amazing ideas and fantastic contents with their imagination and creativity. The activity also brings writing alive by having colours and interactive pictures to help children with their story creation.

Teacher Santhi’s display showing students about the life cycle of acorns.

The character in the display is called Trig. This activity teaches children the usage of “can” and “can’t / cannot” to talk about ability.

Alright, I’m really excited about this one. I borrowed the Dinoland background from Teacher Santhi and did a simple project on dinosaurs with the kids.

The project turned out well and they loved it.

They also learned quite a few things about dinosaurs.