Well this is not an entry about music its about using TTY. as you know I am hearing impaired deaf that is and thus have trouble on the phone. So last year I decided that I would switch to using TTY. This means that I call the national relay service or NRS and then make calls thru them and the call is relayed to the TTY machine and I can read it. If people want to call me then they ring me thru the NRS as well. It only started today. Its kinda spooky but I guess I will get used to it and so will all my friends and family! Theres even a special emergency number too equivalent of 000
I made 4 calls today thru them and it wasn't too bad. We will see how it goes.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Holiday to Canberra for IV and then home via Dubbo Cobar and Broken Hill. 14-30 Jan 2010
We left on the 14th January 2010 and drove all the way to Hay. Unfortunately for asked we got 25 kilometres past Balranald NSW and discovered we did not have enough petrol to make it to hay so we had to go back to Balranald to get some more petrol. We arrived in the middle of the night and the next day we drove to Canberra. On the following day we went to the costume shop to pick up a Spanish costume for the party the next evening. We then drove to Birrigai which was the campsite for InterVasity (IV) choral festival the reason we came to Canberra in the first place. Birrigai is in a bushfire prone area. But we were lucky despite the hot weather. The day after we left Birrigai was a total fire ban day and if we are still been in Birrigai we would have had to evacuate.
With the Between the 16th and be 24th of January 2010 we were involved in this festival we were at Birrigai until Wednesday morning we stayed with Jeffs parents and drove to Birrigai every morning. There was a costume party, sculling nights and and the revue which I performed telemanns Fantasia no 09 for solo viola and also helped Jeff with his act called Acts of the choristers. Written like the book Acts in bible based on the events that happen at camp at IV. There was also usual IV events of Presidents pyjamas (don't ask) and market day (where different societies get to sell their merchadise.
One night when Jeff was sculling I was resting in the same dormitory as the assistant conductor. We had a very interesting conversation about music and disability. I also met Milly who is an OT student. She helped me at ANU on the day when Jeff was umpiring cricket at his high-school.
During the day there were many rehearsals for the concert that was held in Queanbeyan on the 23rd of January. Queanbeyan is on the border between New South Wales and the ACT. On the Wednesday people left Birrigai and had a publicity sing in Garema Place near the ANU (Australian National University). We didn't go to the publicity sing because it was too difficult to get there with me in the wheelchair. We met everybody for the photo. Then we had our first rehearsal at ANU. It was very difficult because I in needed to sing at the front of the lecture theatre so I could hear but the bathrooms were at the top of the lecture theatre only accessible by going outside of the lecture theatre and after an incredibly steep slope needing somebody to push me because they were only steps in the lecture theatre.
On the Thursday night we had the formal academic dinner. This was very enjoyable. It was held at a function centre at a football club. On the Friday night we had a family barbecue at Jeff's parents house and the following morning we met my friend Sarah who I went to school with and her partner Alex in Queanbeyan for lunch they live in Queanbeyan. That afternoon we had the dress rehearsal in the Q performing arts Centre which was only built in 2003 that night we we went to the Leagues club for dinner before the concert. This was a huge success and everyone enjoy despite ed themselves. The Q was not particularly wheelchair accessible despite being built in 2003 dales accessed for the audience but for a performer at needing wheelchair access to the stage like Myself it was a disaster I had to go through three fire doors and then wait on the other side of the stage because I was unable to get downstairs to the backstage green room I find particularly annoying that a venue built so recently would not provide a ramp to the stage this was supposed to be there and the committee were aware of this being necessary but at least I did not get sick like I did in Hobart in July 09. It was also good being able to sing with the choir not offstage or in front or next to the choir like I have done for most of the concerts in the past 12 months with the Adelaide University choral Society (AUCS). I found an alto 2 who was happy to wear my FM system which allows me to hear the choir. It worked really well and didn't break. That evening we had the post concert party in the Leagues club
