HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1992-09-02, Page 3THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,1992. PAGE 3.
Blyth girl home from Australia
Home again
Dawn Gross of Blyth recently
returned from a Lions Club
Youth Exchange in Australia.
BY CHRIS ROULSTON
She came from a land down
under recently where English isn't
English, strange creatures bounce
off into the sunset, and the seasons
are reversed.
Dawn Gross of Blyth came back
last week from spending six weeks
in Gleninnes, Australia as part of
the Lions Club Youth Exchange.
Gleninnes is in New South Wales
about two or three hours drive from
the coast. It was the first time
Dawn had seen an ocean when her
exchange family took her to see it.
She was very impressed.
The six weeks that Dawn spent in
Gleninnes were in the dead of win
ter, but she still managed to come
back with a tan. Winters in Aus
tralia are much milder than in
Canada, explains Dawn. It was
about 20 degrees Celsius most of
the time, although it was cold in the
mornings and evenings.
One of the hardest things to get
used to, maintains Dawn, is the lan
guage. She says that they talk very
fast. "They don't really speak
English. They have their own little
language," she says. Most of what
they say is slang and it took her the
first one or two weeks to under
stand what anyone was saying to
her.
One of the words she had the
hardest time with was 'chook',
which means chicken. Dawn can
not fathom where they got such a
word. She adds that they call men
'bioaks'. Now, Dawn says, she says
things the way they would say them
in Australia and everyone at home
laughs at her.
Although food and fashion are
fairly similar to Canada's, the
wildlife is something totally differ
ent to be reckoned with, says
Dawn. Her exchange family took
her for drives out in the country
where she could see kangaroos,
koalas, and other native animals.
She thought one of the weirdest
sights was the parrots and other
birds, which we consider house
pets, flying around in the wild.
Dawn had the opportunity to visit
an Australian school for a while.
Since they are in winter right now,
all the children are in school. She
wasn't very impressed by the state
of the school. The particular
school that she visited used to be a
jail so it was in rougher shape than
most other schools.
Every school had its own uni
form, explains Dawn, but they
weren't always fancy uniforms.
Another point of Australian life
that struck Dawn as funny was the
milkman that came about three
days a week to deliver milk.
Gleninnes had a telegraph office as
well, and exclaims Dawn, there
was a pub on almost every comer.
Australia is renowned for its
eucalyptus trees, but it also grows
Canada's own maple tree. Dawn
learned that the Australians have
imported almost all their trees. She
adds that she thought the eucalyp
tus trees were "really nice...they
stink, but they're really nice."
Dawn explains that she had
always wanted to go to Australia
and when she was approached by a
member of the Lions Club about
the exchange, she jumped at the
chance. She applied for the pro
gram over two years ago because
correspondence with Australia
takes so long. In May of this year
they were still arranging the final
details of her trip.
Applicants to the program get to
choose three countries where they
would like to go. Dawn chose Aus
tralia first and New Zealand sec
ond; she didn't make a third choice.
Dawn's host family and other
people whom she met in Australia
would like her to stay with them
again if she decides to return.
Dawn is anxiously counting her
pennies in anticipation of seeing
them again.
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The Blyth Optimists along with
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Legion plans for Legion Week
BY MARY LOU STEWART
During the week of Sept. 20-26,
members of the Royal Canadian
Legion, Branch 420 and the ladies
auxiliary will celebrate Legion
Week along with the branches
across Canada.
Plans for a euchre party to be
held Sept. 19, a visit by members to
Adopted Vets and residents of
Parkwood Hospital, a Games
Night, and a Pub Night to be held
in October are a few of the
activities planned.
The Royal Canadian Legion is
over one-half million strong
belonging to 1,800 branches
throughout Canada and the U.S.A,
and continuing to grow. Recently,
two branches opened in Germany.
Legion members continually
strive to improve pension, medical
and other forms of services to their
former comrades-in-arms and their
dependents.
Branch 420, Blyth has been
active in the local community in the
past years by providing bursaries
and awards for schools and sports
activities, equipment for local
hospitals, donations to Parkwood
and Children's Hospital in London,
supporting the Blyth Community
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The property owner in question is
the CN railroad company, and Mr.
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The project, the purpose of which
is to improve fish habitat, is being
developed for the Scouts to help
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it, claims Mr. Phelan.
Rocks will be used to reroute
water in a way that it doesn't inter
rupt the stream drainage. The
group has begun placing the rocks
near the creek in preparation for
next year's work. In the mean time
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The involvement of the Maitland
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