Geelong
The Pet Feeder Alarm
Geelong : March 30, 2005
The Pet Feeder is an invention by Grade 3 from Moriac Primary School near Geelong.
The size of a small box, the Pet Feeder Alarm can vary depending on your pet.
It's made of tin. It has a special tube that can shoot out bones so it can exercise your dog or other pets.
It has a slide that lets hay bales come out. It also has a little timing device that pops out food in time for the animals to eat.
It has robotic hands and arms that can hold the pets, massage the pets and groom them.
It has jets on it for birds that can fly around, it will look after orphen birds.
It has some containers to put all the food in. A drinking bath pops out for dogs to drink and also bath in!
The Pet Feeder can also be used as a rescue machine to save animals in case of a bush fire.
There is a camera on top so we can see what's going on.
There are also escape rockets in case the feeder breaks down. This will allow the animals to go elsewhere for help.
There is a special tube that sucks up the fish when their bowl needs to be cleaned and the water changed. The fish are then put back in after the bowl is cleaned.
With the Pet Feeder Alarm, our pets will be the happiest pets in the world!
Posted : 10:02 AM | Comments (0)
Welcome to Geelong, VIC
Geelong : January 13, 2005
Geelong - Victoria's largest regional city is less than an hour from Melbourne and delivers you to a picturesque waterfront, parks, gardens, beaches, great dining and plenty of shopping. The Bellarine Peninsula Railway offers a heritage alternative to modern-day transport, as well as cycling, sailing or boating.
Geelong is packed with places to go and things to do. The city’s cultural precinct includes one of Australia’s best regional art galleries and modern live performance theatres. The waterfront is home to another major live theatre, housed within the university’s city campus, and a discovery centre that documents the local history of one of the world’s largest car-makers. Sport, too, figures high on the list, especially Aussie rules.
Geelong's people are a proud and relaxed bunch, which comes with living by the water in a sophisticated town without city stress. Nearly 80% of locals were born in Australia, and there is a healthy representation from the rest of the world.
A brief history
Geelong has a long and colourful history. Its original inhabitants were members of various clans of the Wathaurong tribe. They had lived in the region for more than 25,000 years before white explorers arrived. Their lives and the region were to change forever.
Lieutenant John Murray led the first white exploration of what was to become Corio Bay and Geelong, sailing into the harbour in 1802. Explorer Matthew Flinders followed only months later.
By the 1830s, settlement was in full swing. Squatters flocked in to exploit the rich, fertile plains. A town soon grew up to service the region's needs. Growth came quickly, fired by the discovery of gold only 80km from the town.
The port boomed, becoming a bustling hub for passengers and produce. Manufacturing grew steadily in
the late 1800s and early 1900s. Post-second world war immigration and a period of rapid industrial expansion boosted the city's population from 66,000 in 1947, to nearly 200,000 in 2000.
Nature
A little farther out are large national and state parks with native animals, including kangaroos and koalas. Sanctuaries provide protection for a range of birds, including many rare species.
Information provided by Great Ocean Road Marketing
Pictured: Trudy McIntosh on the cover of the 2005 Geelong White Pages® Directory
Theme: ‘Young Australia Shaping Our Future’
Trudy McIntosh is one of Australia’s most promising aerial skiers. As a former Olympian and Commonwealth Games gymnast, she certainly has the acrobatic talent to succeed in the snow.After just two seasons in the Ski and Snowboard Australia/Victorian Institute of Sport Aerial Skiing
Development Team, she was selected for the World Cup Team and became a member of the Flying Kangaroos.Trudy’s goal is to represent Australia at the 2010 Winter Olympics where, if successful, she will be the first Australian woman to compete in both a summer and winter Olympic Games.
Posted : 11:12 AM | Comments (0)