The following morning we went to Commonwealth Park for the recovery barbecue I was intrigued by the Carillon. Apparently it's like the bell tower but instead of bells being pulled an organ is played which makes the bells ring. Unfortunately I got dust in my eye and a couple of days later I got conjunctivitis this cleared up within about a week. On We decided to go to the National Art Gallery and had a look around for a couple of hours before returning to Jeff's parents house and started to pack that night we went to a restaurant in Civic the city area of Canberra and met our friend Kendrick for dinner the next day we left for Dubbo. On the way we went via parkes and this is where the CSIRO Parkes radio telescope is located this telescope was used when man first walked on the moon in 1969. Unfortunately we missed the visitors centre but got some great photos we reached Dubbo round half-past eight and we were just about to go across the road for dinner - crossing the road in fact when the lights went out and Aporto closed we drove around looking for somewhere to eat everywhere was shut. Eventually we found a place a bit like the hogs breath cafe. It was expensive but delicious
the next morning we went to the Western Plains zoo and a was a two-day pass we got a lot of photos of the animals it was so big six kilometres in a circle and we had to drive around and get out and walk to see the animals around two o'clock we we had reached about half way and decided to go back to Parkes to see the radio telescope visitors centre which closed at 4:30 p.m. about hundred kilometres back towards Canberra we reached it in time and had a look through the visitors centre in saw the telescope up close. Then we went back to Dubbo and had dinner. The next morning we went back to the Western Plains zoo and saw the rest of it then we drove on to Cobar. Both of the days in Dubbo were 43° Celsius
The following morning we went to the Cobar quilting shop. They were having a sale and had lots of cat and music fabric. After that we drove onto Broken Hill.
Coming into Broken Hill we drove through a dust storm we thought it was big but apparently they have had worse. The next morning we went to the Broken Hill visitors centre through recommended numerous places to go that were wheelchair accessible the first place we went to was the train hospital and migration Museum it had lots of photos and various pieces of equipment and old telephone is typewriters and old hospital equipment from Broken Hill's first hospital then we went to an Art Gallery which has Ando's Big picture it's painted in a circle and its the largest picture painted by one person hundred metres round. The Gallery had other paintings and things look at also sheep ant and cats made from metal which you could buy and other souvenirs. Then we went to the Royal flying Doctor service visitors centre located at the airport in Broken Hill this is open to the public you can go on a tour and see the Planes and people working also a video is shown and there is a Museum and souvenirs then we went to all parts which had the Titanic memorial in it. There were band people who played on the Titanic when its sank. They all people in Broken Hill who wanted to put up a memorial dedicated to these people. That night we went to musicians club for dinner. The next morning we went to a above ground wheelchair accessible house that had been turned into a mine it showed equipment from the past and present use in the mines in Broken Hill. They also showed a video of the history of mining in Broken Hill they were paintings made from the minerals from the mines in Broken Hill for sale there was also a room filled with dolls and teddies about 800. Then we left for home - Adelaide. We arrived around half-past seven that night. Overall we had a really good time and I am glad this time and was able to sing with the choir and didn't get sick unlike Hobart IV where I became very ill and missed singing in three concerts.
With the Between the 16th and be 24th of January 2010 we were involved in this festival we were at Birrigai until Wednesday morning we stayed with Jeffs parents and drove to Birrigai every morning. There was a costume party, sculling nights and and the revue which I performed telemanns Fantasia no 09 for solo viola and also helped Jeff with his act called Acts of the choristers. Written like the book Acts in bible based on the events that happen at camp at IV. There was also usual IV events of Presidents pyjamas (don't ask) and market day (where different societies get to sell their merchadise.
One night when Jeff was sculling I was resting in the same dormitory as the assistant conductor. We had a very interesting conversation about music and disability. I also met Milly who is an OT student. She helped me at ANU on the day when Jeff was umpiring cricket at his high-school.
During the day there were many rehearsals for the concert that was held in Queanbeyan on the 23rd of January. Queanbeyan is on the border between New South Wales and the ACT. On the Wednesday people left Birrigai and had a publicity sing in Garema Place near the ANU (Australian National University). We didn't go to the publicity sing because it was too difficult to get there with me in the wheelchair. We met everybody for the photo. Then we had our first rehearsal at ANU. It was very difficult because I in needed to sing at the front of the lecture theatre so I could hear but the bathrooms were at the top of the lecture theatre only accessible by going outside of the lecture theatre and after an incredibly steep slope needing somebody to push me because they were only steps in the lecture theatre.
On the Thursday night we had the formal academic dinner. This was very enjoyable. It was held at a function centre at a football club. On the Friday night we had a family barbecue at Jeff's parents house and the following morning we met my friend Sarah who I went to school with and her partner Alex in Queanbeyan for lunch they live in Queanbeyan. That afternoon we had the dress rehearsal in the Q performing arts Centre which was only built in 2003 that night we we went to the Leagues club for dinner before the concert. This was a huge success and everyone enjoy despite ed themselves. The Q was not particularly wheelchair accessible despite being built in 2003 dales accessed for the audience but for a performer at needing wheelchair access to the stage like Myself it was a disaster I had to go through three fire doors and then wait on the other side of the stage because I was unable to get downstairs to the backstage green room I find particularly annoying that a venue built so recently would not provide a ramp to the stage this was supposed to be there and the committee were aware of this being necessary but at least I did not get sick like I did in Hobart in July 09. It was also good being able to sing with the choir not offstage or in front or next to the choir like I have done for most of the concerts in the past 12 months with the Adelaide University choral Society (AUCS). I found an alto 2 who was happy to wear my FM system which allows me to hear the choir. It worked really well and didn't break. That evening we had the post concert party in the Leagues club
The following morning we went to Commonwealth Park for the recovery barbecue I was intrigued by the Carillon. Apparently it's like the bell tower but instead of bells being pulled an organ is played which makes the bells ring. Unfortunately I got dust in my eye and a couple of days later I got conjunctivitis this cleared up within about a week. On We decided to go to the National Art Gallery and had a look around for a couple of hours before returning to Jeff's parents house and started to pack that night we went to a restaurant in Civic the city area of Canberra and met our friend Kendrick for dinner the next day we left for Dubbo. On the way we went via parkes and this is where the CSIRO Parkes radio telescope is located this telescope was used when man first walked on the moon in 1969. Unfortunately we missed the visitors centre but got some great photos we reached Dubbo round half-past eight and we were just about to go across the road for dinner - crossing the road in fact when the lights went out and Aporto closed we drove around looking for somewhere to eat everywhere was shut. Eventually we found a place a bit like the hogs breath cafe. It was expensive but delicious
the next morning we went to the Western Plains zoo and a was a two-day pass we got a lot of photos of the animals it was so big six kilometres in a circle and we had to drive around and get out and walk to see the animals around two o'clock we we had reached about half way and decided to go back to Parkes to see the radio telescope visitors centre which closed at 4:30 p.m. about hundred kilometres back towards Canberra we reached it in time and had a look through the visitors centre in saw the telescope up close. Then we went back to Dubbo and had dinner. The next morning we went back to the Western Plains zoo and saw the rest of it then we drove on to Cobar. Both of the days in Dubbo were 43° Celsius
The following morning we went to the Cobar quilting shop. They were having a sale and had lots of cat and music fabric. After that we drove onto Broken Hill.
Coming into Broken Hill we drove through a dust storm we thought it was big but apparently they have had worse. The next morning we went to the Broken Hill visitors centre through recommended numerous places to go that were wheelchair accessible the first place we went to was the train hospital and migration Museum it had lots of photos and various pieces of equipment and old telephone is typewriters and old hospital equipment from Broken Hill's first hospital then we went to an Art Gallery which has Ando's Big picture it's painted in a circle and its the largest picture painted by one person hundred metres round. The Gallery had other paintings and things look at also sheep ant and cats made from metal which you could buy and other souvenirs. Then we went to the Royal flying Doctor service visitors centre located at the airport in Broken Hill this is open to the public you can go on a tour and see the Planes and people working also a video is shown and there is a Museum and souvenirs then we went to all parts which had the Titanic memorial in it. There were band people who played on the Titanic when its sank. They all people in Broken Hill who wanted to put up a memorial dedicated to these people. That night we went to musicians club for dinner. The next morning we went to a above ground wheelchair accessible house that had been turned into a mine it showed equipment from the past and present use in the mines in Broken Hill. They also showed a video of the history of mining in Broken Hill they were paintings made from the minerals from the mines in Broken Hill for sale there was also a room filled with dolls and teddies about 800. Then we left for home - Adelaide. We arrived around half-past seven that night. Overall we had a really good time and I am glad this time and was able to sing with the choir and didn't get sick unlike Hobart IV where I became very ill and missed singing in three concerts.
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